Houston has quickly established itself as the kings of the Big 12 with back-to-back outright regular season titles in its two seasons since joining the conference from the AAC. But there is still one bit of league supremacy the Cougars have yet to claim. A year ago, they lost to Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament Championship Game.

The Big 12 Tournament begins on Tuesday and runs through Saturday. Kelvin Sampson's Houston Cougars open as the favorites.

Up next: Kansas plays No. 3 seed Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Tipoff (ESPN) is set for 8:30 p.m. Thursday at T-Mobile Center. Kansas defeated Arizona in the last game of the regular season on Saturday.

The 12th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats 76-56 in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. Iowa State's victory was fueled by a dominant frontcourt performance, led by Joshua Jefferson with 19 points and Dishon Jackson with a double-double (10 points,

Day 2 of the Big 12 Tournament closes with the Kansas Jayhawks (20-11, 11-9) taking the court against the UCF Knights (17-15, 8-13). UCF thumped Utah yesterday 87-82 in the opening round of the tournament. Kayshawn Hall scored 23 points to pace the UCF attack.

Tune in to see the No. 8 seed West Virginia Mountaineers (19-12, 10-10 Big 12) face off the No. 16 seed Colorado Buffaloes (13-19, 3-17 Big 12) in the Big 12 Tournament Wednesday at T-Mobile

Elijah Malone and RJ Smith helped keep Colorado men's basketball's season alive in the Buffs' Big 12 Tournament win over West Virginia