2021 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year=2021
| Conference=Big 12
| Division=
| Gender=Men's
| Image=Big 12 Championships logo.svg
| ImageSize=200
| Caption=
| Teams=10
| Arena=T-Mobile Center
| City=Kansas City, Missouri
| 1stRoundArena=
| 1stRoundCity=
| QuarterArena=
| QuarterCity=
| SemiArena=
| SemiCity=
| FinalArena=
| FinalCity=
| Champions= Texas
| TitleCount=1st
| Coach=Shaka Smart
| CoachCount=1st
| MVP=Matt Coleman III
| MVPTeam=Texas
| Attendance=17,307
3,525 (championship)
| OneTopScorer=
| TwoTopScorers=
| TopScorer=Cade Cunningham
| TopScorerTeam=Oklahoma State
| TopScorer2=
| TopScorer2Team=
| Points=71
}}
{{2020–21 Big 12 men's basketball standings}}
The 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 10 to 13, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.{{cite web |title=Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship |url=https://big12sports.com/tournaments/?id=936 |website=Big12Sports.com}} The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament. Texas defeated Oklahoma State in the championship to earn their first Big 12 Tournament Championship and third Conference tournament Championship overall. Texas became the first school that was not a member of the Big Eight Conference to win the tournament.
Seeds
All ten teams participated in the tournament. The top six teams earned a first-round bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. What tiebreakers were used for each tie is included in the table.
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;text-align:center"
! Seed ! School ! Conf ! Tiebreaker 1 ! Tiebreaker 2 ! Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1
| align=left|Baylor | 13–1 | | | |
| 2
| align=left|Kansas | 12–6 | | | |
| 3
| align=left|Texas | 11–6 | 1–1 vs. West Virginia | 0–1 vs. Baylor | 2–0 vs. Kansas |
| 4
| align=left|West Virginia | 11–6 | 1–1 vs. Texas | 0–1 vs. Baylor | 1–1 vs. Kansas |
| 5
| align=left|Oklahoma State | 11–7 | | | |
| 6
| align=left| Texas Tech | 9–8 | 2–0 vs. Oklahoma | | |
| 7
| align=left|Oklahoma | 9–8 | 0–2 vs. Texas Tech | | |
| 8
| align=left|TCU | 5–11 | | | |
| 9
| align=left|Kansas State | 4–14 | | | |
| 10
| align=left|Iowa State | 0–18 | | | |
Schedule
All games had limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Game !Time !Matchup# !Final score !Television !Attendance |
| colspan=6| First round – Wednesday, March 10 |
|---|
| 1
|5:30 pm |No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Kansas State |50–71 |rowspan=2|ESPN |rowspan=2|N/A* |
| 2
|8:30 pm |No. 7 Oklahoma vs No. 10 Iowa State |79–73 |
| colspan=6| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 |
| 3
|10:30 am |No. 4 West Virginia vs No. 5 Oklahoma State |69–72 |rowspan=3|ESPN |rowspan=2|3,491 |
| 4
|1:30 pm |No. 1 Baylor vs No. 9 Kansas State |74–68 |
| 5
|5:30 pm |No. 2 Kansas vs No. 7 Oklahoma |69–62 |rowspan=2|3,510 |
| 6
|8:30 pm |No. 3 Texas vs No. 6 Texas Tech |67–66 |
| colspan=6| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 |
| 7
|5:30 pm | No. 1 Baylor vs No. 5 Oklahoma State |74–83 |ESPN |3,298 |
| 8
|8:30 pm |No. 2 Kansas vs No. 3 Texas !colspan=3|Cancelled{{efn-ua|name=KUWithdrawal|Kansas withdrew from the Big 12 Tournament after a player tested positive for COVID-19, which led to the game being cancelled, and Texas advancing in the tournament.{{cite web |title=Kansas vs. Texas Big 12 Championship Semifinal Game Has Been Canceled |url=https://big12sports.com/news/2021/3/12/mens-basketball-texas-vs-kansas-big-12-championship-semifinal-game-has-been-canceled.aspx |website=big12sports.com |access-date=March 12, 2021}}}} |
| colspan=6| Championship – Saturday, March 13 |
| 9
|5:00 pm |No. 3 Texas vs No. 5 Oklahoma State |91–86 |ESPN |3,525 |
| colspan=6| {{small|Game times in CST. No.-Rankings denote tournament seed}} |
{{small|*No official attendance announced}}
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Wednesday, March 10
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
| RD3=Semifinals
Friday, March 12
| RD4=Championship
Saturday, March 13
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=TCU
| RD1-score03=50
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=Kansas State
| RD1-score04=71
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11=Oklahoma
| RD1-score11=79
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12=Iowa State
| RD1-score12=73
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=Baylor
| RD2-score01=74
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Kansas State
| RD2-score02=68
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=West Virginia
| RD2-score03=69
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Oklahoma State
| RD2-score04=72
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=Kansas
| RD2-score05=69
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Oklahoma
| RD2-score06=62
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=Texas
| RD2-score07=67
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Texas Tech
| RD2-score08=66
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Baylor
| RD3-score01=74
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=Oklahoma State
| RD3-score02=83
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=Kansas{{efn-ua|name=KUWithdrawal}}
| RD3-score03=
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=Texas
| RD3-score04=
| RD4-seed01=5
| RD4-team01=Oklahoma State
| RD4-score01=86
| RD4-seed02=3
| RD4-team02=Texas
| RD4-score02=91
}}
Notes
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References
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{{Big 12 men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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