2024-2025 Big 12 Basketball Conference Championship Futures Odds

Jay Sanin on February 6th, 2025

Historically, the Big 12 has been Kansas’ conference to lose in college basketball. But the addition of some new blood into the conference, and a Texas-sized challenger, could mean that this conference could go in an entirely different direction this year. Here, we look at the college basketball betting odds for the year in Big 12 basketball and break down the contenders to win the conference championship.

Big 12 Conference Betting Odds

Houston -190
Arizona +360
Texas Tech +450
Iowa State +1800
Kansas +3500
Baylor +25000
BYU +50000

Big 12 Basketball Futures Betting Outlook

The favorites to win the Big 12 regular season title this season are the Houston Cougars. Kansas has long been the class of the Big 12, but the addition of Houston to this conference will make this league’s status much more unpredictable this season and in future seasons as well. Houston has been so dominant on the defensive end of the floor, which will make it hard for anyone to overtake them in the conference standings down the stretch.

Among the other teams in the Big 12, the two with the best chance to supplant Houston as regular season champs are Arizona and Texas Tech. This is an unexpected development, as Kansas is more or less out of the race for the regular season title in this league. But some inspired play from the Wildcats and Red Raiders have made them more likely to finish in first place than the Jayhawks.

Speaking of the Jayhawks, the question for them is whether or not they can get it together before the Big 12 tournament takes place. Kansas is still ranked and has some quality wins, including a home win over Iowa State during conference play. But they will need to bring their best basketball to Kansas City if they want to be crowned conference tournament champions for the 13th time in their history with this league.

Big 12 Conference History

The Big 12 was formed in 1996 and its teams have participated in the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament since 1997. The tournament is a single-elimination tournament lasting four rounds. The tournament winner earns a berth in the annual NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament.

Kansas has been the conference’s dominant force with 12 Big 12 tournament wins in 17 appearances. Iowa State is 6-0 in their six championship games including their upset win over Kansas in 2019. Oklahoma has won three of its five championship games while Missouri has won two of their four. Meanwhile, Texas has two wins in its eight championship game appearances. But Oklahoma, Missouri, and Texas have all left for the SEC, as conference realignment has had a huge impact on Big 12 basketball.

Since 2006, only Kansas (9), Iowa State (5), Missouri (2), and Texas (2) have won the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament. Meanwhile, the Big 12 is home to two of the last three National Champions – Baylor in 2021 and Kansas in 2022.