2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 11–15, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.^[1] Houston received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, it was the first tournament with 16 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2024–25 season, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah joined the conference for the first time, and Colorado rejoined after a 13-year absence. The tournament will be sponsored by Phillips 66.

2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2024–25
Teams	16
Site	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Houston (1st title)
Winning coach	Kelvin Sampson (4th title)
MVP	Emanuel Sharp (Houston)
Attendance	106,259 (total) 13,768 (championship)
Top scorers	Emanuel Sharp (Houston) Caleb Love (Arizona)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+
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2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Houston †	19	–	1		.950			35	–	5		.875
No. 8 Texas Tech	15	–	5		.750			28	–	9		.757
No. 15 Arizona	14	–	6		.700			24	–	13		.649
No. 13 BYU	14	–	6		.700			26	–	10		.722
No. 17 Iowa State	13	–	7		.650			25	–	10		.714
Kansas	11	–	9		.550			21	–	13		.618
Baylor	10	–	10		.500			20	–	15		.571
West Virginia	10	–	10		.500			19	–	13		.594
TCU	9	–	11		.450			16	–	16		.500
Kansas State	9	–	11		.450			16	–	17		.485
Utah	8	–	12		.400			16	–	17		.485
Oklahoma State	7	–	13		.350			17	–	18		.486
Cincinnati	7	–	13		.350			19	–	16		.543
UCF	7	–	13		.350			20	–	17		.541
Arizona State	4	–	16		.200			13	–	20		.394
Colorado	3	–	17		.150			14	–	21		.400
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

All sixteen teams participated in the tournament, which became the first with the 16-team bracket format. The top eight teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye into the quarterfinals.^[2]

Teams were seeded by record within the conference. Ties were broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top seed in the conference and going down the standings until the tie was broken.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	Houston #‡	19–1
2	Texas Tech ‡	15–5
3	Arizona ‡	14–6	1–1 vs BYU	1–1 vs Texas Tech
4	BYU ‡	14–6	1–1 vs Arizona	0–1 vs Texas Tech
5	Iowa State †	13–7
6	Kansas †	11–9
7	Baylor †	10–10	1–0 vs West Virginia
8	West Virginia †	10–10	0–1 vs Baylor
9	TCU	9–11	1–0 vs Kansas State
10	Kansas State	9–11	0–1 vs TCU
11	Utah	8–12
12	Oklahoma State	7–13	2–1 vs Cincinnati/UCF
13	Cincinnati	7–13	1–1 vs Oklahoma State/UCF
14	UCF	7–13	1–2 vs Oklahoma State/Cincinnati
15	Arizona State	4–16
16	Colorado	3–17

Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round
† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round
Overall records include all games played in the 2025 Big 12 tournament.

Schedule

Source:^[4]

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Final score	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 11
1	11:30 a.m.	No. 12 Oklahoma State vs No. 13 Cincinnati	68–87	ESPN+	6,406
2	2:00 p.m.	No. 9 TCU vs No. 16 Colorado	67–69
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 Kansas State vs No. 15 Arizona State	71–66		12,929
4	8:30 p.m.	No. 11 Utah vs No. 14 UCF	72–87
Second round – Wednesday, March 12
5	11:30 a.m.	No. 5 Iowa State vs No. 13 Cincinnati	76–56	ESPN	12,922
6	2:00 p.m.	No. 8 West Virginia vs No. 16 Colorado	60–67	ESPN+
7	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Baylor vs No. 10 Kansas State	70–56		15,431
8	8:30 p.m.	No. 6 Kansas vs No. 14 UCF	98–94OT	ESPN2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
9	11:30 a.m.	No. 4 BYU vs No. 5 Iowa State	96–92	ESPN2	15,366
10	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Houston vs No. 16 Colorado	77–68
11	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 7 Baylor	76–74	ESPN	15,491
12	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 Arizona vs No. 6 Kansas	88–77
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
13	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Houston vs No. 4 BYU	74–54	ESPN2	13,946
14	8:30 p.m.	No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 3 Arizona	80–86
Championship – Saturday, March 15
15	5:00 p.m.	No. 1 Houston vs No. 3 Arizona	72–64	ESPN	13,768
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 11					Second round Wednesday, March 12					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13					Semifinals Friday, March 14					Championship Saturday, March 15
											1	Houston	77
						8	West Virginia	60			16	Colorado	68
	9	TCU	67			16	Colorado	67								1	Houston	74
	16	Colorado	69													4	BYU	54
											4	BYU	96
						5	Iowa State	76			5	Iowa State	92
	12	Oklahoma State	68			13	Cincinnati	56													1	Houston	72
	13	Cincinnati	87																		3	Arizona	64
											2	Texas Tech	76
						7	Baylor	70			7	Baylor	74
	10	Kansas State	71			10	Kansas State	56								2	Texas Tech	80
	15	Arizona State	66													3	Arizona	86
											3	Arizona	88
						6	Kansas	98OT			6	Kansas	77
	11	Utah	72			14	UCF	94
	14	UCF	87

