Big East–Big 12 Battle – Wikipedia

The Big East–Big 12 Battle was an annual NCAA Division I men’s college basketball series in which teams from the Big East Conference faced the teams of the Big 12 Conference.^[1][2] The series was played annually for four years, from 2019 through 2022.^[3]

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 will add four new schools to the conference starting in 2023, which will allow all 11 Big East teams to participate, with three Big 12 teams will not.

Unlike in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, the teams in the Big East-Big 12 Battle did not face each other all on the same day. Instead, they played 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, and the other three series ended in a tie between the two conferences.

Four games of the 2020 series were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Big 12 home games aired on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, and ABC, while Big East home games aired on Fox and Fox Sports 1.

Conference and team records[edit]

Big East Conference (1–0–3)[edit]

Institution	Wins	Losses	DNP	Win %
Butler Bulldogs	2	1	1	.667
UConn Huskies	1	1	1	.500
Creighton Bluejays	1	3	0	.250
DePaul Blue Demons	1	0	3	1.000
Georgetown Hoyas	1	3	0	.250
Marquette Golden Eagles	3	1	0	.750
Providence Friars	3	1	0	.750
Seton Hall Pirates	1	2	1	.333
St. John’s Red Storm	1	2	1	.333
Villanova Wildcats	3	1	0	.750
Xavier Musketeers	4	0	0	1.000
Overall	21	15	7	.583

Big 12 Conference (0–1–3)[edit]

Institution	Wins	Losses	DNP	Win %
Baylor Bears	2	1	1	.667
BYU	0	0	1	–
UCF	0	0	1	–
Cincinnati	0	0	1	–
Houston	0	0	0	–
Iowa State Cyclones	3	0	1	1.000
Kansas Jayhawks	3	1	0	.750
Kansas State Wildcats	0	3	1	.000
Oklahoma Sooners	0	4	0	.000
Oklahoma State Cowboys	1	3	0	.250
TCU Horned Frogs	2	2	0	.500
Texas Longhorns	1	3	0	.250
Texas Tech Red Raiders	1	2	1	.333
West Virginia Mountaineers	2	2	0	.500
Overall	15	21	4	.417

Results[edit]

2019 Big East (8–2)[edit]

Date	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Wed., Dec. 4	Georgetown	Oklahoma State	81–74	Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma	ESPN+	13,611	Big East (1–0)
	DePaul	Texas Tech	65–60 OT	Wintrust Arena • Chicago, Illinois	FS1	10,387	Big East (2–0)
Sat., Dec. 7	St. John’s	West Virginia	70–68	Madison Square Garden • New York, NY	FS1	7,281	Big East (3–0)
	Marquette	Kansas State	65–73	Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kansas	ESPN2	10,073	Big East (4–0)
Sun., Dec. 8	No. 16 Seton Hall	Iowa State	76–66	Hilton Coliseum • Ames, Iowa	ESPN2	14,269	Big East (4–1)
Tue., Dec. 10	No. 17 Butler	No. 11 Baylor	52–53	Ferrell Center • Waco, Texas	ESPN2	7,270	Big East (4–2)
Tue., Dec. 17	Creighton	Oklahoma	83–73	CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska	FS1	17,146	Big East (5–2)
Sat., Dec. 21	No. 18 Villanova	No. 1 Kansas	56–55	Wells Fargo Center • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	FOX	20,706	Big East (6–2)
	Providence	Texas	70–48	Dunkin Donuts Center • Providence, Rhode Island	FOX	9,876	Big East (7–2)
Sun., Dec. 22	Xavier	TCU	59–67	Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, Texas	ESPN2	6,445	Big East (8–2)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game.

2020 Tied (3–3)[edit]

Date	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Sun., Nov. 29	Seton Hall	No. 2 Baylor	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tue., Dec. 1	Marquette	Oklahoma State	70–62	Fiserv Forum • Milwaukee, WI	FS1	0	Big 12 (1–0)
Thu., Dec. 3	St. John’s	No. 17 Texas Tech	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Sun., Dec. 6	No. 12 Villanova	No. 17 Texas	68–64	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX	ESPN	2,506	Tie (1–1)
	Georgetown	No. 11 West Virginia	80–71	McDonough Gymnasium • Washington, DC	FS1	0	Big 12 (2–1)
	DePaul	Iowa State	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Tue., Dec. 8	No. 8 Creighton	No. 5 Kansas	73–72	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS	ESPN	2,500	Big 12 (3–1)
Wed., Dec. 9	Providence	TCU	79–70	Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, Texas	ESPNU	1,620	Big 12 (3–2)
	Xavier	Oklahoma	99–77	Cintas Center • Cincinnati, OH	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 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: UConn

2021 Tied (5–5)[edit]

Date	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Wed., Dec. 1	Providence	Texas Tech	72–68	Dunkin Donuts Center • Providence, Rhode Island	FS1	10,020	Big East (1–0)
Fri., Dec. 3	St. John’s	No. 8 Kansas	95–75	UBS Arena • Elmont, New York	FS1	9,769	Tie (1–1)
Sat., Dec. 4	Creighton	No. 19 Iowa State	64–58	CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska	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	Big East (3–2)
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	Big East (4–3)
Thu., Dec. 9	No. 23 Seton Hall	No. 7 Texas	64–60	Prudential Center • Newark, New Jersey	FS1	10,481	Big East (5–3)
Sun., Dec. 12	No. 6 Villanova	No. 2 Baylor	57–36	Ferrell Center • Waco, Texas	ABC	10,264	Big East (5–4)
Sat., Dec. 18	Georgetown	TCU	80–73	Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C.	FS1	5,053	Tie (5–5)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: DePaul

2022 Tied (5–5)[edit]

Date	Time	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Tue., Nov. 29	8:30 PM	Marquette	No. 6 Baylor	96–70	Fiserv Forum • Milwaukee, WI	FS1	14,022	Big East (1–0)
Wed., Nov. 30	6:30 PM	Butler	Kansas State	76–64	Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN	FS1	7,660	Big East (2–0)
	8:00 PM	Providence	TCU	75–62	Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN+	5,593	Big East (2–1)
	8:00 PM	Georgetown	Texas Tech	79–65	United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX	ESPN+	14,649	Tie (2–2)
Thu., Dec. 1	6:30 PM	No. 8 UConn	Oklahoma State	74–64	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, CT	FS1	10,167	Big East (3–2)
	7:00 PM	No. 7 Creighton	No. 2 Texas	72–67	Moody Center • Austin, TX	ESPN	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)
Sat., Dec. 3	12:30 PM	Villanova	Oklahoma	70–66	Wells Fargo Center • Philadelphia, PA	CBS	17,079	Tie (4–4)
	6:30 PM	Xavier	West Virginia	84–74	Cintas Center • Cincinnati, Ohio	FS1	10,460	Big East (5–4)
Sun., Dec. 4	3:00 PM	St. John’s	No. 23 Iowa State	71–60	Hilton Coliseum • Ames, Iowa	ESPN2	13,377	Tie (5-5)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: DePaul

2023 Tied (0–0)^[4][edit]

Date	Time	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
TBD, 2023	TBD	UConn	Kansas	0–0	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Marquette	Texas	0–0	Fiserv Forum • Milwaukee, WI	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Xavier	Houston	0–0	Cintas Center • Cincinnati, Ohio	TBD		(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Villanova	Kansas State	0–0	Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kansas	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	St. John’s	West Virginia	0–0	WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, West Virginia	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Creighton	Oklahoma State	0–0	Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Providence	Oklahoma	0–0	Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	DePaul	Iowa State	0–0	Wintrust Arena • Chicago	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Butler	Texas Tech	0–0	Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Georgetown	TCU	0–0	Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C.	TBD	–	(0–0)
TBD, 2023	TBD	Seton Hall	Baylor	0–0	Ferrell Center • Waco, Texas	TBD	–	(0–0)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: DePaul

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