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2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball season began with the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will begin in December 2024 and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament will be held March 11–15, 2025, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams16
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS
Regular season
Big 12 tournament
Big 12 men's basketball seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Iowa State 0 – 0   – 9 – 1   .900
No. 19 Cincinnati 0 – 0   – 8 – 1   .889
Arizona State 0 – 0   – 8 – 2   .800
BYU 0 – 0   – 8 – 2   .800
Colorado 0 – 0   – 8 – 2   .800
No. 8 Kansas 0 – 0   – 8 – 2   .800
UCF 0 – 0   – 8 – 2   .800
West Virginia 0 – 0   – 8 – 2   .800
Texas Tech 0 – 0   – 7 – 2   .778
Utah 0 – 0   – 7 – 2   .778
Baylor 0 – 0   – 7 – 3   .700
No. 15 Houston 0 – 0   – 6 – 3   .667
Kansas State 0 – 0   – 6 – 3   .667
Oklahoma State 0 – 0   – 6 – 3   .667
TCU 0 – 0   – 5 – 4   .556
Arizona 0 – 0   – 4 – 5   .444
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner
As of December 15, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

This is the first season for the Big 12 Conference with 16 teams after the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah, plus the departure of Oklahoma and Texas.

Coaches

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Coaching changes

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Coach School Reason Replacement
Mike Boynton Oklahoma State Fired[1] Steve Lutz
Josh Eilert West Virginia Fired[2] Darian DeVries[3]
Mark Pope BYU Left for Kentucky[4] Kevin Young[5]

Head coaches

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Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school as HC Overall record at School Big 12 record NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA championships
Arizona Tommy Lloyd Gonzaga (asst.) 4th 88–20 (.815) 0–0 (–) 3 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 9th 155–131 (.542) 0–0 (–) 3 0 0
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 22nd 446–244 (.646) 189–173 (.522) 12 1 1
BYU Kevin Young Phoenix Suns (asst.) 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
UCF Johnny Dawkins Stanford 9th 148–103 (.590) 7–11 (.389) 1 0 0
Cincinnati Wes Miller UNC Greensboro 4th 63–43 (.594) 7–11 (.389) 0 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 15th 298–183 (.620) 8–8 (.500) 6 0 0
Houston Kelvin Sampson Houston Rockets (asst.) 11th 264–79 (.770) 15–3 (.833) 6 1 0
Iowa State T. J. Otzelberger UNLV 4th 70–35 (.667) 29–25 (.537) 3 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 22nd 579–138 (.808) 272–72 (.791) 19† 3† 2
Kansas State Jerome Tang Baylor (asst.) 3rd 45–25 (.643) 19–17 (.528) 1 0 0
Oklahoma State Steve Lutz Western Kentucky 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 9th 160–110 (.593) 60–81 (.426) 4 0 0
Texas Tech Grant McCasland North Texas 2nd 23–11 (.676) 11–7 (.611) 1 0 0
Utah Craig Smith Utah State 4th 50–50 (.500) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
West Virginia Darian DeVries Drake 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0

† All of the Jayhawks' postseason victories and 7 of their regular-season wins were vacated from the 2017–18 season. Officially, their record for the season 16–8 overall and 3–5 in conference play. The Jayhawks' regular-season Big 12 championship and their Big 12 tournament championship were vacated. The Jayhawks' entire NCAA tournament appearance from the season was vacated including their Final Four appearance.

