Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportBasketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Number of teams14
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumT-Mobile Center
Current locationKansas City, Missouri
Played1997–present
Last contest2023
Current championTexas Longhorns
Most championshipsKansas Jayhawks (12)[1]
TV partner(s)ESPN
Official websiteBig 12 men's basketball
Sponsors
Phillips 66 (1997–present)
Host stadiums
T-Mobile Center (2008, 2010–2025)
Ford Center (2007, 2009)
American Airlines Center (2003–2004, 2006)
Kemper Arena (1997–2002, 2005)
Host locations
Kansas City, Missouri (1997–2002, 2005, 2008, 2010–2025)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007, 2009)
Dallas, Texas (2003–2004, 2006)

The Big 12 men's basketball tournament (known since its inception in 1997 under sponsorship agreements as the Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament) is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament of four rounds, with the top six seeds getting byes in the first round.[2] Seeding is based on regular season records. The winner of the tournament receives the Big 12 Conference automatic bid to the NCAA Championship tournament.

Between 2005 and 2019, no current Big 12 member besides Iowa State or Kansas won the tournament, and those two schools have won 17 of 25 titles. The remaining current Big 12 schools only account for six additional tournament titles. For its first twenty-three years, no school from outside the original Big Eight Conference had ever won the tournament. This streak ended when the Texas Longhorns won the championship game against Oklahoma State in 2021.

The tournament is set to be held at the T-Mobile Center (formerly Sprint Center) in Kansas City, Missouri until 2027.[3]

History

Former logo

The tournament has been held every year since the first full basketball season was completed in 1997. (The Big 12 was formed in 1996) Since that time, it was held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri in early March for every year up until 2003, and also in 2005. In 2003, 2004, and 2006 it was held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, and in 2007 it was held in the Ford Center at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[4] In 2008 it was again held in Kansas City, but this time at the Sprint Center.

The 2009 edition of the championship was held in Oklahoma City, with the event returning to Kansas City from 2010 through 2020.[5] On October 24, 2018, it was announced that the Big 12 Tournament would stay in Kansas City through 2024,[6] and on June 12, 2020, it was announced that it would stay in Kansas City through 2025.[7] Kansas has won the most Big 12 postseason titles as well, winning 12 out of 25, while appearing in 15 championship games.

Tournament champions

Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year. Teams are seeded in order of highest conference record. Tie-breakers[8] are based on conference record starting with:

  • Head-to-head
  • Record against highest standing team in conference, continuing down until one team gains an advantage
  • Conference road games
  • Road record against highest standing team, continuing down
  • Draw, starting with highest seed to be determined
  • Ties among more than two teams are broken similarly by comparing the "mini round-robin" record among tied teams, reverting to the above when elimination narrows it to two tied teams
YearChampionRunner-upMost Valuable PlayerLocationAttendance
1997(1) Kansas 87(10) Missouri 60Paul Pierce, KansasKemper Arena – Kansas City, MO114,420
1998(1) Kansas 72(3) Oklahoma 5889,200
1999(3) Kansas 53(5) Oklahoma State 37Jeff Boschee, Kansas106,600
2000(1) Iowa State 70(3) Oklahoma 58Marcus Fizer, Iowa State114,600
2001(3) Oklahoma 54(4) Texas 45Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma91,500
2002(2) Oklahoma 64(1) Kansas 55Hollis Price, Oklahoma104,740
2003(3) Oklahoma 49(5) Missouri 47American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX94,800
2004(1) Oklahoma State 65(2) Texas 49Tony Allen, Oklahoma State105,610
2005(3) Oklahoma State 72(4) Texas Tech 68Joey Graham, Oklahoma StateKemper Arena – Kansas City, MO109,608
2006(2) Kansas 80(1) Texas 68Mario Chalmers, KansasAmerican Airlines Center – Dallas, TX109,428
2007†(1) Kansas 88(3) Texas 84Kevin Durant, TexasFord Center – Oklahoma City, OK113,274
2008(2) Kansas 84(1) Texas 74Brandon Rush, KansasSprint Center – Kansas City, MO113,254
2009(3) Missouri 73(9) Baylor 60DeMarre Carroll, MissouriFord Center – Oklahoma City, OK94,614
2010(1) Kansas 72(2) Kansas State 64Sherron Collins, KansasSprint Center – Kansas City, MO113,398
2011(1) Kansas 85(2) Texas 73Marcus Morris, Kansas113,490
2012(2) Missouri 90(4) Baylor 75Kim English, Missouri94,894
2013(1) Kansas 70(2) Kansas State 54Jeff Withey, Kansas90,687
2014(4) Iowa State 74(7) Baylor 65DeAndre Kane, Iowa State94,996
2015(2) Iowa State 70(1) Kansas 66Georges Niang, Iowa State94,963
2016(1) Kansas 81 (2) West Virginia 71Devonte' Graham, Kansas94,934
2017(4) Iowa State 80 (2) West Virginia 74Monte Morris, Iowa State94,934
2018(1) Kansas 81(3) West Virginia 70Malik Newman, Kansas89,249
2019 (5) Iowa State 78(3) Kansas 66Marial Shayok, Iowa State94,847
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021(3) Texas 91(5) Oklahoma State 86Matt Coleman, TexasT-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO13,824‡
2022(1) Kansas 74(3) Texas Tech 65Ochai Agbaji, Kansas79,846
2023 (2) Texas 76(1) Kansas 56Dylan Disu, Texas90,110
2024
2025
2026
2027
Reference:[9] † – Denotes overtime played

*From its opening to July 2020, T-Mobile Center was known as Sprint Center, but the arena was rebranded following the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint.
‡Attendance at the 2021 Tournament was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results by team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All-Time Big 12 Championships".
  2. ↑ "Big 12 Conference Spring Meetings - Day 3 Recap" (PDF) (Press release). Kansas City, Missouri: Big 12 Conference. June 2, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Big 12 Conference and Kansas City Sports Commission Announce Two-Year Extension for Basketball Championships" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. June 3, 2022. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ "04.mbb.pgs 1-15.pmd" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2007-03-10.
  5. ↑ "Big 12 Conference Concludes Spring Meetings; Future Championship Sites Approved For Football, Basketball". Big12Sports.com. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Big 12 men's basketball tourney will stay at Sprint Center through 2024". kansascity. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
  7. ↑ "Big 12 and Kansas City Announce Extension for Basketball Championships". big12. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  8. ↑ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures".
  9. 1 2 3 2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Media Guide
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