2009 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2009 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 13th edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City from March 11 until March 14, 2009. The University of Missouri Tigers defeated the Baylor University Bears 73–60 in the championship game to claim their first Big 12 Tournament title for Mizzou.

2009 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	12
Site	Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Missouri (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Anderson (1st title)
MVP	DeMarre Carroll (Missouri)
Attendance	94,614 (overall) 15,321 (championship)
Top scorer	LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor) (69 points)
Television	ESPN, Big 12 Network, ESPN2
Big 12 men's basketball tournaments ← 2008 2010 →

2008–09 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Kansas	14	–	2		.875			27	–	8		.771
No. 7 Oklahoma	13	–	3		.813			30	–	6		.833
No. 9 Missouri †	12	–	4		.750			31	–	7		.816
Kansas State	9	–	7		.563			22	–	12		.647
Texas	9	–	7		.563			23	–	12		.657
Texas A&M	9	–	7		.563			24	–	10		.706
Oklahoma State	9	–	7		.563			23	–	12		.657
Nebraska	8	–	8		.500			18	–	13		.581
Baylor	5	–	11		.313			24	–	15		.615
Iowa State	4	–	12		.250			15	–	17		.469
Texas Tech	3	–	13		.188			14	–	19		.424
Colorado	1	–	15		.063			9	–	22		.290
† 2009 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[2]

2009 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Kansas ‡#	14–2	27–8
2	Oklahoma #	13–3	30–6
3	Missouri #	12–4	31–7
4	Kansas State #	9–7	22–12
5	Texas	9–7	23–12
6	Texas A&M	9–7	24–10
7	Oklahoma State	9–7	23–12
8	Nebraska	8–8	18–13
9	Baylor	5–11	24–15
10	Iowa State	4–12	15–17
11	Texas Tech	3–13	14–19
12	Colorado	1–15	9–22
‡ – Big 12 Conference 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 Conference tournament.[2]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 11
1	1	11:30 am	#9 Baylor 65 vs #8 Nebraska 49	Big 12 Network	15,413
	2	2:00 pm	#5 Texas 67 vs #12 Colorado 56
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Oklahoma State 81 vs #10 Iowa State 67		15,580
	5	11:30 am	#11 Texas Tech 88 vs #6 Texas A&M 83
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3	5	11:30 am	#9 Baylor 71 vs #1 Kansas 64	ESPN2	14,909
	6	2:00 pm	#5 Texas 61 vs #4 Kansas State 58	Big 12 Network
4	7	6:00 pm	#7 Oklahoma State 71 vs #2 Oklahoma 70		16,786
	8	8:30 pm	#3 Missouri 81 vs #11 Texas Tech 60	ESPN2
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5	9	6:00 pm	#9 Baylor 76 vs #5 Texas 70	Big 12 Network	16,605
	10	8:30 pm	#3 Missouri 67 vs #7 Oklahoma State 59
Final – Saturday, March 14
6	11	5:00 pm	#3 Missouri 73 vs #9 Baylor 60	ESPN	15,321
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3][4]

Tournament bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 11					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Finals Saturday, March 14
						1	#11 Kansas	64
						9	Baylor	71
	8	Nebraska	49
	9	Baylor	65
											9	Baylor	76
											5	Texas	70
						4	Kansas State	58
						5	Texas	61
	5	Texas	67
	12	Colorado	56
																9	Baylor	60
																3	#14 Missouri	73
						2	#6 Oklahoma	70
						7	Oklahoma State	71
	7	Oklahoma State	81
	10	Iowa State	67
											7	Oklahoma State	59
											3	#14 Missouri	67
						3	#14 Missouri	81
						11	Texas Tech	60
	6	Texas A&M	83
	11	Texas Tech	88

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – DeMarre Carroll, Missouri^[3]

Player	Team	Position	Class
DeMarre Carroll	Missouri	Sr.	F
Kevin Rogers	Baylor	Sr.	F
Zaire Taylor	Missouri	Jr.	G
Dexter Pittman	Texas	Jr.	C
Mike Singletary	Texas Tech	So.	F

See also

• 2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings