2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
Big 12 logo
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 10
Site Sprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Kansas Jayhawks (11th title)
Winning coach Bill Self (8th title)
MVP Malik Newman (Kansas)
Attendance 89,249
Television ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Kansas †13–5 .722  31–8  .795
No. 14 Texas Tech11–7 .611  27–10  .730
No. 15 West Virginia11–7 .611  26–11  .703
Kansas State10–8 .556  25–12  .676
TCU9–9 .500  21–12  .636
Oklahoma State8–10 .444  21–15  .583
Texas8–10 .444  19–15  .559
Oklahoma8–10 .444  18–14  .563
Baylor8–10 .444  19–15  .559
Iowa State4–14 .222  13–18  .419
† 2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 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 7 to 10, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center.[1] Kansas defeated West Virginia in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 10 conference 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. These are the tiebreakers (5-8 involve both ties with two teams and ties with multiple teams):

  1. If two teams have an identical conference record, then the team with the better head-to-head record gets the higher seed
  2. If a tie can't be broken by the tiebreaker above, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed
  3. If those record are the same, then the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed
  4. If multiple teams are tied, and you can't use the 1st tiebreaker, then the team with the better head to head record against the other tied teams gets the higher seed.
  5. If tiebreaker number 4 can't break the tie between multiple teams, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed
  6. If those records are the same, the team with the better road record gets the higher seed
  7. If those records are the same, the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed
  8. If those records are the same, a public draw will be held to determine the top seed
Seed School Conf Tiebreaker
1 Kansas 13–5
2 Texas Tech 11–7 1–1 vs WVU, 1–1 vs Kansas
3 West Virginia 11–7 1–1 vs TTU, 0–2 vs Kansas
4 Kansas State 10–8
5 TCU 9–9
6 Baylor 8–10 5–1 vs Okla/Okla St/Texas
7 Texas 8–10 3–3 vs Baylor/Okla/Okla St
8 Oklahoma State 8–10 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla/Texas, 2–0 vs KU
9 Oklahoma 8–10 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla St/Texas, 1–1 vs KU
10 Iowa State 4–14

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 7
1 6:00 pm No. 8 Oklahoma State vs No. 9 Oklahoma 71–60 ESPNU 17,752
2 8:00 pm No. 7 Texas vs No. 10 Iowa State 68–64
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
3 11:30 am No. 4 Kansas State vs No. 5 TCU 66–64 OT ESPN2 17,903
4 1:30 pm No. 1 Kansas vs No. 8 Oklahoma State 82–68
5 6:00 pm No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 7 Texas 73–69 17,653
6 8:00 pm No. 3 West Virginia vs No. 6 Baylor 78–65
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
7 6:00 pm No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 4 Kansas State 83–67 ESPN 18,223
8 8:00 pm No. 2 Texas Tech vs. No. 3 West Virginia 63–66 ESPN2
Championship – Saturday, March 10
9 5:00 pm No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 3 West Virginia 81–70 ESPN 17,718
Game times in CST. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
Wednesday, March 7
ESPNU		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
ESPN2		 Semifinals
Friday, March 9
ESPN2		 Championship
Saturday, March 10
ESPN
                                     
       
  1 Kansas 82  
    8 Oklahoma State 68  
8 Oklahoma State 71
9 Oklahoma 60  
  1 Kansas 83  
  4 Kansas State 67  
       
       
  4 Kansas State 66*
    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  
     

* Indicates overtime game

References

  1. ↑ "Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship". SprintCenter.com.
  2. ↑ http://image.cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com/attachments1/files/10410/635065.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=10410
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