Big 12 Baseball Tournament Set, Cowboy are No. 2 Seed and Get a Bye
ARLINGTON, Texas – For next week’s Big 12 Conference Baseball Championship Oklahoma State earns a first-day bye, sneaking by No. 3 Texas by percentage points with a final record of 19-9. The Cowboys start their trek for a second consecutive trip to the championship game at 7:30 p.m. CT Wednesday against the lower-seeded winner of the Tuesday late bracket games.
The 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship, to be held May 21-25 in Arlington, Texas begins on Tuesday..
Oklahoma is the top-seeded team in the 10-team field, finishing with a record of 23-7 to secure its first Big 12 regular season title. The Sooners earn a first-day bye and face the lower-seeded winner of the early games at 12:30 p.m. CT Wednesday, and are looking for their second Championship title in three seasons.
The Longhorns (20-10) open with No. 10 seed Texas Tech (12-17) at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday. The late bracket is completed by No. 5 Cincinnati (17-13) facing No. 8 UCF (14-15) at 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET.
No. 6 K-State and No. 7 Kansas tied at 15-15, with the Wildcats holding the tiebreaker due to a 2-1 series victory May 3-5. The Sunflower State rivals open the Championship at 9 a.m. CT Tuesday. No. 4 West Virginia (19-11) and No. 9 TCU (14-16), who won the 2023 Championship, will follow at 12:30 p.m. CT/1:30 p.m. ET.
All 10 teams participating in the event have a top-70 RPI, with seven in the top-50. All-tournament and two-day tickets for the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship at Globe Life Field are on sale at GlobeLifeField.com/Big12. Single-session tickets are on sale at https://fevo-enterprise.com/group/Big12baseball.
2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship Schedule Oklahoma State’s side of the bracket, those games are in bold
Tuesday, May 21
Game 1 - No. 6 Kansas State vs. No. 7 Kansas - 9 a.m. CT - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 2 - No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 9 TCU - 12:30 p.m. CT/1:30 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 3 - No. 5 Cincinnati vs. No. 8 UCF - 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 4 - No. 3 Texas vs. No. 10 Texas Tech - 7:30 p.m. CT - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Wednesday, May 22
Game 5 - Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser - 9 a.m. CT/10 a.m. ET - ESPNU
Game 6 - No. 1 Oklahoma vs. lower-seeded winner of Games 1 & 2 - 12:30 p.m. CT - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 7 - Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser - 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 8 - No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. Lower-seeded winner of Games 3 & 4 - 7:30 p.m. CT/8:30 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Thursday, May 23
Game 9 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser - 9 a.m. CT/10 a.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 10 - Game 6 Winner vs. Higher-seeded winner of Games 1 & 2 - 12:30 p.m. CT/1:30 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 11 - Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser - 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET - ESPNU
Game 12 - Game 8 Winner vs. Higher-seeded winner of Games 3 & 4 - 7:30 p.m. CT/8:30 p.m. ET - ESPNU
Friday, May 24
Game 13 - Game 10 Loser vs. Game 9 Winner - 9 a.m. CT/10 a.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 14 - Game 10 Winner vs. Game 13 Winner (semifinal) - 12:30 p.m. CT/1:30 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 15 - Game 12 Loser vs. Game 11 Winner - 4 p.m. CT/5 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 16 - Game 12 Winner vs. Game 15 Winner (semifinal) -7:30 p.m. CT/8:30 p.m. ET - Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Saturday, May 25
Game 17 - Championship Game - 6 p.m. CT/7 p.m. ET - ESPNU