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2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

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The 2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball season began with the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will begin in December 2024 and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was held March 11–15, 2025, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

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This was the first season for the Big 12 Conference with 16 teams after the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah, plus the departure of Oklahoma and Texas.

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Coaches

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Coaching changes

Head coaches

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

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† All of the Jayhawks' postseason victories and 7 of their regular-season wins were vacated from the 2017–18 season. Officially, their record for the season 16–8 overall and 3–5 in conference play. The Jayhawks' regular-season Big 12 championship and their Big 12 tournament championship were vacated. The Jayhawks' entire NCAA tournament appearance from the season was vacated including their Final Four appearance.

‡ Craig Smith was fired on February 24, 2025 after 27 games into the 2024−25 season. He finished with a record of 65−62 and zero NCAA tournament appearances. Assistant coach Josh Eilert was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[6]

# Darian DeVries took the Indiana job on March 18, 2025 after their season was over. He finished with a record of 19–13 and zero NCAA tournament appearances.[7]

Big 12 media day

Big 12 Men's Basketball Media day was held on Wednesday, October 23 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri,[8] with coverage on ESPNU and ESPN+.[9]

Teams and representatives attending were as follows:

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Preseason

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The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released: October 10, 2024. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.

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Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team
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Second Team
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Recruiting classes

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Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[17] Naismith[18] Olson[19] Cousy[20] West[21] Erving [22] Malone[23] Abdul-Jabbar[24]
KJ Adams Jr. Green tickY
LJ Cryer Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Tucker DeVries Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Hunter Dickinson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
V. J. Edgecombe Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
BJ Freeman Green tickY
Dajuan Harris Jr. Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Coleman Hawkins Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Elijah Hawkins Green tickY
Motiejus Krivas Green tickY
KJ Lewis Green tickY
Tamin Lipsey Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Caleb Love Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Zeke Mayo Green tickY Green tickY
Milan Momcilovic Green tickY
Norchad Omier Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Jayden Quaintance Green tickY
Jeremy Roach Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
J'Wan Roberts Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
AJ Storr Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
JT Toppin Green tickY Green tickY
Trey Townsend Green tickY

Preseason All-American teams

AP[25] Blue Ribbon 1st Team[26] Blue Ribbon 3rd Team[26] Blue Ribbon 4th Team[26] SI 1st Team[27] SI 2nd Team[27] SN 2nd Team[28] SN 3rd Team[28]
LJ Cryer Green tickY
Hunter Dickinson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
V. J. Edgecombe Green tickY
Caleb Love Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Tamin Lipsey Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
J'Wan Roberts Green tickY

Preseason national polls/ratings

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Regular season

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The Conference match ups for each school were announced on June 27, 2024. The full Big 12 schedule on September 26, 2024.[39]

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Conference matrix

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Thru 2024−25 Regular Season.

Points scored

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Note: Through 2025 season.[40]

Big East-Big 12 Battle

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Multi-Team Events

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Big 12 Players of the Week

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Team Total

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Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable Midseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[59] Naismith Cousy[60] West[61] Malone[62] Abdul-Jabbar[63] Robertson[64]
Hunter Dickinson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
V. J. Edgecombe Green tickY
Keshon Gilbert Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Curtis Jones Green tickY Green tickY
Caleb Love Green tickY Green tickY
Norchad Omier Green tickY Green tickY
Emanuel Sharp Green tickY
Javon Small Green tickY Green tickY
JT Toppin Green tickY
Darrion Williams Green tickY

Coaching Midseason watch lists.

Player Naismith[65]
Grant McCasland Green tickY
Kelvin Sampson Green tickY

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable Midseason watch lists.

Player Wooden[66] Naismith Naismith DPOY[67] West[68] Malone[69] Robertson
V. J. Edgecombe Green tickY
Tamin Lipsey Green tickY
Caleb Love Green tickY
JT Toppin Green tickY
Joseph Tugler Green tickY
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Rankings

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Big 12 vs other conferences

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Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

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† denotes neutral site game

Record vs other conferences

The Big 12 had a record of 134–38 in non-conference play during the regular season. The Big 12 had a record of 18–11 during tournament play.

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Postseason

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Big 12 tournament

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Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 11
Second round
Wednesday, March 12
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Championship
Saturday, March 15
1Houston77
8West Virginia6016Colorado68
9TCU6716Colorado671Houston74
16Colorado694BYU54
4BYU96
5Iowa State765Iowa State92
12Oklahoma State6813Cincinnati561Houston72
13Cincinnati873Arizona64
2Texas Tech76
7Baylor707Baylor74
10Kansas State7110Kansas State562Texas Tech80
15Arizona State663Arizona86
3Arizona88
6Kansas98*6Kansas77
11Utah7214UCF94
14UCF87

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NCAA Tournament

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NIT

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CBC

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Honors and awards

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All-Big 12 awards and teams

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Honorable Mention: Tobe Awaka (Arizona), Henri Veesaar (Arizona) Robert Wright (Baylor), Egor Demin (BYU), Darius Johnson (UCF), Jizzle James (Cincinnati), Julian Hammond III (Colorado), Emanuel Sharp (Houston), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), David N’Guessan (Kansas State), Bryce Thompson (Oklahoma State), Noah Reynolds (TCU), Ernest Udeh Jr. (TCU), Gabe Madsen (Utah)

All-Americans

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[72]

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Sources:
*Associated Press All-America Team
*National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Team
*Sporting News All-America Team
*USBWA All-America Team


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NBA draft

The following list includes all Big 12 players who were drafted in the 2025 NBA draft.

TV networks

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Home game attendance

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Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high


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References

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