2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
| 2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Site | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of March , 2025 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It will be played from March 10–14, 2026, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.[1] The winning team will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Phillips 66.
Seeds
[edit]All sixteen teams will participate in the tournament. The top eight teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye into the quarterfinals.[2]
Teams will be seeded by record within the conference. Ties will be broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top seed in the conference and going down the standings until the tie is broken.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference
Record |
Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 2 | ‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | ‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | ‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 6 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 7 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 8 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 9 | 0–0 | |||
| 10 | 0–0 | |||
| 11 | 0–0 | |||
| 12 | 0–0 | |||
| 13 | ||||
| 14 | 0–0 | |||
| 15 | 0–0 | |||
| 16 | 0–0 |
Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round
† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round
Overall records include all games played in the 2026 Big 12 tournament.
Schedule
[edit]Source:[4]
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 10 | |||||
| 1 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 12 TBD vs No. 13 TBD | – | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 9 TBD vs No. 16 TBD | – | ||
| 3 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 10 TBD vs No. 15 TBD | – | ||
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 11 TBD vs No. 14 TBD | – | ||
| Second round – Wednesday, March 11 | |||||
| 5 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 5 TBD vs Game 1 Winner | – | ESPN | |
| 6 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 TBD vs Game 2 Winner | – | ESPN+ | |
| 7 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 TBD vs Game 3 Winner | – | ||
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 6 TBD vs Game 4 Winner | – | ESPN2 | |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 | |||||
| 9 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 4 TBD vs Game 5 Winner | – | ESPN2 | |
| 10 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 TBD vs Game 6 Winner | – | ||
| 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 TBD vs Game 7 Winner | – | ESPN | |
| 12 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 TBD vs Game 8 Winner | – | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | |||||
| 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Game 9 Winner vs Game 10 Winner | – | ESPN2 | |
| 14 | 8:30 p.m. | Game 11 Winner vs Game 12 Winner | – | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 | |||||
| 15 | 5:00 p.m. | Game 13 Winner vs Game 14 Winner | – | ESPN | |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed. | |||||
Bracket
[edit]| First round Tuesday, March 10 | Second round Wednesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Awards and honors
[edit]Team and tournament leaders
[edit]Source:[5]
| Team | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Minutes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Arizona State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Baylor | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| BYU | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Cincinnati | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Colorado | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Houston | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Iowa State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Kansas | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Kansas State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Oklahoma State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| TCU | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Texas Tech | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| UCF | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Utah | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| West Virginia | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
All-Tournament Team
[edit]| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Most Outstanding Player
[edit]| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
[edit]- ^ "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship - Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com.
- ^ "Big 12 Tournament to Feature All 16 Teams".
- ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference.
- ^ "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Schedule".
- ^ "2025 Big 12 Tournament Stats".