Big 12 media day

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Big 12 Men's Basketball Media day was held on Wednesday, October 23 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri,[6] with coverage on ESPNU and ESPN+.[7]

Teams and representatives attending were as follows:

Team Coach Player
Arizona Tommy Lloyd Jaden Bradley, KJ Lewis & Caleb Love
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Basheer Jihad, Alston Mason & Adam Miller
Baylor Scott Drew V.J. Edgecombe, Langston Love & Jayden Nunn
BYU Kevin Young Dallin Hall, Fousseyni Traore & Trevin Knell
UCF Johnny Dawkins Jordan Ivy-Curry, Darius Johnson, Keyshawn Hall[8]
Cincinnati Wes Miller Aziz Bandaogo, Simas Lukosius[9]
Colorado Tad Boyle Julian Hammond III, Andrej Jakimovski & Javon Ruffin
Houston Kelvin Sampson LJ Cryer, J’Wan Roberts & Emanuel Sharp
Iowa State T. J. Otzelberger Keshon Gilbert, Curtis Jones & Tamin Lipsey
Kansas Bill Self KJ Adams Jr., Hunter Dickinson & Dajuan Harris Jr.
Kansas State Jerome Tang Coleman Hawkins, Max Jones & David N'Guessan
Oklahoma State Steve Lutz Robert Jennings II, Jamyron Keller & Bryce Thompson
TCU Jamie Dixon Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds & Ernest Udeh Jr.
Texas Tech Grant McCasland Chance McMillian, Kerwin Walton & Darrion Williams
Utah Craig Smith Lawson Lovering & Gabe Madsen
West Virginia Darian DeVries Tucker DeVries & Javon Small
Reference:[7]

Preseason

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The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released: October 10, 2024. All awards were voted on by the league’s 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.

Big 12 Preseason Poll

Big 12 Coaches Points
1. Kansas 215 (9)
2. Houston 211 (5)
3. Iowa State 194 (1)
4. Baylor 185
5. Arizona 179 (1)
6. Cincinnati 140
7. Texas Tech 135
8. Kansas State 133
9. BYU 116
10. TCU 90
11. UCF 83
12. Arizona State 64
13. West Virginia 62
14. Oklahoma State 46
15. Colorado 37
16. Utah 30
Reference:[10] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team
Player School
Caleb Love Arizona
LJ Cryer Houston
J’Wan Roberts
Tamin Lipsey Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson† Kansas
† denotes unanimous selection
Reference:[10]
Second Team
Player School
Norchad Omier Baylor
Jeremy Roach
Keshon Gilbert Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr Kansas
Coleman Hawkins Kansas State
† denotes unanimous selection
Reference:[10]

Recruiting classes

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Rankings
Team ESPN[11] Rivals[12] 247 Sports[13] On3[14] Signees[13]
Arizona 32 34 26 2
Arizona State 8 9 7 3
Baylor 4 6 4 3
BYU – 13 22 6
UCF 24 92 65 3
Cincinnati 31 37 21 2
Colorado 42 29 40 3
Houston 28 41 17 2
Iowa State 55 54 38 2
Kansas 17 31 9 2
Kansas State 59 91 66 2
Oklahoma State – – – 0
TCU 57 18 37 2
Texas Tech 63 99 83 2
Utah 62 43 59 2
West Virginia 78 83 87 2

Preseason watchlists

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Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[15] Naismith[16] Cousy[17] West[18] Erving [19] Malone[20] Abdul-Jabbar[21]
KJ Adams Jr.  Y
LJ Cryer  Y  Y  Y
Tucker DeVries  Y  Y  Y
Hunter Dickinson  Y  Y  Y
V. J. Edgecombe  Y  Y  Y
BJ Freeman  Y
Dajuan Harris Jr.  Y  Y  Y
Coleman Hawkins  Y  Y  Y
Elijah Hawkins  Y
Motiejus Krivas  Y
KJ Lewis  Y
Tamin Lipsey  Y  Y  Y
Caleb Love  Y  Y  Y
Zeke Mayo  Y
Milan Momcilovic  Y
Norchad Omier  Y  Y  Y
Jayden Quaintance  Y
Jeremy Roach  Y  Y  Y
J'Wan Roberts  Y  Y  Y
AJ Storr  Y  Y  Y
JT Toppin  Y
Trey Townsend  Y

