Live: Big 12 Tournament coverage

New this year for the Big 12 men's basketball tournament are express lanes to speed up the entrance of spectators into the Sprint Center in Kansas City. The lanes let people carry cell phones, keys and other metal objects in their hands for security personnel to view. Security will check backpacks and purses as normal. Allison Long Kansas City Star

Follow live stats, plus updates and analysis from The Star's team of sportswriters and columnists at the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City, as Kansas State faces TCU and Texas plays Texas Tech on the opening night of the Big 12 men's basketball tournament.

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This story was originally published March 11, 2015 at 1:52 PM with the headline "Live: Big 12 Tournament coverage."

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