Three of the four opening-round games in the 2023 Big 12 Championship went to the lower seeded teams, including the Oklahoma baseball upset of Bedlam rival Oklahoma State.
Only No. 4 seed TCU survived among the top-four seeds heading into the postseason conference tournament, and as a result the winners’ bracket has a surprising upside-down look.
The Sooners, the tournament’s No. 7 seed, sent the No. 2-seeded Cowboys to the loser’s bracket, where the latter will face No. 3 seed West Virginia in an elimination game on Thursday. West Virginia, which along with Texas and Oklahoma State finished in a three-way tie for the Big 12 regular-season title, lost 6-2 to Texas Tech on Wednesday.