Preseason All-American teams

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AP[22] Blue Ribbon 1st Team[23] Blue Ribbon 3rd Team[23] Blue Ribbon 4th Team[23] SI 1st Team[24] SI 2nd Team[24] SN 2nd Team[25] SN 3rd Team[25]
LJ Cryer  Y
Hunter Dickinson  Y  Y  Y  Y
V. J. Edgecombe  Y
Caleb Love  Y  Y  Y  Y
Tamin Lipsey  Y  Y  Y
J'Wan Roberts  Y

Preseason national polls/ratings

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Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
AP[26] Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[27] 		CBS Sports[28] Coaches[29] ESPN[30] FOX Sports[31] Lindy's
Sports 		Sporting News[32] Kenpom[33] NCAA Sports[34] Sports
Illustrated[35]
Arizona No. 10 No. 13 No. 14 No. 9 No. 9 No. 9 No. 10 No. 18 No. 8 No. 17 No. 11
Arizona State RV – No. 100 – – – – – No. 71 – No. 72
Baylor No. 8 No. 8 No. 6 No. 8 No. 6 No. 8 No. 9 No. 5 No. 11 No. 8 No. 9
BYU RV – No. 66 RV – – – – No. 21 – No. 39
UCF – – No. 61 – – – – – No. 66 – No. 83
Cincinnati No. 20 No. 21 No. 30 No. 20 No. 19 No. 19 – – No. 17 No. 23 No. 17
Colorado – – No. 98 – – – – – No. 80 – No. 128
Houston No. 4 No. 7 No. 2 No. 4 No. 4 No. 4 No. 4 No. 12 No. 1 No. 6 No. 2
Iowa State No. 5 No. 5 No. 21 No. 6 No. 7 No. 6 No. 6 No. 2 No. 7 No. 7 No. 6
Kansas No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 1 No. 1 No. 1 No. 2 No. 19 No. 6 No. 2 No. 3
Kansas State RV – No. 24 RV No. 27 – – – No. 49 No. 28 –
Oklahoma State – – No. 97 – – – – – No. 89 – No. 98
TCU – – No. 79 – – – – – No. 58 – No. 42
Texas Tech RV – No. 31 RV No. 26 No. 23 – – No. 15 – No. 15
Utah – – No. 71 – – – – – No. 82 – No. 125
West Virginia – – – – – – – – No. 87 – No. 56

Regular season

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The Conference match ups for each school were announced on June 27, 2024. The full Big 12 schedule on September 26, 2024.[36]

Key
Schedule Home & Away Conference Schedule
Home (H) & Away (A)
Home Only (H)
Away Only (A)
  Arizona Arizona State Baylor BYU UCF Cincinnati Colorado Houston Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma State TCU Texas Tech Utah West Virginia
vs. Arizona — H & A H & A H & A A H A A H & A H H H A H & A A H
vs. Arizona State H & A — A H & A A H H & A A A H H & A H A H & A H H
vs. Baylor H & A H — H A H & A H H & A H A A A H & A H H & A A
vs. BYU H & A H & A A — H H & A H H H A A A H A H & A H & A
vs. UCF H H H A — A H & A A H & A H & A A H & A H & A H A H
vs. Cincinnati A A H & A H & A H — H H H A H & A H A A H & A H & A
vs. Colorado H H & A A A H & A A — A H & A H & A H H H & A H H A
vs. Houston H H H & A A H A H — A H & A H H & A A H & A A H & A
vs. Iowa State H & A H A A H & A A H & A H — H & A H & A H A H A H
vs. Kansas A A H H H & A H H & A H & A H & A — H & A A H A H A
vs. Kansas State A H & A H H H H & A A A H & A H & A — H & A H A H A
vs. Oklahoma State A A H H H & A A A H & A A H H & A — H H & A H & A H
vs. TCU H H H & A A H & A H H & A H H A A A — H & A A H & A
vs. Texas Tech H & A H & A A H A H A H & A A H H H & A H & A — H A
vs. Utah H A H & A H & A H H & A A H H A A H & A H A — H & A
vs. West Virginia A A H H & A A H & A H H & A A H H A H & A H H & A —

Conference matrix

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  Arizona Arizona State Baylor BYU UCF Cincinnati Colorado Houston Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma State TCU Texas Tech Utah West Virginia
vs. Arizona — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Arizona State 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Baylor 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. BYU 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. UCF 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Cincinnati 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Colorado 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Houston 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Iowa State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Kansas 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Kansas State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Oklahoma State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. TCU 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Texas Tech 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0
vs. Utah 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0
vs. West Virginia 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 —
Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Thru Dec. 30, 2024.

