| 2023 Big 12 men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions | Texas (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Rodney Terry (1st title) |
| MVP | Dylan Disu (Texas) |
| Attendance | 90,110 17,763 (championship) |
| Top scorer | Jalen Wilson (Kansas) (71 points) |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
| Big 12 men's basketball tournaments← 20222024 → | |
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. Texas won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Kansas | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 28 | – | 8 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Texas † | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 29 | – | 9 | .763 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Kansas State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Baylor | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 TCU | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2023 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
All ten teams participated in the tournament. It was the final season with the 10-team bracket format, as the Big 12 expanded to 14 teams for the 2023–24 season before going to 16 in 2024–25. The top six teams received a first-round bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
- "Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- "2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship | Visit KC". www.visitkc.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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