| Big East–Big 12 Battle | |
| Conference: | Big East Conference Big 12 Conference |
| Sports: | College Basketball |
| Founded: | 2019 |
| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Most Champs: | Big East Conference (1) Big 12 Conference (1) |
| Tv: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, ABC, Fox, and FS1 |
The Big East–Big 12 Battle is an annual NCAA Division I men's college basketball series in which teams from the Big East Conference face the teams of the Big 12 Conference.[1] [2] The series has been played annually since 2019.[3] The Big East–Big 12 Battle originally was planned as a four-season competition to be played annually from 2019 through 2022, but on August 1, 2022, the two conferences announced a two-year extension of the series, with games also to be played in 2023 and 2024.[4]
In 2019, when the Big East consisted of 10 teams, all 10 Big East teams faced one of the 10 Big 12 teams. The Big East expanded to 11 teams when UConn moved from the American Athletic Conference to the Big East for the 2020–2021 season, so from 2020 through 2022 ten of the 11 Big East teams faced one of the Big 12 teams and one Big East team did not participate. The Big 12 added four new schools to the conference in 2023, allowing all 11 Big East teams to participate each season, while three of the 14 Big 12 teams did not. With the Big 12 expanding to 16 teams in 2024, five of its teams sat out the final year of the challenge.[4]
In the 10-game format used from 2019 to 2022, each conference hosted five games each season. In the 11-game format for 2023 and 2024, the Big 12 hosted six games in 2023 and the Big East was scheduled to host six in 2024.[4]
Unlike the now-defunct Big 12/SEC Challenge, the teams in the Big East-Big 12 Battle do not face each other all on the same day. Instead, they play each other over the span of as much as two and a half weeks, with games scheduled in late November and December in some years and solely in December in others. The Big East won the first series 8–2 in 2019, the next three series ended in a tie between the two conferences, and the Big 12 won the 2023 series 7–4.
Four games of the 2020 series were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Big 12 home games air on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, and ABC, while Big East home games air on Fox and Fox Sports 1.
On April 10, 2024, Jon Rothstein of College Hoops Today reported that the Big East-Big 12 Battle would not continue past the 2024 season.[5]
| Team | Wins | Losses | DNP | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Bulldogs | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Creighton Bluejays | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| DePaul Blue Demons | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Georgetown Hoyas | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Marquette Golden Eagles | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Providence Friars | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Seton Hall Pirates | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| St. John's Red Storm | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| UConn Huskies | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Villanova Wildcats | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Xavier Musketeers | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Overall | 25 | 22 | 7 |
| Team | Wins | Losses | DNP | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arizona State Sun Devils | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Baylor Bears | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| BYU Cougars | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cincinnati Bearcats | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Colorado Buffaloes | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Houston Cougars | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iowa State Cyclones | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kansas Jayhawks | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kansas State Wildcats | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| TCU Horned Frogs | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Texas Tech Red Raiders | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| West Virginia Mountaineers | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| UCF Knights | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Utah Utes | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Overall | 22 | 25 | 12 |
| Team | Wins | Losses | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Sooners | 1 | 4 | ||
| Texas Longhorns | 1 | 4 |
| Date | Time | Big East team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 PM | DePaul | Texas Tech | 65–60 OT | Wintrust Arena • Chicago, Illinois | 10,387 | ||||
| 8:00 PM | Georgetown | 81–74 | Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma | 13,611 | |||||
| St. John's | 70–68 | Madison Square Garden • New York, NY | FS1 | 7,281 | |||||
| 8:00 PM | Marquette | 65–73 | Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kansas | 10,073 | |||||
| 9:00 PM | No. 16 Seton Hall | Iowa State | 76–66 | Hilton Coliseum • Ames, Iowa | ESPN2 | 14,269 | |||
| 9:00 PM | No. 11 Baylor | 52–53 | Ferrell Center • Waco, Texas | ESPN2 | 7,270 | ||||
| 7:30 PM | Creighton | 83–73 | CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska | FS1 | 17,146 | ||||
| No. 18 Villanova | 56–55 | Wells Fargo Center • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 20,706 | ||||||
| 2:00 PM | Providence | 70–48 | Dunkin Donuts Center • Providence, Rhode Island | 9,876 | |||||