Points scored

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Team For Against Difference
Arizona 751 639 112
Arizona State 786 723 63
Baylor 849 713 136
BYU 839 655 184
UCF 803 748 55
Cincinnati 724 536 188
Colorado 765 697 68
Houston 693 508 185
Iowa State 874 649 225
Kansas 784 673 111
Kansas State 724 624 100
Oklahoma State 716 686 30
TCU 657 605 52
Texas Tech 762 586 176
Utah 777 581 196
West Virginia 785 656 129

Note: Through Dec. 15, 2024.[37]

Big East-Big 12 Battle

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Date[38] Time Big East team Big 12 team Score Location Television Attendance Leader
Tue., Dec. 3 6:30 p.m. Villanova No. 14 Cincinnati 68–60 Finneran Pavilion • Villanova, PA FS1 6,501 Big East (1–0)
8:30 p.m. Providence BYU 83–64 Amica Mutual Pavilion • Providence, RI FS1 12,005 Big East (2–0)
Wed., Dec. 4 6:30 p.m. No. 25 UConn No. 15 Baylor 76–72 Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, CT FS1 10,299 Big East (3–0)
7:00 p.m. No. 5 Marquette No. 6 Iowa State 81–70 Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA ESPN+ 14,267 Big East (3–1)
8:30 p.m. Creighton No. 1 Kansas 76–63 CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, NE FS1 17,908 Big East (4–1)
9:00 p.m. DePaul Texas Tech 76–62 United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX ESPNU 11,465 Big East (4–2)
Thur., Dec. 5 8:00 p.m. Xavier TCU 72–76 Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX ESPN+ 5,156 Big East (4–3)
Fri., Dec. 6 7:00 p.m. Georgetown West Virginia 60–73 WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV ESPN2 11,522 Tied (4–4)
Sat., Dec. 7 11:30 a.m. St. John's Kansas State 88–71 Carnesecca Arena • Jamaica, NY Fox 5,602 Big East (5–4)
5:30 p.m. Butler No. 17 Houston 51–79 Fertitta Center • Houston, TX ESPN2 7,035 Tied (5–5)
Sun., Dec. 8 12:00 p.m. Seton Hall Oklahoma State 76–85 Prudential Center • Newark, NJ FS1 8,791 Big 12 (6–5)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS.
All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Not participating: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCF and Utah

Multi-Team Events

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Team Tournament Finish
Arizona Battle 4 Atlantis 4th
Arizona State Acrisure Classic 1st
Baylor Bahamas Championship 2nd
BYU Rady Children's Invitational 3rd
UCF Greenbrier Tip-Off 4th
Colorado Maui Invitational 6th
Houston Players Era Festival 4th
Iowa State Maui Invitational 5th
Kansas State Paradise Jam 3rd
Oklahoma State Charleston Classic 6th
TCU Acrisure Invitational 4th
Texas Tech Legends Classic 3rd
West Virginia Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd

Big 12 Players of the Week

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Week Player of the week Team Newcomer of the week Team
November 11, 2024[39] Hunter Dickinson Kansas Egor Demin
Zeke Mayo 		BYU
Kansas
November 18, 2024[40] Hunter Dickinson (2) Kansas Egor Demin (2)
Joson Sanon 		BYU
Arizona State
November 25, 2024[41] Norchad Omier Baylor JT Toppin Texas Tech
December 2, 2024[42] Keshon Gilbert
Javon Small 		Iowa State
West Virginia 		Tucker DeVries West Virginia
December 9, 2024[43] Keshon Gilbert (2) Iowa State Joshua Jefferson Iowa State
December 16, 2024[44] Hunter Dickinson (3) Kansas Joshua Jefferson (2)
Zeke Mayo (2) 		Iowa State
Kansas
December 23, 2024
December 30, 2024
January 6, 2025
January 13, 2025
January 20, 2025
January 27, 2025
February 3, 2025
February 10, 2025
February 17, 2025
February 24, 2025
March 3, 2025
March 10, 2025

