What does the Bubble Look Like in the Big 12? Plus, the PERFECT Conference Realignment?!
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
With ONE game left in the Big 12 Conference basketball regular season, what's the best chance for the Big 12 to get a ninth team into the NCAA Tournament? Is the league destined for eight?
Plus, did our friend Josh Pate put together the PERFECT conference realignment in college football? We debate and discuss on the show!
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| 0:15.2 | So the Big 12 conference looks like it is solidly at eight teams in the NCAA tournament. The question now, |
| 0:23.3 | can we find a ninth? I'm Pete Mundo, Heartland College Sports. Welcome in. Great to have you |
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| 0:39.6 | So we are heading down the home stretch. We've got a single game left in the Big 12 conference regular season before Kansas City next week for the Big 12 tournament. |
| 0:50.0 | And after TCU upset Texas Tech on Tuesday night, they're in, all right? |
| 0:56.6 | They're going to the big dance. |
| 0:58.8 | There's no doubt about it. |
| 1:00.1 | Joe Lennardi did not have them in his last four in or last four buys in his latest |
| 1:06.6 | bracketology. |
| 1:07.4 | So TCU, deservedly so, is solidly in the NCAA tournament. Here's what surprised me, |
| 1:15.6 | though. Cincinnati got a huge win this week when they beat BYU. Cincinnati's playing some of the |
| 1:22.5 | best basketball in the Big 12th. They've won six of their last seven. They've beaten UCF by 20, K-State by 30, Utah, |
| 1:31.4 | at Kansas by 16. They lost to Texas Tech. They beat Oklahoma State by 23, and then they beat |
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