2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 12–16, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri at T-Mobile Center.[1][2] The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, it was the first and only tournament with 14 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2023–24 season, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF joined the conference. It was the final appearance in the tournament for Texas and Oklahoma before leaving the conference. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.

2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams14
SiteT-Mobile Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsIowa State (6th title)
Winning coachT. J. Otzelberger (1st title)
MVPKeshon Gilbert (Iowa State)
Attendance19,135 (championship)
Top scorerKeshon Gilbert (48)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+
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2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No.Houston 15 3   .833 32 5   .865
No. 8 Iowa State 13 5   .722 29 8   .784
No. 16 Baylor 11 7   .611 24 11   .686
Texas Tech 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
BYU 10 8   .556 23 11   .676
No. 19 Kansas 10 8   .556 23 11   .676
Texas 9 9   .500 21 13   .618
TCU 9 9   .500 21 13   .618
Oklahoma 8 10   .444 20 12   .625
Kansas State 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Cincinnati 7 11   .389 22 15   .595
UCF 7 11   .389 17 16   .515
Oklahoma State 4 14   .222 12 20   .375
West Virginia 4 14   .222 9 23   .281
2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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All fourteen teams participated in the tournament. It was the first and only tournament with the 14-team bracket format. The top ten teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference. Ties were broken using a tiebreaker system, with the first tiebreaker being best record in head-to-head matchups then the 2nd tiebreaker being head-to-head record against each team in the conference beginning with the first place team and working down.[3]

Seed School Conference

Record

Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3
1 Houston 15–3
2 Iowa State 13–5
3 Baylor 11–7 1–1 vs. Texas Tech 0–1 vs. Houston 1–0 vs. Iowa State
4 Texas Tech 11–7 1–1 vs. Baylor 0–1 vs. Houston 0–1 vs. Iowa State
5 BYU 10–8 1–0 vs. Kansas
6 Kansas 10–8 0–1 vs. BYU
7 Texas 9–9 1–0 vs. TCU
8 TCU 9–9 0–1 vs. Texas
9 Oklahoma 8–10 1–0 vs. Kansas State
10 Kansas State 8–10 0–1 vs. Oklahoma
11 Cincinnati 7–11 2–0 vs. UCF
12 UCF 7–11 0–2 vs. Cincinnati
13 Oklahoma State 4–14 1–0 vs. West Virginia
14 West Virginia 4–14 0–1 vs. Oklahoma State

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 12
1 11:30 a.m. No. 12 UCF vs No. 13 Oklahoma State 77–62 ESPN+ 9,404
2 2:00 p.m. No. 11 Cincinnati vs No. 14 West Virginia 90–85
Second round – Wednesday, March 13
3 11:30 a.m. No. 5 BYU vs No. 12 UCF 87–73 ESPN2 16,044
4 2:00 p.m. No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Oklahoma 77–70 ESPN+
5 6:00 p.m. No. 7 Texas vs No. 10 Kansas State 74–78 18,261
6 8:30 p.m. No. 6 Kansas vs No. 11 Cincinnati 52–72 ESPN2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
7 11:30 a.m. No. 4 Texas Tech vs No. 5 BYU 81–67 ESPN2 17,186
8 2:00 p.m. No. 1 Houston vs No. 8 TCU 60–45 ESPN
9 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Iowa State vs No. 10 Kansas State 76–57 ESPN2 19,135
10 8:30 p.m. No. 3 Baylor vs No. 11 Cincinnati 68–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
11 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Houston vs No. 4 Texas Tech 82–59 ESPN2 19,135
12 8:30 p.m. No. 2 Iowa State vs No. 3 Baylor 76–62 ESPN
Championship – Saturday, March 16
13 5:00 p.m. No. 1 Houston vs No. 2 Iowa State 41–69 ESPN 19,135
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Tuesday, March 12
ESPN+
Second round
Wednesday, March 13
ESPN2/ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
ESPN/ESPN2
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
ESPN/ESPN2
Championship
Saturday, March 16
ESPN
1Houston60
8TCU778TCU45
9Oklahoma701Houston82
4Texas Tech59
4Texas Tech81
5BYU875BYU67
12UCF7712UCF731Houston41
13Oklahoma State622Iowa State69
2Iowa State76
7Texas7410Kansas State57
10Kansas State782Iowa State76
3Baylor62
3Baylor68
6Kansas5211Cincinnati56
11Cincinnati9011Cincinnati72
14West Virginia85

References

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  1. ^ "2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship - Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship | Visit KC". www.visitkc.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.