Team Total

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Team Total
Kansas 5
Iowa State 4
BYU 2
West Virginia 2
Arizona State 1
Baylor 1
Texas Tech 1
Arizona 0
UCF 0
Cincinnati 0
Colorado 0
Houston 0
Kansas State 0
Oklahoma State 0
TCU 0
Utah 0

Rankings

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
т   Tied with another team in rankings
Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
  Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Wk
17 		Wk
18 		Final
Arizona AP 10 9 17 24
C 9 8 17 23 RV
Arizona State AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV
Baylor AP 8 12 13 17 15 RV RV
C 8 14 15 18 16 25 RV
BYU AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
UCF AP RV
C RV
Cincinnati AP 20 17 18 16 14 22 19
C 20 17 16 14 14 23 20
Colorado AP
C
Houston AP 4 8 7 6 17 15 15
C 4 10 7т 7 18 13 12
Iowa State AP 5 7 5 5 6 3 3
C 6 7 5 5 5 3 3
Kansas AP 1 1 1 1 1 10 8
C 1 1 1 1 1 10 8
Kansas State AP RV RV RV
C RV RV
Oklahoma State AP RV RV
C
TCU AP
C
Texas Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV 22 RV RV RV RV
Utah AP
C
West Virginia AP RV RV RV
C RV RV RV

Big 12 vs other conferences

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Record against ranked non-conference opponents

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This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Nov. 4 No. 13 Texas A&M UCF Addition Financial Arena ● Orlando, FL − UCF 64−61 1−0
Nov. 4 No. 8 Baylor No. 6 Gonzaga Spokane Arena ● Spokane, WA − Gonzaga 101−63 1−1
Nov. 8 No. 9 North Carolina No. 1 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse ● Lawrence, KS − Kansas 92−89 2−1
Nov. 9 No. 16 Arkansas No. 8 Baylor † American Airlines Center ● Dallas, Texas − Baylor 72−67 3−1
Nov. 9 No. 11 Auburn No. 4 Houston Toyota Center ● Houston, TX The Battleground 2k24 Auburn 74−69 3−2
Nov. 10 Arizona State No. 6 Gonzaga McCarthey Athletic Center ● Spokane, WA − Gonzaga 88−80 3−3
Nov. 21 No. 22 St. John's No. 13 Baylor † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas Championship Baylor 99−98 2OT 4−3
Nov. 22 No. 19 Wisconsin UCF† Colonial Hall ● White Sulphur Springs, WV Greenbrier Tip-Off Wisconsin 86−70 4−4
Nov. 22 No. 11 Tennessee No. 13 Baylor † Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas Bahamas Championship Tennessee 77−62 4−5
Nov. 22 No. 12 Duke No. 17 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ − Duke 69−55 4−6
Nov. 25 No. 4 Auburn No. 5 Iowa State† Lahaina Civic Center ● Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational Auburn 83−81 4−7
Nov. 26 No. 2 UConn Colorado† Lahaina Civic Center ● Lahaina, HI Maui Invitational Colorado 73−72 5−7
Nov. 26 No. 9 Alabama No. 6 Houston† MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV Players Era Festival Alabama 85−80 5−8
Nov. 26 No. 11 Duke No. 1 Kansas† T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV Vegas Showdown Kansas 75−72 6−8
Nov. 27 No. 3 Gonzaga West Virginia† Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis West Virginia 86−78 OT 7−8
Nov. 28 No. 23 Ole Miss BYU† LionTree Arena ● San Diego, CA Rady Children's Invitational Ole Miss 96−85 OT 7−9
Dec. 4 No. 15 Baylor No. 25 UConn Harry A. Gampel Pavilion ● Storrs, CT Big East–Big 12 Battle UConn 76−72 7−10
Dec. 4 No. 5 Marquette No. 6 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA Big East–Big 12 Battle Iowa State 81−70 8−10
Dec. 8 No. 22 Texas A&M Texas Tech† Dickies Arena ● Fort Worth, TX Coast-to-Coast Challenge Texas A&M 72−67 8−11
Dec. 14 No. 24 UCLA Arizona† Footprint Center ● Phoenix, AZ Rivalry UCLA 57−54 8−12
Dec. 14 No. 9 Florida Arizona State† State Farm Center ● Atlanta,GA Holiday Hoopsgiving Florida 83−66 8−13
Dec. 14 No. 13 Oklahoma Oklahoma State† Paycom Center ● Oklahoma City, OK Bedlam Series Oklahoma 80−65 8−14
Dec. 20 No. 22 Dayton No. 19 Cincinnati† Heritage Bank Center ● Cincinnati, OH Simple Truth Hoops Classic − −

