2023 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2023 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2023 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
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
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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.^[1]^[2] Texas won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.

2022–23 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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.^[3]

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
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
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	ESPNU	17,702
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	ESPN	18,034
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	ESPN2	17,476
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	ESPN	19,135
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.

[1] "Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[2] "2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship | Visit KC". www.visitkc.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[3] "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

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