The ninth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge was a college basketball fan’s dream, including close finishes (five games decided in single digits), four upsets against ranked teams and a heavyweight showdown between the two winningest programs in college basketball history.

In the end, the SEC picked up a 6-4 victory in the 2022 Big 12/SEC Challenge, beating the Big 12 for the second year in a row.

Here is the full list of results from this year’s Big 12/SEC Challenge:

Six of the ten Big 12/SEC Challenge matchups have pitted a ranked opponent against an unranked opponent. However, home-court advantage, rather than AP ranking, proved to be a more significant factor in the result. The seeded teams were 4-4 in the Challenge, while the home teams successfully defended their ground in nine of the ten contests.

The Big 12 got off to a strong start as TCU upset 77-68 against 19 LSU behind 19-point performances from Chuck O’Bannon Jr. and Mike Miles. No. 23 Iowa State easily beat Missouri 67-50 to make it 2-0 in favor of the Big 12.

The SEC went on to win each of the next five games, starting with an 86-68 victory for the top-ranked Auburn Tigers over Oklahoma. Arkansas led wire to wire in a 77-68 win over West Virginia to tie the Challenge at two games apiece. Ole Miss held Kansas State to 30 percent shooting from the floor in a 67-56 win over the Wildcats.

In perhaps the most surprising result of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, Alabama knocked out No. 4 Baylor 87-78. Jahvon Quinerly had 20 points and Jaden Shackelford added 19 points and nine rebounds to lead the Crimson Tide, which beat a 2021 Final Four team for the third time this season, after defeating Gonzaga and Houston earlier this year.

Florida hit the free throw line at will against Oklahoma State, as the Gators made 33 of 41 free throws and beat the Cowboys 81-72 in Gainesville, earning a fifth victory and securing at least a tie in the Challenge for the SEC.

The Big 12 finally picked up another win as No. 13 Texas Tech shot 61.7% from the field and crushed Mississippi State 76-50 in a dominating performance that saw ten different Red Raiders record a field goal do.

The showdown between No. 12 Kentucky and No. 5 Kansas at Phog was billed as the game of the weekend, but the Wildcats hung 51 points from the Jayhawks in the first half, trailing by 20 points at halftime. time, and have never looked back. an 80-62 rout of Kansas on Saturday night. Kentucky now leads the NCAA all-time winning streak with 2,344 wins to Kansas’ 2,340 wins. Kentucky’s victory, which was the only Challenge game in which the road team won, also won the Big 12/SEC Challenge for the SEC, which beat the Big 12 for the second straight year and third time in total.

In the final game, Texas held off a late charge from No. 18 Tennessee, who erased a 17-point deficit to tie the game at 51-51 with 90 seconds left. A Timmy Allen free throw with six seconds left gave the Longhorns the 52-51 victory over the Volunteers.

Big 12/SEC Challenge History

The Big 12 still holds a 4-3-2 advantage over the SEC in the Big 12/SEC Challenge’s nine-year history and the Big 12 is 48-41 against the SEC in all Challenge games. combined.