† denotes neutral site game

Record vs vs other conferences

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The Big 12 has a record of 112–35 in non-conference play.

Postseason

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Big 12 tournament

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Main article: 2025 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament


TV networks

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Team ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU FOX FS1 CBS CBSSN TBS TNT TruTV Streaming (ESPN+/Peacock/ACCNX/FloSports)
Arizona 8 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10
Arizona State 1 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 16
Baylor 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 13
BYU 0 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 15
UCF 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 23
Cincinnati 0 5 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 16
Colorado 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23
Houston 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 13
Iowa State 3 2 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 14
Kansas 11 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8
Kansas State 1 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 19
Oklahoma State 1 0 4 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 19
TCU 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 18
Texas Tech 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15
Utah 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24
West Virginia 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20

Home game attendance

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Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,688 13,597 13,982 14,634† 13,747 55,960 13,990 95.24%
Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 14,198 6,966† 6,057 6,294 6,633 25,950 6,487 45.68%
Baylor Foster Pavilion 7,500 7,500† 7,500† 7,500† 7,500† 7,500† 37,500 7,500 100.00%
BYU Marriott Center 17,978 16,941 17,381† 16,789 16,456 16,954 15,950 100,471 16,745 94.02%
UCF Addition Financial Arena 9,432 8,808† 7,768 8,302 7,522 6,027 5,817 44,244 7,374 78.18%
Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena 12,012 10,290 10,604 10,485 10,970 10,913 12,513† 65,775 10,963 88.67%
Colorado CU Events Center 11,064 5,679 6,152 5,358 6,288 5,235 9,143† 5,942 43,796 6,257 56.55%
Houston Fertitta Center 7,100 7,035† 7,035† 7,035† 7,035† 7,035† 35,175 7,035 99.08%
Iowa State Hilton Coliseum 14,267 13,616 13,464 13,615 14,267† 13,658 14,267† 82,887 13,815 96.83%
Kansas Allen Fieldhouse 15,300 15,300† 15,300† 15,300† 15,300† 15,300† 15,300† 91,800 15,300 100.00%
Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum 11,000 9,155 9,928† 9,507 8,416 7,971 44,977 8,995 81.77%
Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 7,251† 5,447 5,804 18,502 6,167 45.31%
TCU Schollmaier Arena 6,700 5,127 5,026 4,815 4,707 5,156† 24,831 4,966 73.41%
Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena 15,300 12,034 13,610† 11,456 9,847 13,274 11,465 71,868 11,948 78.71%
Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000 6,785 6,722 6,757 6,969 6,604 7,064 7,435† 7,370 55,706 6,963 46.42%
West Virginia WVU Coliseum 14,000 9,229 10,017 8,591 11,522† 8,711 9,651 57,721 9,620 68.72%
Total 12,447 857,163 9,740 78.25%

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high


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