The 2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 9 to 12 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. Kansas won the tournament for the 4th time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.
Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye. 2006 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 Texas ‡#13–330–72 Kansas c#13–325–83 Oklahoma #11–520–94 Texas A&M #10–622–95 9–720–106 Nebraska 7–919–147 6–1017–168 6–1015–179 6–1015–1310 Iowa State 6–1016–1411 5–1112–1612 4–124–13‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed.# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendanceFirst Round – Thursday, March 91 1 11:30 am #8 Texas Tech 73 vs #9 Kansas State 65 ESPNU17,799 2 2:00 pm #5 Colorado 65 vs #12 Baylor 612 3 6:00 pm #7 Oklahoma State 79 vs #10 Iowa State 7017,816 5 11:30 am #1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70Quarterfinals – Friday, March 103 5 11:30 am #1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70 ESPNU18,464 6 2:00 pm #4 Texas A&M 86 vs #5 Colorado 534 7 6:00 pm #2 Kansas 63 vs #7 Oklahoma State 6218,892 8 8:20 pm #6 Nebraska 69 vs #3 Oklahoma 63Semifinals – Saturday, March 115 9 1:00 pm #1 Texas 74 vs #4 Texas A&M 70 ESPN218,999 10 3:20 pm #2 Kansas 79 vs #6 Nebraska 65Final – Sunday, March 126 11 2:00 pm #2 Kansas 80 vs #1 Texas 68 ESPN17,458 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Mario Chalmers, Kansas Player Team Position ClassMario ChalmersKansasFr.GJulian WrightKansasFr.FLaMarcus AldridgeTexasSo.FP. J. TuckerTexasJr.FAcie LawTexas A&MJr.G
See also 2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
References
External links Official 2006 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket