2017–18 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2017–18 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) CBS, ESPN, FSN
NBA Draft
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2018 Big 12 Champions Kansas
Season MVP Devonte' Graham
Top scorer Trae Young
Big 12 Tournament
Champions Kansas
  Runners-up West Virginia
Finals MVP Malik Newman
2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Kansas135 .722  318  .795
No. 14 Texas Tech117 .611  2710  .730
No. 15 West Virginia117 .611  2611  .703
Kansas State108 .556  2512  .676
TCU99 .500  2112  .636
Oklahoma State810 .444  2115  .583
Texas810 .444  1915  .559
Oklahoma810 .444  1814  .563
Baylor810 .444  1915  .559
Iowa State414 .222  1318  .419
2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play started on December 29, 2017 and will conclude on March 3, 2018. The Big 12 Tournament will begin on March 7, with the championship game on March 10, and will be played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas won the regular season conference title, their NCAA record 14th consecutive year winning the regular season title.[1]

Coaches

Coaching changes

On March 18, 2017, head coach Brad Underwood left Oklahoma State to accept the head coaching position at Illinois after one year at OSU.[2] The school promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. to head coach on March 24.[3]

Head coaches

Note: Stats are through the end of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Big 12 record NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 14th 298–195 (.604) 115–137 (.456) 7 0 0
Iowa State Steve Prohm Murray State 3rd 60–41 (.594) 26–28 (.481) 2 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 15th 447–96 (.823) 208–46 (.819) 15 3 1
Kansas State Bruce Weber Illinois 6th 125–80 (.610) 55–53 (.509) 4 0 0
Oklahoma Lon Kruger UNLV 7th 140–91 (.606) 65–61 (.516) 6 1 0
Oklahoma State Mike Boynton Oklahoma State (asst.) 1st 21–15 (.583) 8–10 (.444) 0 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 2nd 45–27 (.625) 15–21 (.417) 1 0 0
Texas Shaka Smart VCU 3rd 50–50 (.500) 23–31 (.426) 2 0 0
Texas Tech Chris Beard Little Rock 2nd 45–24 (.652) 25–22 (.532) 1 0 0
West Virginia Bob Huggins Kansas State 11th 255–130 (.662) 62–46 (.574) 9 1 0

Preseason

Preseason watchlists

Wooden[6] Naismith[7] Robertson[8] Cousy[9] West[10] Erving[11] Malone[12] Abdul-Jabbar[13] Olson[14]
Devonte' Graham - Kansas
Malik Newman - Kansas
Trae Young - Oklahoma
Jeffrey Carroll - Oklahoma State
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia
DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Malik Newman - Kansas
Jeffrey Carroll - Oklahoma State
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia
DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia
Manu Lecomte - Baylor
DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Trae Young - Oklahoma
Jevon Carter - West Virginia
Malik Newman - Kansas
Andrew Jones - Texas
Daxter Miles, Jr - West Virginia
Jeffrey Carroll - Oklahoma State Dylan Osetkowski - Texas
Zach Smith - Texas Tech
Vladimir Brodziansky - TCU
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia

Tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Baylor CBE Hall of Fame Classic Champions
Iowa State Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions
Kansas Miami Invitational Won all 4 games
Kansas State Las Vegas Invitational 3rd Place
Oklahoma Phil Knight Invitational 5th Place
Oklahoma State Legends Classic 3rd Place
TCU Emerald Coast Classic Champions
Texas Phil Knight Invitational 4th Place
Texas Tech Hall of Fame Tip Off Champions
West Virginia AdvoCare Invitational Champions


Rankings

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Baylor AP 24 25 22 16 23 21 18 18 RV RV RV
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Kansas AP 4 4 3 2 2 13 14 11 10 12 10 5 7 10 13 8 6 9 4
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Oklahoma AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 17 12 7 9 4 12 12 17 23 RV RV
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TCU AP RV RV RV 23 20 14 15 10 16 16 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
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Texas Tech AP RV RV 22 RV 24 21 22 18 8 8 14 10 7 7 6 12 14 14
C RV 22 RV RV 21 21 18 8 8 14 10 7 6 7 12 13 13 6
West Virginia AP 11 24 23 19 18 11 10 7 6 2 6 7 15 19 20 21 20 18 15
C 10 20 19 16 11 10 7 5 2 7 7 11 17 20 21 19 18 14 13

Regular season

Conference Matrix

  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor 1–11–12–01–10–22–00–21–12–0
vs. Iowa State 1–12–02–01–12–02–02–01–11–1
vs. Kansas 1–10–20–21–12–00–20–21–10–2
vs. Kansas State 0–20–22–01–10–21–10–22–02–0
vs. Oklahoma 1–11–11–11–11–10–22–01–12–0
vs. Oklahoma State 2–00–20–22–01–12–01–11–11–1
vs. TCU 0–20–22–01–12–00–21–12–01–1
vs. Texas 2–00–22–02–00–21–11–11–11–1
vs. Texas Tech 1–11–11–10–21–11–10–21–11–1
vs. West Virginia 0–21–12–00–20–21–11–11–11–1
Total 8–104–1413–510–88–108–109–98–1011–711–7

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC) the Big 12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):

DateVisitorHomeSiteConferenceScore
November 10, 2017No. 25 Texas A&MNo. 11 West VirginiaRamstein Air BaseRamstein, GERSECL, 88–65
November 10, 2017Iowa StateMissouriMizzou ArenaColumbia, MOSECL, 74–59
November 14, 2017No. 4 KansasNo. 7 KentuckyUnited CenterChicagoSECW, 65–61
November 18, 2017Texas TechBoston CollegeMohegan Sun ArenaUncasville, CTACCW, 75–64
November 19, 2017No. 20 NorthwesternTexas TechMohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, CTBig TenW, 85–49
November 20, 2017Oklahoma StateNo. 16 Texas A&MBarclays CenterBrooklyn, NYSECL, 72–55
November 20, 2017No. 22 BaylorWisconsinSprint CenterKansas City, MOBig TenW, 70–65
November 21, 2017PittsburghOklahoma StateBarclays Center • Brooklyn, NYACCW, 73–67
November 23, 2017OklahomaArkansasModa CenterPortland, ORSECW, 92–83
November 23, 2017Kansas StateArizona StateOrleans ArenaLas Vegas, NVPac-12L, 92–90
November 24, 2017No. 1 DukeTexasModa Center • Portland, ORACCL, 85–78
November 25, 2017MissouriNo. 23 West VirginiaHP Field HouseLake Buena Vista, FLSECW, 83–79
November 26, 2017OregonOklahomaModa Center • Portland, ORPac-12W, 90–80
December 2, 2017No. 2 KansasSyracuseAmerican Airlines ArenaMiami, FLACCW, 76–60
December 3, 2017Kansas StateVanderbiltMemorial GymnasiumNashville, TNSECW, 84–79
December 5, 2017No. 18 VirginiaWest VirginiaWVU ColiseumMorgantown, WVACCW, 68–61
December 6, 2017WashingtonNo. 2 KansasSprint Center • Kansas City, MOPac-12L, 74–65
December 7, 2017IowaIowa StateHilton ColiseumAmes, IABig TenW, 84–78
December 8, 2017OklahomaNo. 25 USCStaples CenterLos Angeles, CAPac-12W, 85–83
December 9, 2017No. 18 West VirginiaPittsburghPetersen Events CenterPittsburgh, PAACCW, 69-60
December 10, 2017No. 16 Arizona StateNo. 2 KansasAllen FieldhouseLawrence, KSPac-12L, 95-85
December 12, 2017MichiganTexasFrank Erwin CenterAustin, TXBig TenL, 59-52
December 16, 2017Oklahoma StateNo. 24 Florida StateBB&T CenterSunrise, FLACCW, 71-70
December 16, 2017No. 13 KansasNebraskaPinnacle Bank ArenaLincoln, NEBig TenW, 73-72
December 20, 2017Kansas StateWashington StateVeterans Memorial ArenaSpokane, WAPac-12W, 68-65
December 21, 2017No. 14 KansasStanfordGolden 1 CenterSacramento, CAPac-12W, 75-54
December 22, 2017NorthwesternNo. 17 OklahomaLloyd Noble CenterNorman, OKBig TenW, 104-78
December 22, 2017TexasAlabamaLegacy ArenaBirmingham, ALSECW, 66-50
January 27, 2018Texas A&MNo. 5 KansasAllen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KSSECW, 79–68
January 27, 2018KentuckyNo. 7 West VirginiaWVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WVSECL, 83–76
January 27, 2018BaylorNo. 22 FloridaO'Connell CenterGainesville, FLSECL, 81–60
January 27, 2018No. 14 Texas TechSouth CarolinaColonial Life ArenaColumbia, SCSECW, 70–63
January 27, 2018GeorgiaKansas StateBramlage ColiseumManhattan, KSSECW, 56–51
January 27, 2018Ole MissTexasFrank Erwin Center • Austin, TXSECW, 85–72
January 27, 2018No. 12 OklahomaAlabamaColeman ColiseumTuscaloosa, ALSECL, 80–73
January 27, 2018No. 22 TennesseeIowa StateHilton Coliseum • Ames, IASECL, 68–45
January 27, 2018TCUVanderbiltMemorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TNSECL, 81–78
January 27, 2018Oklahoma State ArkansasBud Walton ArenaFayetteville, ARSECL, 66–65

Big 12/SEC Challenge

Date [15] Time Big 12 team SEC team Location TV Attendance Winner Leader
Sat., Jan. 27 12:00 pm BaylorNo. 20 FloridaO'Connell CenterGainesville, FLESPN
10,623
Florida (81–60)SEC (1–0)
No. 14 Texas TechSouth CarolinaColonial Life ArenaColumbia, SCESPN2
14,142
Texas Tech (70–63)Tied (1–1)
2:00 pmTexasOle MissFrank Erwin CenterAustin, TXESPN2
10,913
Texas (85–72)Big 12 (2–1)
Kansas StateGeorgiaBramlage ColiseumManhattan, KSESPNU
10,314
Kansas State (56–51)Big 12 (3–1)
2:15 pmNo. 12 OklahomaAlabamaColeman ColiseumTuscaloosa, ALESPN
15,383
Alabama (80–73)Big 12 (3–2)
4:00 pmTCUVanderbiltMemorial GymnasiumNashville, TNESPN2
9,755
Vanderbilt (81–78)
Tied (3–3)
Iowa StateNo. 22 TennesseeHilton ColiseumAmes, IAESPNU
14,384
Tennessee (68–45)
SEC (4–3)
4:30 pmNo. 5 KansasTexas A&MAllen FieldhouseLawrence, KSESPN
16,300
Kansas (79–68)
Tied (4–4)
6:00 pmOklahoma StateArkansasBud Walton ArenaFayetteville, ARESPN2
18,057
Arkansas (66–65)
SEC (5–4)
7:00 pmNo. 7 West VirginiaKentuckyWVU ColiseumMorgantown, WVESPN
15,835
Kentucky (83–76)
SEC (6–4)
Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Missouri did not participate for the SEC.
All times Eastern

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 7
Quarterfinals
March 8
Semifinals
March 9
Championship
March 10
1. ‡† Kansas 13–5 24–7 Bye #8 Oklahoma State #4 Kansas State #3 West Virginia
2. Texas Tech 11–7 23–8 1–1 vs. WVU; 1–1 vs. KU Bye #7 Texas #3 West Virginia
3. West Virginia 11–7 22–9 1–1 vs. TTU; 0–2 vs. KU Bye #6 Baylor #2 Texas Tech #1 Kansas
4. Kansas State 10–8 21–10 Bye #5 TCU #1 Kansas
5. TCU 9–9 20–11 Bye #4 Kansas State
6. Baylor 8–10 18–13 5–1 vs. UT, OSU, & OU Bye #3 West Virginia
7. Texas 8–10 18–13 3–3 vs. BU, OSU, & OU #10 Iowa State #2 Texas Tech
8. Oklahoma State 8–10 18–13 2–4 vs. BU, UT, & OU; 2–0 vs. KU #9 Oklahoma #1 Kansas
9. Oklahoma 8–10 18–12 2–4 vs. BU, UT, & OSU; 1–1 vs. KU #8 Oklahoma State
10. Iowa State 4–14 13–17 #7 Texas
‡ – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Tournament.

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 7
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
Championship
Saturday, March 10
                                     
       
  1 Kansas 82  
    8 Oklahoma State 68  
8 Oklahoma State 71
9 Oklahoma 60  
  1 Kansas 83  
  4 Kansas State 67  
       
       
  4 Kansas State 66OT
    5 TCU 64  
     
       
  1 Kansas 81
  3 West Virginia 70
       
       
  2 Texas Tech 73
    7 Texas 69  
7 Texas 68
10 Iowa State 64  
  2 Texas Tech 63
  3 West Virginia 66  
       
       
  3 West Virginia 78
    6 Baylor 65  
     

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 Midwest Kansas #16 Penn W, 76–60 #8 Seton Hall W, 83–79 #5 Clemson W, 80–76 #2 Duke W, 85–81OT #1 Villanova
3 East Texas Tech #14 Stephen F. Austin W, 70–60 #6 Florida W, 69–66 #2 Purdue W, 78–65 #1 Villanova L, 59–71
5 East West Virginia #12 Murray State W, 85–68 #13 Marshall W, 94–71 #1 Villanova L, 78–90
6 Midwest TCU #11 Syracuse L, 52–57
9 South Kansas State #8 Creighton W, 69–59 #16 UMBC W, 50–43 #5 Kentucky W, 61–58 #11 Loyola–Chicago L, 62–78
10 South Texas #7 Nevada L, 83–87OT
10 Midwest Oklahoma #7 Rhode Island L, 78–83OT
7 Bids W-L (%): 4–3 .571 4–0 1.000 3–1 .750 1–2 .333 0–0 TOTAL: 12–6 .667

NIT

Seed Region School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Baylor Baylor #8 Wagner W, 80–59 #4 Mississippi State L, 77–78
2 USC Oklahoma State #7 Florida Gulf Coast W, 80–68 #3 Stanford W, 71–65 #4 Western Kentucky L, 84–92
2 Bids W-L (%): 2–0 1.000 1–1 .500 0–1 .000 0–0 TOTAL: 3–2 .600

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Consensus All-Americans
First Team Second Team
Reference:

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, Sporting News, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

All-Big 12 awards and teams

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