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Big 12 Tournament Odds: Houston the Favorite

C Jackson Cowart

Last Updated: March 14, 2025 10:30 AM EDT • 1 min 45 sec read.

Big 12 tournament odds
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The 2025 Big 12 Tournament is underway. Big 12 Tournament odds show Houston as the favorite at -135.

Texas Tech (+280) and Iowa State (+550) are also in the mix.

Big 12 tournament odds

Big 12 tournament odds from the best March Madness betting sites are currently available. Houston (-135) is the betting favorite.

Opening Big 12 Tournament odds

Here is a look at the opening Big 12 Tournament odds. 

  • Houston (+110)
  • Texas Tech (+350)
  • Iowa State (+550)
  • Arizona (+950)
  • Kansas (+1100)
  • BYU (+1300)
  • Baylor (+3500)
  • West Virginia (+10000)
  • Cincinnati (+15000)
  • Kansas State (+20000)
  • Arizona State (+25000)
  • Oklahoma State (+25000)
  • Colorado (+25000)
  • TCU (+25000)
  • UCF (+25000)

Big 12 Tournament betting info

Here is a look at Big 12 Tournament betting info. 

  • Iowa State has the highest ticket percentage at 30.3%
  • The Cyclones have the highest handle percentage at 40.3%
  • Houston, the favorite, is garnering a 7.5% ticket percentage and a 4.5% handle percentage

Big 12 basketball opening odds

Here is a look at the opening Big 12 regular-season title odds. Kansas opened with the lowest betting price at +250. Houston, which was getting +350 odds to win at the beginning of the season, wound up claiming the conference 

  • Kansas (+250)
  • Houston (+350)
  • Baylor (+450)
  • Arizona (+500)
  • Iowa State (+700)
  • BYU (+1600)
  • Texas Tech (+2500)
  • Kansas State (+2500)
  • TCU (+4000)
  • Cincinnati (+4000)
  • Colorado (+5000)
  • West Virginia (+6600)
  • Arizona State (+10000)
  • UCF (+10000)
  • Utah (+15000)
  • Oklahoma State (+20000)

Recent Big 12 Tournament winners

YearRegular seasonTournament
2024-25HoustonN/A
2023-24HoustonIowa State
2022-23KansasTexas
2021-22Kansas, BaylorKansas
2020-21BaylorTexas
2019-20KansasCancelled
2018-19Kansas State, Texas TechIowa State
2017-18KansasKansas
2016-17KansasIowa State
2015-16KansasKansas
2014-15KansasIowa State

Big 12 basketball FAQs

What school is the 2025 Big 12 tournament odds favorite? 

Big 12 tournament odds show Houston as the favorite at -135.

What team won the Big 12 Tournament last year?

Iowa State upset favorite Houston with a 69-41 win to claim the Big 12 Tournament title last year. The Cyclones entered the tournament with odds as high as +430, which implied a probability of 18.87%, according to our odds converter.  

When and where is the 2025 Big 12 Tournament?

The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament will be played at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. It will be held March 11 - 15.

What team won the Big 12 regular-season title this year?

Houston won its second straight Big 12 regular-season title.

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C Jackson Cowart
C Jackson Cowart is a publishing editor and lead writer for Sportsbook Review. An award-winning writer, reporter, and editor with a decade of sports media experience, "C-Jax" has worked with ESPN, Forbes, theScore, and various daily newspapers before joining the Sportsbook Review team. He's a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he served as a beat writer for the Tar Heels' championship run through the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 2017. Jackson has spent the last five years covering sports betting as a predictive analyst, features writer, and industry reporter. Since joining the team in 2023, he's played a key role in Sportsbook Review's coverage of the Super Bowl, March Madness, and NBA playoffs while serving as the lead writer for the growing WNBA and NASCAR betting scenes. Though he's cashed some big bets over the years -- including Lamar Jackson to win MVP (twice) -- he's still haunted by enough second-place bet slips to wallpaper his home office. While Jackson is a committed "process over results" bettor with a keen eye for advanced stats and subtle bias in futures markets, he also embraces sports betting as a vehicle for entertainment and personal investment. He's written about everything from hot dogs to groundhogs and still hasn't forgiven his "inside source" for a sabotaged bet on the Gatorade color in Super Bowl LV.