Awards and honors

Team and tournament leaders

Source:^[5]

Team	Points		Rebounds		Assists		Steals		Blocks		Minutes
Arizona	Caleb Love	57	Tobe Awaka	17	KJ Lewis	10	KJ Lewis	6	Tied	3	Jaden Bradley	113
Arizona State	Alston Mason	17	Shawn Phillips Jr.	14	Tied	3	Joson Sanon	2	Shawn Phillips Jr.	3	Joson Sanon	39
Baylor	Norchad Omier	41	Norchad Omier	29	V. J. Edgecombe	8	V. J. Edgecombe	5	Tied	2	V. J. Edgecombe	72
BYU	Richie Saunders	33	Keba Keita	22	Dallin Hall	11	Trey Stewart	4	Keba Keita	3	Richie Saunders	56
Cincinnati	Day Day Thomas	30	Dillon Mitchell	20	Dillon Mitchell	7	Day Day Thomas	10	Aziz Bandaogo	4	Josh Reed	67
Colorado	Andrej Jakimovski	24	Andrej Jakimovski	21	Julian Hammond III	11	Andrej Jakimovski	9	Trevor Baskin	4	Andrej Jakimovski	93
Houston	Emanuel Sharp	62	Mylik Wilson	24	Milos Uzan	10	Tied	5	Joseph Tugler	8	LJ Cryer	102
Iowa State	Curtis Jones	39	Dishon Jackson	20	Joshua Jefferson	11	Joshua Jefferson	5	Dishon Jackson	3	Joshua Jefferson	72
Kansas	Zeke Mayo	43	Hunter Dickinson	25	Dajuan Harris Jr.	10	KJ Adams Jr.	4	KJ Adams Jr.	3	KJ Adams Jr.	75
Kansas State	Coleman Hawkins	31	Coleman Hawkins	15	Dug McDaniel	10	Dug McDaniel	3	Coleman Hawkins	2	Coleman Hawkins	76
Oklahoma State	Connor Dow	12	Brandon Newman	7	Arturo Dean	4	Arturo Dean	7	Bryce Thompson	1	Tied	27
TCU	Noah Reynolds	17	Ernest Udeh Jr.	11	Tied	2	Trazarien White	3	Tied	2	Trazarien White	35
Texas Tech	JT Toppin	37	JT Toppin	16	Elijah Hawkins	16	Elijah Hawkins	3	JT Toppin	5	Christian Anderson	70
UCF	Keyshawn Hall	48	Moustapha Thiam	20	Darius Johnson	12	Jordan Ivy-Curry	5	Thiam	4	Keyshawn Hall	80
Utah	Keanu Dawes	21	Keanu Dawes	15	Tied	4	Gabe Madsen	3	Mike Sharavjamts	1	Keanu Dawes	38
West Virginia	Javon Small	23	Amani Hansberry	6	Javon Small	5	Sencire Harris	3	Eduardo Andre	5	Javon Small	37

All-Tournament Team

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Team
Caleb Love	G	6−4	205	Graduate	Arizona
LJ Cryer	G	6−1	200	Graduate	Houston
Emanuel Sharp	G	6−3	210	RS Junior	Houston
Milos Uzan	G	6−4	190	Junior	Houston
JT Toppin	F	6−9	225	Sophomore	Texas Tech

Most Outstanding Player

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Team
Emanuel Sharp	G	6−3	210	RS Junior	Houston