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2021 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams10
SiteT-Mobile Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsTexas (1st title)
Winning coachShaka Smart (1st title)
MVPMatt Coleman III (Texas)
Attendance17,307
3,525 (championship)
Top scorerCade Cunningham (Oklahoma State)
(71 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Baylor 13 – 1   .929 28 – 2   .933
No. 16 Kansas 12 – 6   .667 21 – 9   .700
No. 21 Texas † 11 – 6   .647 19 – 8   .704
No. 18 West Virginia 11 – 6   .647 19 – 10   .655
No. 19 Oklahoma State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 9   .700
No. 22 Texas Tech 9 – 8   .529 18 – 11   .621
Oklahoma 9 – 8   .529 16 – 11   .593
TCU 5 – 11   .313 12 – 14   .462
Kansas State 4 – 14   .222 9 – 20   .310
Iowa State 0 – 18   .000 2 – 22   .083
† 2021 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


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.[1] 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

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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.

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3
1 Baylor 13–1
2 Kansas 12–6
3 Texas 11–6 1–1 vs. West Virginia 0–1 vs. Baylor 2–0 vs. Kansas
4 West Virginia 11–6 1–1 vs. Texas 0–1 vs. Baylor 1–1 vs. Kansas
5 Oklahoma State 11–7
6 Texas Tech 9–8 2–0 vs. Oklahoma
7 Oklahoma 9–8 0–2 vs. Texas Tech
8 TCU 5–11
9 Kansas State 4–14
10 Iowa State 0–18

Schedule

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All games had limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Game Time Matchup# Final score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 10
1 5:30 pm No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Kansas State 50–71 ESPN N/A*
2 8:30 pm No. 7 Oklahoma vs No. 10 Iowa State 79–73
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
3 10:30 am No. 4 West Virginia vs No. 5 Oklahoma State 69–72 ESPN 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 3,510
6 8:30 pm No. 3 Texas vs No. 6 Texas Tech 67–66 ESPN2
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 Cancelled[A]
Championship – Saturday, March 13
9 5:00 pm No. 3 Texas vs No. 5 Oklahoma State 91–86 ESPN 3,525
Game times in CST. No.-Rankings denote tournament seed

*No official attendance announced

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 10 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11 		Semifinals
Friday, March 12 		Championship
Saturday, March 13
            
1 Baylor 74
9 Kansas State 68
8 TCU 50
9 Kansas State 71
1 Baylor 74
5 Oklahoma State 83
4 West Virginia 69
5 Oklahoma State 72
5 Oklahoma State 86
3 Texas 91
2 Kansas 69
7 Oklahoma 62
7 Oklahoma 79
10 Iowa State 73
2 Kansas[A]
3 Texas
3 Texas 67
6 Texas Tech 66

Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship". Big12Sports.com.
  2. ^ "Kansas vs. Texas Big 12 Championship Semifinal Game Has Been Canceled". big12sports.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
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