The 2001 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11 in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. Oklahoma won the tournament for the 1st time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament.

Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye. 2001 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 Iowa State ‡#13–325–62 Kansas #12–426–73 Oklahoma #12–426–74 Texas #12–425–95 10–620–106 Missouri 9–720–137 Nebraska 7–914–168 6–1019–129 5–1115–1510 4–1211–1811 3–1310–2012 Texas Tech 3–139–19‡ – 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 81 1 12:00 PM #8 Baylor 86 vs #9 Colorado 84 OTBig 1219,100 2 2:20 PM #5 Oklahoma St 71 vs #12 Texas Tech 592 3 6:00 PM #10 Kansas State 62 vs #7 Nebraska 586,200 4 8:20 PM #6 Missouri 77 vs #11 Texas A&M 62Quarterfinals – Friday, March 93 5 12:00 PM #8 Baylor 62 vs #1 Iowa State 49 Big 1217,600 6 2:20 PM #4 Texas 55 vs #5 Oklahoma State 544 7 6:00 PM #2 Kansas 94 vs #10 Kansas State 6318,000 8 8:20 PM #3 Oklahoma 67 vs #6 Missouri 65Semifinals – Saturday, March 105 9 1:00 PM #4 Texas 76 vs #8 Baylor 62 Big 1219,100 10 3:20 PM #3 Oklahoma 62 vs #2 Kansas 57Final – Sunday, March 116 11 2:00 PM #3 Oklahoma 54 vs #4 Texas 45 ESPN11,500 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

* Indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma Player Team Position ClassNolan JohnsonOklahomaSr.GDeMarcus MinorBaylorSr.GKareem RushMissouriSo.FHollis PriceOklahomaSo.GChris OwensTexasJr.F

See also 2001 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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