Entertainment & Fan Experience Enhancements Announced for Big 12 Basketball Championships

Grammy-Nominated Hip-Hop Legend Fats Joe to Conduct Friday Night of Championship 7 days, DJ Diesel (Shaquille O’ Neal) to Accomplish DJ Set on Saturday Night
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Jordin Sparks to carry out National Anthem, Huge 12 Conference to prolong collaboration with A Bathing Ape

 
The Major 12 declared today a variety of leisure and supporter knowledge enhancements for the impending Phillips 66 Large 12 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships. These enhancements are the most up-to-date in a sequence of enjoyment partnerships and collaborations the Large 12 has executed as it proceeds to current market by itself at the intersection of sports activities and lifestyle.
 
Grammy-nominated hip-hop legend Unwanted fat Joe will be performing a VIP-only set on Friday, March 10^th, pursuing the conclusion of that day’s slate of online games. Furthermore, NBA legend and media temperament Shaquille O’Neal – beneath his alias DJ Diesel – will be executing a one particular-hour DJ established at Kansas Town Dwell! in the Electric power & Gentle District adhering to Saturday’s games on March 11^th, at 10:00 p.m. Admission facts surrounding DJ Diesel’s functionality can be uncovered in this article.
 
“As we proceed to elevate the Massive 12 brand name, we are thrilled to introduce a sequence of enhancements that will make the enthusiast expertise at our basketball championships 2nd to none,” stated Commissioner Brett Yormark. “The Big 12 Conference is a basketball powerhouse – as we thread the material connecting athletics and society, the Conference will continue on to offer you an array of off-court docket leisure attributes, as perfectly. I’m grateful to each of our companions, and I look ahead to viewing our amazing scholar-athletes carry out on Massive 12 Basketball’s most significant stage in Kansas Town.”
 
The Major 12 Conference and A Bathing Ape (BAPE) will grow their partnership all through this year’s Basketball Championships. This collaboration will see the Meeting and BAPE generating a minimal-edition Huge 12 x BAPE t-shirt that options each individual school’s symbol circling the BAPE insignia. The famous BAPE camouflage marks will also be featured throughout videoboards and signage in the course of Municipal Auditorium and T-Cell Centre. Formerly, the Large 12 and BAPE partnered during the 2022 Soccer Championship, developing a BAPE-themed camouflage Significant 12 emblem and putting it at every single 25-yard line, as very well as endzone pylons and officials’ uniforms.
 
Equally the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship Sport will function renowned artists carrying out the Countrywide Anthem, with Grammy Award-nominated artist Jordin Sparks carrying out at the Men’s Championship Video game and rising star Lanie Gardner carrying out at the Women’s Championship Video game.
 
The Convention will be partnering with the KC Current, Kansas City’s NWSL group, for the Women’s Basketball Championship. This partnership will see the KC Latest Blue Crew – the club’s official supporter group – attending each individual of the women’s tournament game titles. Additionally, the Women’s Basketball Championships semifinal games on Saturday, March 11 will feature a KC Existing “takeover”.
 
The Meeting will also be introducing the Championship Club at the 2023 Phillips 66 Significant 12 Men’s Basketball Championship, a quality food items and beverage knowledge available only for the 200-moreover courtside seat ticket holders.  This club will be the very first-of-its-variety in the Conference’s Basketball Championship record. The Women’s Basketball Championship will attribute the Championship Club and identical features and offerings commencing in 2024, when the Championship formally moves to T-Cellular Centre from Municipal Auditorium.
 
The Major 12 and preferred sneaker artist Kickstradomis will be partnering to generate a tailor made pair of Huge 12-motivated kicks. These sneakers will be given away by way of a social media contest hosted on the Big 12 Twitter and Instagram channels.
 
The Significant 12 will be collaborating with Therabody through the Men’s and Women’s Championships for pupil-athlete wellness and recovery demands. Products will be obtainable all through games as nicely as in a Therabody pop-up restoration lounge in close proximity to the women’s basketball location and hooked up resort which will element Theraguns, Jetboots and other items. On top of that, teams staying at other hotel houses will have accessibility to solutions, as will men’s and women’s officials. Devoted Therabody workers will be accessible for help for every pupil-athlete.
 
The Big 12 Convention will be supporting neighborhood corporations of Kansas Metropolis by partnering with a team of KC-centered businesses, which includes the KC Existing, Charlie Hustle, Power & Gentle District and more. The Conference is also tapping regional Kansas Metropolis artists for Countrywide Anthem performances at the Championships, featuring Rebecca Taylor, Kansas Trumpets, KC A Capella, UMKC Choir and Deanna Richard.
 
The Large 12 and Levy Restaurants will be introducing #Massive12Eats at T-Cellular Heart this year, a foodie-focused menu of things that will satisfy the palate of fans from just about every workforce. This menu will element 10 college-precise food products, such as The Baylor Float (Vanilla ice product and Dr Pepper), Cyclones Tenderloin (Kaiser bun, breaded pork tenderloin, sliced onion, sweet and spicy pickles), Jayhawks Mac & Cheese (pasta and creamy white cheese sauce, topped with home-smoked pulled pork, Levy signature BBQ sauce, and crispy fried onions), K-State’s Wabash Cannondog (Bacon wrapped jumbo scorching dog topped with Wildcat Purple relish), Stormin’ from Norman Oklahoma Taco (Frybread topped with ground beef, shredded lettuce, chopped tomato, beans, onions, and chili), Pistol Pete’s OSU Fried Corn (Elote-fashion bacon-fried corn topped with crushed Doritos), TCU Loaded Tots (tater tots, spicy queso sauce, chopped home smoked brisket, pico de gallo, topped with Horned Frog Purple sour product), Longhorn Quesadilla (Triple cheese quesadilla, steak or hen, with Burnt Orange salsa rojo sauce), Tech’s Masked Rider Burger (All beef patty, Cheddar, fried onion ring, sweet pickled jalapenos and Red Raiders BBQ sauce), and the West Virginia Mountaineer Roll (Sliced pepperoni and mozzarella cheese in a comfortable roll).
 
Tickets for the 2023 Phillips 66 Men’s Basketball Championship can be bought at www.Large12Sports.com/buytickets or www.t-mobilecenter.com. Tickets for the 2023 Phillips 66 Women’s Basketball Championship can also be bought at www.Huge12Sporting activities.com/buytickets, as well as www.ticketmaster.com/Significant12WBB, and at the Municipal Auditorium Box Business office.