| 5:00 PM | Xavier | 59–67 | ESPN2 | 6,445 | |||||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. | |||||||||
| Date | Time | Big East team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 2 Baylor | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| Marquette | Oklahoma State | 70–62 | FS1 | 0 | |||||
| St. John's | No. 17 Texas Tech | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| No. 12 Villanova | No. 17 Texas | 68–64 | ESPN | 2,506 | Tie (1–1) | ||||
| Georgetown | No. 11 West Virginia | 80–71 | FS1 | 0 | Big 12 (2–1) | ||||
| DePaul | Iowa State | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| No. 8 Creighton | No. 5 Kansas | 73–72 | ESPN | 2,500 | Big 12 (3–1) | ||||
| Providence | 79–70 | ESPNU | 1,620 | Big 12 (3–2) | |||||
| Xavier | 99–77 | FS1 | 300 | Tie (3–3) | |||||
| Fri., Dec. 11 | Butler | Kansas State | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: UConn. At all games, fan and press attendance was either limited or prohibited entirely by local health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. | |||||||||
| Date | Time | Big East team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 72–68 | Dunkin Donuts Center • Providence, Rhode Island | FS1 | 10,020 | |||||
| Fri., Dec. 3 | No. 8 Kansas | 95–75 | FS1 | 9,769 | Tie (1–1) | ||||
| Creighton | No. 19 Iowa State | 64–58 | FS1 | 18,294 | Big 12 (2–1) | ||||
| Sun., Dec. 5 | Xavier | Oklahoma State | 77–71 | Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma | ESPN2 | 13,611 | Tie (2–2) | ||
| Tue., Dec. 7 | Butler | Oklahoma | 66–62 | Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma | ESPN2 | 8,654 | |||
| Wed., Dec. 8 | No. 15 UConn | West Virginia | 56–53 | WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, West Virginia | ESPN2 | 12,045 | Tie (3–3) | ||
| Marquette | Kansas State | 64–63 | Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kansas | ESPN2 | 7,184 | ||||
| Thu., Dec. 9 | No. 23 Seton Hall | 64–60 | Prudential Center • Newark, New Jersey | FS1 | 10,481 | ||||
| No. 2 Baylor | 57–36 | Ferrell Center • Waco, Texas | 10,264 | ||||||
| Sat., Dec. 18 | Georgetown | 80–73 | FS1 | 5,053 | Tie (5–5) | ||||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: DePaul | |||||||||
| Date | Time | Big East team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 PM | Marquette | 96–70 | Fiserv Forum • Milwaukee, WI | 14,022 | |||||
| 6:30 PM | Butler | 76–64 | Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN | FS1 | 7,660 | ||||
| 8:00 PM | TCU | 75–62 | 5,593 | ||||||
| 8:00 PM | Texas Tech | 79–65 | ESPN+ | 14,649 | Tie (2–2) | ||||
| 6:30 PM | No. 8 UConn | 74–64 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, CT | FS1 | 10,167 | ||||
| 7:00 PM | No. 7 Creighton | No. 2 Texas | 72–67 | Moody Center • Austin, TX | 10,763 | Tie (3–3) | |||
| 9:00 PM | Seton Hall | No. 9 Kansas | 91–65 | Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS | ESPN | 16,300 | Big 12 (4–3) | ||
| Villanova | 70–66 | Wells Fargo Center • Philadelphia, PA | 17,079 | Tie (4–4) | |||||
| 6:30 PM | Xavier | 84–74 | Cintas Center • Cincinnati, Ohio | FS1 | 10,460 | ||||
| 3:00 PM | No. 23 Iowa State | 71–60 | ESPN2 | 13,377 | Tie (5–5) | ||||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: DePaul | |||||||||
| Date[6] | Time | Big East team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu., Nov. 30 | 6:30 PM | Butler | 103–95OT | Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN | 7,893 | ||||
| 9:00 PM | No. 15 Creighton | Oklahoma State | 79–65 | Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma | 6,309 | Big East (2–0) | |||
| Fri., Dec. 1 | 6:30 PM | Xavier | No. 6 Houston | 66–60 | Cintas Center • Cincinnati, Ohio | FS1 | 10,472 | Big East (2–1) | |
| 7:00 PM | St. John's | West Virginia | 79–73 | WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, West Virginia | ESPN2 | 10,781 | Big East (3–1) | ||
| 8:30 PM | DePaul | Iowa State | 99–80 | Wintrust Arena • Chicago | FS1 | 4,852 | Big East (3–2) | ||
| 9:00 PM | No. 4 UConn | No. 5 Kansas | 69–65 | Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS | ESPN2 | 16,300 | Tie (3–3) | ||
| Sat., Dec. 2 | 5:37 PM | Georgetown | TCU | 84–83 | Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C. | FS1 | 7,910 | Big 12 (4–3) | |
| Tue., Dec. 5 | 7:00 PM | Providence | No. 19 Oklahoma | 72–51 | Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma | 7,234 | Big 12 (5–3) | ||
| 7:00 PM | Villanova | Kansas State | 72–71OT | Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kansas | ESPN2 | 10,140 | Big 12 (6–3) | ||
| 9:00 PM | No. 6 Baylor | 78–60 | ESPN2 | 8,269 | Big 12 (7–3) | ||||
| Wed, Dec. 6 | 7:00 PM | No. 8 Marquette | 86–65 | FS1 | 16,733 | Big 12 (7–4) | |||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: BYU, Cincinnati, UCF | |||||||||
| Date[7] | Time | Big East team | Big 12 team | Score | Location | Television | Attendance | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Villanova | – | |||||||
| TBD | Providence | – | |||||||
| TBD | Baylor | – | |||||||
| TBD | Creighton | – | CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, NE | ||||||
| TBD | Marquette | Iowa State | – | ||||||
| TBD | DePaul | Texas Tech | – | ||||||
| TBD | West Virginia | – | |||||||
| TBD | Xavier | TCU | – | ||||||
| TBD | Butler | Houston | – | ||||||
| TBD | St. John's | – | |||||||
| TBD | Seton Hall | – | |||||||
| WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Not participating: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCF and Utah | |||||||||