2019 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2019 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2019 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	10
Site	Sprint Center; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Iowa State (5th title)
Winning coach	Steve Prohm (2nd title)
MVP	Marial Shayok (Iowa State)
Attendance	94,847 (overall); 19,066 (championship)
Top scorer	Dedric Lawson (Kansas); (58 points)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
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The 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 13 to 16, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center.^[2] No. 5 seed Iowa State defeated Kansas 78–66 to win the championship and receive the Big 12’s automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. It was Iowa State's fourth Big 12 title in the last six years. They also became the first team lower than a four seed to win the tournament.^[3]

2018–19 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Kansas State	14	–	4	.778	25	–	9	.735
No. 2 Texas Tech	14	–	4	.778	31	–	7	.816
No. 16 Kansas	12	–	6	.667	26	–	10	.722
Baylor	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
No. 25 Iowa State †	9	–	9	.500	23	–	12	.657
Texas	8	–	10	.444	21	–	16	.568
Oklahoma	7	–	11	.389	20	–	14	.588
TCU	7	–	11	.389	23	–	14	.622
Oklahoma State	5	–	13	.278	12	–	20	.375
West Virginia	4	–	14	.222	15	–	21	.417

† 2019 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.^[4] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2019 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	Kansas State ‡#	14–4	25–9	1–1 vs. Texas Tech / 1–1 vs. Kansas / 2–0 vs Baylor
2	Texas Tech c#	14–4	31–7	1–1 vs. Kansas State / 1–1 vs. Kansas / 1–1 vs Baylor
3	Kansas #	12–6	26–10
4	Baylor #	10–8	20–14
5	Iowa State #	9–9	23–12
6	Texas #	8–10	21–16
7	Oklahoma	7–11	20–14	2–0 vs. TCU
8	TCU	7–11	23–14	0–2 vs. Oklahoma
9	Oklahoma State	5–13	12–20
10	West Virginia	4–14	15–21
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.^[4]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 13
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 8 TCU 73 vs No. 9 Oklahoma State 70	ESPNU	18,858
1	2	8:00 pm	No. 10 West Virginia 72 vs No. 7 Oklahoma 71	ESPNU	18,858
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
2	3	11:30 am	No. 5 Iowa State 83 vs No. 4 Baylor 66	ESPN2	18,930
2	4	2:00 pm	No. 1 Kansas State 70 vs No. 8 TCU 61		18,930
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 10 West Virginia 79 vs No. 2 Texas Tech 74		18,927
3	6	8:30 pm	No. 3 Kansas 65 vs No. 6 Texas 57		18,927
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
4	7	6:00 pm	No. 5 Iowa State 63 vs No. 1 Kansas State 59	ESPN2	19,066
4	8	8:30 pm	No. 3 Kansas 88 vs No. 10 West Virginia 74	ESPN2	19,066
Championship – Saturday, March 16
5	9	5:00 pm	No. 5 Iowa State 78 vs No. 3 Kansas 66	ESPN	19,066
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[5]^[6]

Bracket

First round Wednesday, March 13			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14			Semifinals Friday, March 15			Championship Saturday, March 16

			1	Kansas State	70

			8	TCU	61
8	TCU	73

9	Oklahoma State	70
						1	Kansas State	59

						5	Iowa State	63



			4	Baylor	66

			5	Iowa State	83



									5	Iowa State	78

									3	Kansas	66



			2	Texas Tech	74

			10	West Virginia	79
7	Oklahoma	71

10	West Virginia	72
						10	West Virginia	74

						3	Kansas	88



			3	Kansas	65

			6	Texas	57

All-Tournament Team

Lindell Wigginton

'Most Outstanding Player – Marial Shayok, Iowa State^[5]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Marial Shayok	Iowa State	0	0
Michael Jacobson	Iowa State	0	0
Lindell Wigginton	Iowa State	0	0
Devon Dotson	Kansas	0	0
Dedric Lawson	Kansas	0	0

References

^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". SprintCenter.com.
^ "2019 Big 12 Tournament bracket, scores: Iowa State claims title in win over Kansas". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "2019 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[Standings-1] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[2] "BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". SprintCenter.com.

[3] "2019 Big 12 Tournament bracket, scores: Iowa State claims title in win over Kansas". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 22, 2019.

[Standings6-4] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[Tournament-5] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

[2019_Box_Score-6] "2019 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

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