The 1997 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 6 to 9 in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. Kansas won the tournament for the 1st time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament.
Seeding The tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye. 1997 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 Kansas ‡#15–134–22 Texas #10–618–123 Colorado #11–522–104 Iowa State #10–622–91–0 vs. Texas Tech5 Texas Tech 10–619–90–1 vs. Iowa State6 Oklahoma 9–719–117 Nebraska 7–918–151–0 vs. Oklahoma State8 7–917–150–1 vs. Nebraska9 6–1018–1210 Missouri 5–1116–1711 3–139–181–0 vs. Kansas State12 3–1310–170–1 vs. Texas A&M‡ – 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.
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendanceFirst Round – Thursday, March 61 1 12:00 PM #8 Oklahoma State 80 vs #9 Baylor 66 Creative Sports19,100 2 2:20 PM #5 Texas Tech 73 vs #12 Kansas State 572 3 6:00 PM #10 Missouri 78 vs #7 Nebraska 7218,800 4 8:20 PM #6 Oklahoma 67 vs #11 Texas A&M 58Quarterfinals – Friday, March 73 5 12:00 PM #1 Kansas 74 vs #8 Oklahoma State 59 Creative Sports18,800 6 2:20 PM #4 Iowa State 72 vs #5 Texas Tech 704 7 6:00 PM #10 Missouri 80 vs #2 Texas 7519,100 8 8:20 PM #6 Oklahoma 55 vs #3 Colorado 41Semifinals – Saturday, March 85 9 1:00 PM #1 Kansas 72 vs #4 Iowa State 48 Creative Sports19,310 10 3:20 PM #10 Missouri 89 vs #6 Oklahoma 80Final – Sunday, March 96 11 12:00 PM #1 Kansas 87 vs #10 Missouri 60 CBS19,310 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Paul Pierce, Kansas Player Team Position ClassPaul PierceKansasSo.FRaef LaFrentzKansasJr.FJacque VaughnKansasSr.GJason SutherlandMissouriSr.GCorey BrewerOklahomaJr.G
See also 1997 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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