2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

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.^[2] Kansas defeated West Virginia in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks tournament win was later vacated by the NCAA due to recruiting violations.^[3]

2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Site	Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Kansas (11th, later vacated title)
Winning coach	Bill Self (8th title)
MVP	Malik Newman (Kansas)
Attendance	89,249 (overall) 17,718 (championship)
Top scorer	Malik Newman (Kansas) (72 points)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
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2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Kansas †	13	–	5		.722			31	–	8		.795
No. 14 Texas Tech	11	–	7		.611			27	–	10		.730
No. 15 West Virginia	11	–	7		.611			26	–	11		.703
Kansas State	10	–	8		.556			25	–	12		.676
TCU	9	–	9		.500			21	–	12		.636
Baylor	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Texas	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Oklahoma State	8	–	10		.444			21	–	15		.583
Oklahoma	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Iowa State	4	–	14		.222			13	–	18		.419
† 2018 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.^[4] 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 records 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

2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Kansas ‡#	13–5	31–8
2	Texas Tech #	11–7	27–10	1–1 vs WVU, 1–1 vs Kansas
3	West Virginia #	11–7	26–11	1–1 vs TTU, 0–2 vs Kansas
4	Kansas State #	10–8	25–12
5	TCU #	9–9	21–12
6	Baylor #	8–10	19–15	5–1 vs Okla/Okla St/Texas
7	Texas	8–10	19–15	3–3 vs Baylor/Okla/Okla St
8	Oklahoma State	8–10	21–15	2–4 vs Baylor/Okla/Texas, 2–0 vs KU
9	Oklahoma	8–10	18–14	2–4 vs Baylor/Okla St/Texas, 1–1 vs KU
10	Iowa State	4–14	13–18
‡ – 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.[4]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 7
1	1	6:00 pm	#8 Oklahoma State 71 vs #9 Oklahoma 60	ESPNU	17,752
	2	8:00 pm	#7 Texas 68 vs #10 Iowa State 64
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
2	3	11:30 am	#4 Kansas State 66 vs #5 TCU 64 OT	ESPN2	17,903
	4	1:30 pm	#1 Kansas 82 vs #8 Oklahoma State 68
3	5	6:00 pm	#2 Texas Tech 73 vs #7 Texas 69		17,653
	6	8:00 pm	#3 West Virginia 78 vs #6 Baylor 65
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
4	7	6:00 pm	#1 Kansas 83 vs #4 Kansas State 67	ESPN	18,223
	8	8:00 pm	#3 West Virginia 66 vs #2 Texas Tech 63	ESPN2
Final – Saturday, March 10
5	9	5:00 pm	#1 Kansas 81 vs #3 West Virginia 70	ESPN	17,718
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[5][6]

Bracket

	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^[7]

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Malik Newman, Kansas^[5]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Malik Newman	Kansas	So.	G
Devonte’ Graham	Kansas	Sr.	G
Jevon Carter	West Virginia	Sr.	G
Daxter Miles Jr.	West Virginia	Sr.	G
Makol Mawien	Kansas State	So.	G

See also

• 2018 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings