After 45 exhausting, exhilarating minutes of basketball on Wednesday night, the Kansas Jayhawks have just 21 hours to prepare for their quarterfinal matchup against the third-seeded Arizona Wildcats. Thankfully for Kansas, there’s a definite familiarity to the matchup with the Wildcats.

No. 3 seed University of Arizona men’s basketball team is set to take on No. 6 University of Kansas in a Big 12 quarterfinals rematch less than a week after a Wildcat loss.

Arizona kicks off postseason play Thursday during the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals. The Wildcats benefit from a double-bye in their debut appearance in Kansas City and will square off with Kansas.

Big 12 men's basketball conference tournament picks, predictions, odds for Kansas Jayhawks vs Arizona Wildcats quarterfinal game on Thursday.

Tonight's evening session in the Big 12 Tournament closes with two blue bloods as Arizona (20-11, 14-7) takes the court against Kansas (21-11, 12-9). The Jayhawks survived a battle yesterday against UCF,