KANSAS CITY, Mo. (March 11, 2010)--Cole Aldrich scored 12 points and had 18 rebounds Thursday as No. 1 Kansas became the third team to reach 2,000 wins by pulling out an 80-68 victory over scrappy Texas Tech in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament.

Baylor upset Kansas (30-2) in last year's Big 12 tournament and the Jayhawks seemed headed for another with an uneven start.

Kansas slogged through a sloppy first half and had to withstand a Texas Tech rally in the second before pulling away to join Kentucky and North Carolina in the 2,000-win club.

Kansas moves on to face the Texas A&M-Nebraska winner in Friday's semifinals.

Texas Tech (17-15) all but secured an NIT berth by beating Colorado in the opener, but its only chance at an NCAA berth was to win the Big 12 tournament.