The 1998 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 5 to 8, in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. Number 1 seed Kansas defeated 3 seed Oklahoma 72–58 to win the championship and receive the conference’s automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament.
Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye. 1998 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 Kansas ‡#15–135–42 #11–522–72–0 vs. OU3 Oklahoma #11–522–110–2 vs. OSU4 Nebraska #10–620–125 8–814–141–0 vs. MU6 8–817–150–1 vs. BU7 Texas Tech 7–913–141–0 vs. KSU8 7–917–125–5 vs. division (CU, ISU, KU, MU, NU)9 7–913–143–7 vs. division (ISU, KU, KSU, MU, NU)10 Texas 6–1014–1711 Iowa State 5–1112–1812 1–157–20‡ – 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 51 1 12:00 PM #8 Kansas State 75 vs #9 Colorado 61 Big 129,300 2 2:20 PM #5 Baylor 66 vs #12 Texas A&M 632 3 6:00 PM #10 Texas 86 vs #7 Texas Tech 8313,800 4 8:20 PM #6 Missouri 74 vs #11 Iowa State 55Quarterfinals – Friday, March 63 5 12:00 PM #1 Kansas 68 vs #8 Kansas State 61 Big 1216,800 6 2:20 PM #4 Nebraska 65 vs #5 Baylor 464 7 6:00 PM #10 Texas 65 vs #2 Oklahoma State 6415,400 8 8:20 PM #3 Oklahoma 58 vs #6 Missouri 53Semifinals – Saturday, March 75 9 1:00 PM #1 Kansas 91 vs #4 Nebraska 59 Big 1217,100 10 3:20 PM #3 Oklahoma 68 vs #10 Texas 55Final – Sunday, March 86 11 2:00 PM #1 Kansas 72 vs #3 Oklahoma 58 ESPN16,800 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Paul Pierce, Kansas Player Team Position ClassPaul PierceKansasJr.FRaef LaFrentzKansasSr.FCorey BrewerOklahomaSr.GEvan WileyOklahomaSr.CTyronn LueNebraskaJr.G
See also 1998 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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