2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
{{Short description|American college basketball competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
|Year=2024
|Conference=Big 12
|Division=
|Gender=Men's
|Image=Big 12 Championships logo.svg
|ImageSize=200
|Caption=
|Teams=14
|Arena=T-Mobile Center
|City=Kansas City, Missouri
|1stRoundArena=
|1stRoundCity=
|QuarterArena=
|QuarterCity=
|SemiArena=
|SemiCity=
|FinalArena=
|FinalCity=
|Champions=Iowa State
|TitleCount=6th
|Coach=T. J. Otzelberger
|CoachCount=1st
|MVP=Keshon Gilbert
|MVPTeam=Iowa State
|Attendance=118,300 (total)
19,135 (championship)
|OneTopScorer=
|TwoTopScorers=
|TopScorer=Keshon Gilbert
|TopScorerTeam=48
|TopScorer2=
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|Points=
|Television=ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+
}}
{{2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings}}
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.{{Cite web |title=2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship - Big 12 Conference |url=http://big12sports.com/tournaments/?id=1041&path=mbball |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=big12sports.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2016-12-13 |title=2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship {{!}} Visit KC |url=https://www.visitkc.com/big-12/championship-schedule-information |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=www.visitkc.com |language=en}} 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.
Seeds
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.{{Cite web |title=Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures |url=http://big12sports.com/sports/2011/6/22/1520897.aspx?path=mbball |access-date=2023-01-02 |website=big12sports.com |language=en}}
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:95%; text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conference Record !Tiebreaker 1 !Tiebreaker 2 !Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1
|15–3 | | | |
| 2
|13–5 | | | |
| 3
|11–7 |1–1 vs. Texas Tech |0–1 vs. Houston |1–0 vs. Iowa State |
| 4
|11–7 |1–1 vs. Baylor |0–1 vs. Houston |0–1 vs. Iowa State |
| 5
|BYU |10–8 |1–0 vs. Kansas | | |
| 6
|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
| 8–10 | 0–1 vs. Oklahoma | | |
| 11
| 7–11 | 2–0 vs. UCF | | |
| 12
| UCF | 7–11 | 0–2 vs. Cincinnati | | |
| 13
| 4–14 | 1–0 vs. West Virginia | | |
| 14
| 4–14 | 0–1 vs. Oklahoma State | | |
Schedule
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!Game !Time* !Matchup# !Final score !Television !Attendance |
| colspan="6" |First round – Tuesday, March 12 |
|---|
| 1
|11:30 a.m. |No. 12 UCF vs No. 13 Oklahoma State |77–62 | rowspan="2" |ESPN+ | rowspan="2" |9,404 |
| 2
|2:00 p.m. |No. 11 Cincinnati vs No. 14 West Virginia |90–85 |
| colspan="6" |Second round – Wednesday, March 13 |
| 3
|11:30 a.m. |No. 5 BYU vs No. 12 UCF |87–73 |ESPN2 | rowspan="2" |16,044 |
| 4
|2:00 p.m. |No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Oklahoma |77–70 |rowspan="2"|ESPN+ |
| 5
|6:00 p.m. |No. 7 Texas vs No. 10 Kansas State |74–78 | rowspan="2" |18,261 |
| 6
|8:30 p.m. |No. 6 Kansas vs No. 11 Cincinnati |52–72 |ESPN2 |
| colspan="6" |Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 |
| 7
|11:30 a.m. |No. 4 Texas Tech vs No. 5 BYU |81–67 |ESPN2 | rowspan="2" |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 |rowspan="2"|ESPN2 | rowspan="2" |19,135 |
| 10
|8:30 p.m. |No. 3 Baylor vs No. 11 Cincinnati |68–56 |
| colspan="6" |Semifinals – Friday, March 15 |
| 11
|6:00 p.m. |No. 1 Houston vs No. 4 Texas Tech |82–59 |ESPN2 | rowspan="2" |19,135 |
| 12
|8:30 p.m. |No. 2 Iowa State vs No. 3 Baylor |76–62 |ESPN |
| colspan="6" |Championship – Saturday, March 16 |
| 13
|5:00 p.m. |No. 1 Houston vs No. 2 Iowa State |41–69 |ESPN |19,135 |
| colspan="6" |*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed |
Bracket
{{14TeamBracket-SECBasketball
|RD1=First round
Tuesday, March 12
ESPN+
|RD2=Second round
Wednesday, March 13
ESPN2/ESPN+
|RD3=Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 14
ESPN/ESPN2
|RD4=Semifinals
Friday, March 15
ESPN/ESPN2
|RD5=Championship
Saturday, March 16
ESPN
| RD1-seed01=12
| RD1-team01=UCF
| RD1-score01=77
| RD1-seed02=13
| RD1-team02=Oklahoma State
| RD1-score02=62
| RD1-seed03=11
| RD1-team03=Cincinnati
| RD1-score03=90
| RD1-seed04=14
| RD1-team04=West Virginia
| RD1-score04=85
| RD2-seed01=8
| RD2-team01=TCU
| RD2-score01=77
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Oklahoma
| RD2-score02=70
| RD2-seed03=5
| RD2-team03=BYU
| RD2-score03=87
| RD2-seed04=12
| RD2-team04=UCF
| RD2-score04=73
| RD2-seed05=7
| RD2-team05=Texas
| RD2-score05=74
| RD2-seed06=10
| RD2-team06=Kansas State
| RD2-score06=78
| RD2-seed07=6
| RD2-team07=Kansas
| RD2-score07=52
| RD2-seed08=11
| RD2-team08=Cincinnati
| RD2-score08=72
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Houston
| RD3-score01= 60
| RD3-seed02=8
| RD3-team02=TCU
| RD3-score02=45
| RD3-seed03=4
| RD3-team03=Texas Tech
| RD3-score03=81
| RD3-seed04=5
| RD3-team04=BYU
| RD3-score04=67
| RD3-seed05=2
| RD3-team05=Iowa State
| RD3-score05=76
| RD3-seed06=10
| RD3-team06=Kansas State
| RD3-score06=57
| RD3-seed07=3
| RD3-team07=Baylor
| RD3-score07=68
| RD3-seed08=11
| RD3-team08=Cincinnati
| RD3-score08=56
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Houston
| RD4-score01=82
| RD4-seed02=4
| RD4-team02=Texas Tech
| RD4-score02= 59
| RD4-seed03=2
| RD4-team03= Iowa State
| RD4-score03=76
| RD4-seed04=3
| RD4-team04=Baylor
| RD4-score04=62
| RD5-seed01=1
| RD5-team01=Houston
| RD5-score01=41
| RD5-seed02=2
| RD5-team02=Iowa State
| RD5-score02=69
}}
References
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{{Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament}}
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