2023 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams10
SiteT-Mobile Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsTexas (2nd title)
Winning coachRodney Terry (1st title)
MVPDylan Disu (Texas)
Attendance90,110
17,763 (championship)
Top scorerJalen Wilson (Kansas)
(71 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU

The 2023 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11 in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.[1][2] Texas won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.

2022–23 Big 12 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Kansas13–5 .72228–8  .778
No. 5 Texas †12–6 .66729–9  .763
No. 15 Kansas State11–7 .61126–10  .722
No. 11 Baylor11–7 .61123–11  .676
Iowa State9–9 .50019–14  .576
No. 22 TCU9–9 .50022–13  .629
Oklahoma State8–10 .44420–16  .556
West Virginia7–11 .38919–15  .559
Texas Tech5–13 .27816–16  .500
Oklahoma5–13 .27815–17  .469
† 2023 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All ten teams will participate in the tournament. It will be the final season with the 10 team bracket format as the Big 12 will expand to 14 teams for the 2023–24 season before going to 12 in 2024–25 with the departures of Oklahoma and Texas. The top six teams will receive a first-round bye.

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[3]

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3
1 Kansas 13–5
2 Texas 12–6
3 Kansas State 11–7 2–0 vs. Baylor
4 Baylor 11–7 0–2 vs. Kansas State
5 Iowa State 9–9 2–0 vs. TCU
6 TCU 9–9 0–2 vs. Iowa State
7 Oklahoma State 8–10
8 West Virginia 7–11
9 Texas Tech 5–13 1–1 vs. Oklahoma 0–2 vs. Kansas 1–1 vs. Texas
10 Oklahoma 5–13 1–1 vs. Texas Tech 0–2 vs. Kansas 0–2 vs. Texas

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television† Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 8
1 6:00 p.m. No. 8 West Virginia vs No. 9 Texas Tech 78–62 ESPNU 17,702
2 8:30 p.m. No. 7 Oklahoma State vs No. 10 Oklahoma 57–49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
3 11:30 a.m. No. 4 Baylor vs No. 5 Iowa State 72–78 ESPN 18,034
4 2:00 p.m. No. 1 Kansas vs No. 8 West Virginia 78–61
5 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs No. 7 Oklahoma State 61–47 ESPN2 17,476
6 8:30 p.m. No. 3 Kansas State vs No. 6 TCU 67–80
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Kansas vs No. 5 Iowa State 71–58 ESPN 19,135
8 8:30 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs No. 6 TCU 66–60
Championship – Saturday, March 11
9 5:00 p.m. No. 1 Kansas vs No. 2 Texas 56–76 ESPN 17,763
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seed. †All games will be simulcast on ESPN+

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 8
ESPNU 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
ESPN/ESPN2 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
ESPN
            
1 Kansas 78
8 West Virginia 61
8 West Virginia 78
9 Texas Tech 62
1 Kansas 71
5 Iowa State 58
4 Baylor 72
5 Iowa State 78
1 Kansas 56
2 Texas 76
2 Texas 61
7 Oklahoma State 47
7 Oklahoma State 57
10 Oklahoma 49
2 Texas 66
6 TCU 60
3 Kansas State 67
6 TCU 80

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Dylan Disu, Texas

Player Team
Dylan Disu Texas
Marcus Carr Texas
Sir'Jabari Rice Texas
Jalen Wilson Kansas
Dajuan Harris Jr. Kansas
Mike Miles Jr. TCU

References

  1. ↑ "Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship | Visit KC". www.visitkc.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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