How important is the Big 12 tournament?
It's a pretty big deal and a nice showing could help a team enter the NCAA tournament riding high ... but does it matter?
The ultimate goal for every team in the Big 12 is to go deep into the NCAA tournament.
Typically, it's only a realistic goal for Kansas and a couple of other schools each season. This year, nine teams think they could get hot and go on a run in the Big Dance.
That includes TCU, of course, which has finished as the fifth seed and will play No.