2011 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2011 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 9 until March 12, 2011. It was won by top-seeded Kansas.

2011 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
Teams	12
Site	Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Kansas (8th title)
Winning coach	Bill Self (5th title)
MVP	Marcus Morris (Kansas)
Attendance	113,490 (overall) 18,940 (championship)
Top scorer	Alec Burks (Colorado) (76 points)
Television	ESPN, Big 12 Network, ESPN2
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2010–11 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Kansas †	14	–	2		.875			35	–	3		.921
No. 8 Texas	13	–	3		.813			28	–	8		.778
No. 24 Texas A&M	10	–	6		.625			24	–	9		.727
No. 21 Kansas State	10	–	6		.625			23	–	11		.676
Colorado	8	–	8		.500			24	–	14		.632
Missouri	8	–	8		.500			23	–	11		.676
Baylor	7	–	9		.438			18	–	13		.581
Nebraska	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
Oklahoma State	6	–	10		.375			20	–	14		.588
Oklahoma	5	–	11		.313			14	–	18		.438
Texas Tech	5	–	11		.313			13	–	19		.406
Iowa State	3	–	13		.188			16	–	16		.500
† 2011 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]

2011 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Kansas ‡#	14–2	35–3
2	Texas #	13–3	28–8
3	Texas A&M #	10–6	24–9	1–0 vs. KSU
4	Kansas State #	10–6	23–11	0–1 vs.TAMU
5	Colorado	8–8	24–14	1–1 vs. MU, 5–5 vs. division, 0–2 vs. KU, 2–0 vs. KSU
6	Missouri	8–8	23–11	1–1 vs. CU, 5–5 vs. division, 0–2 vs. KU, 1–1 vs. KSU
7	Baylor	7–9	18–13	1–0 vs. NU
8	Nebraska	7–9	19–13	0–1 vs. BU
9	Oklahoma State	6–10	20–14
10	Oklahoma	5–11	14–18	1–1 vs. TT, 3–7 vs. division, 0–2 vs. UT, 0–2 vs. TAMU, 1–1 vs. BU, 1–1 vs. OSU, 0–1 vs. KU, 0–1 vs. KSU, 1–1 vs. CU/MU
11	Texas Tech	5–11	13–19	1–1 vs. OU, 3–7 vs. division, 0–2 vs. UT, 0–2 vs. TAMU, 1–1 vs. BU, 1–1 vs. OSU, 0–1 vs. KU, 0–1 vs. KSU, 0–2 vs. CU/MU
12	Iowa State	3–13	16–16
‡ – 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 9
1	1	11:30 am	#9 Oklahoma State 53 vs #8 Nebraska 52	Big 12 Network	18,910
	2	2:00 pm	#5 Colorado 77 vs #12 Iowa State 75
2	3	6:00 pm	#10 Oklahoma 84 vs #7 Baylor 67		18,910
	4	8:30 pm	#6 Missouri 88 vs #11 Texas Tech 84
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3	5	11:30 am	#1 Kansas 63 vs #9 Oklahoma State 62	ESPN2	18,910
	6	2:00 pm	#5 Colorado 87 vs #4 Kansas State 75	Big 12 Network
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 Texas 74 vs #10 Oklahoma 54		18,910
	8	8:30 pm	#3 Texas A&M 86 vs #6 Missouri 71	ESPN2
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5	9	6:00 pm	#1 Kansas 90 vs #5 Colorado 83	Big 12 Network	18,910
	10	8:30 pm	#2 Texas 70 vs #3 Texas A&M 58
Final – Saturday, March 12
6	11	5:00 pm	#1 Kansas 85 vs #2 Texas 73	ESPN	18,940
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3][4]

Tournament bracket

	First round March 9					Second round March 10					Semifinals March 11					Championship Game March 12
						1	Kansas (#2)	63
						9	Oklahoma State	62
	8	Nebraska	52
	9	Oklahoma State	53
											1	Kansas (#2)	90
											5	Colorado	83
						4	Kansas State (#19)	75
						5	Colorado	87
	5	Colorado	77
	12	Iowa State	75
																1	Kansas (#2)	85
																2	Texas (#10)	73
						2	Texas (#10)	74
						10	Oklahoma	54
	7	Baylor	67
	10	Oklahoma	84
											2	Texas (#10)	70
											3	Texas A&M	58
						3	Texas A&M	86
						6	Missouri	71
	6	Missouri	88
	11	Texas Tech	84

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. Rankings reflect AP Poll for week of 3/7/2011.

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Marcus Morris, Kansas^[3]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Marcus Morris	Kansas	Jr.	F
Markieff Morris	Kansas	Jr.	F
Jordan Hamilton	Texas	So.	F/G
Tristan Thompson	Texas	Fr.	F
Alec Burks	Colorado	So.	G

See also

• 2011 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings