The Big 12 Conference is a group of 16 (originally 12) universities which compete in the NCAA Division I level. The conference was formed in 1994 but did not begin conference play until the fall of 1996. The schools that composed the Big 12 Conference in the most recent 2022–23 season, except West Virginia, were members of either the Big Eight Conference or the Southwest Conference, and have won six national titles including three titles since the inception of the Big 12 Conference.

The conference expanded to 16 members in the 2024–25 season with the return of charter-member Colorado, and the arrival of Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah.

Membership

Current members

Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Colors Tucson, Arizona 1885 2024 Public 51,134 Wildcats Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona 1885 2024 Public 57,588 Sun Devils Baylor University Waco, Texas 1845 1996 Private 16,787 Bears Brigham Young University (BYU) Provo, Utah 1875 2023 Private 34,737 Cougars (UCF) Orlando, Florida 1963 2023 Public 71,948 Knights Boulder, Colorado 1876 1996; 2024 Public 27,010 Buffaloes Cincinnati, Ohio 1819 2023 Public 46,719 Bearcats Houston, Texas 1927 2023 Public 47,090 Cougars Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1858 1996 Public 36,660 Cyclones Lawrence, Kansas 1865 1996 Public 28,091 Jayhawks Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 1863 1996 Public 23,779 Wildcats Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma 1890 1996 Public 23,459 Cowboys (TCU) Fort Worth, Texas 1873 2012 Private 10,394 Horned Frogs Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas 1923 1996 Public 38,246 Red Raiders Salt Lake City, Utah 1850 2024 Public 34,900 Utes West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia 1867 2012 Public 29,933 Mountaineers Reference:

Former members

Institution Location Founded Left Current Conference Type Enrollment Nickname Colors Columbia, Missouri 1839 2012 SEC Public 32,777 Tigers Lincoln, Nebraska 1869 2011 Big Ten Public 25,260 Cornhuskers Norman, Oklahoma 1890 2024 SEC Public 30,824 Sooners (Texas) Austin, Texas 1883 2024 SEC Public 50,950 Longhorns Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 1876 2012 SEC Public 60,435 Aggies Reference:

Standings

All-time records

Team Big 12 Record Big 12 Winning % Overall record Overall Winning % Big 12 Regular season Championships Big 12 Tournament RecordBig 12 tournament championshipsArizona30–81918–992–1 15–1 1Arizona State11–271498–1339 -1–2 - Baylor 238–270 1515–1439 219–27 -BYU33–231941–1166 -4–3 -UCF23–33915–716 -3–3 -Cincinnati23–331948–1110 -4–3 - Colorado 105–173 1457–1308 -11–17 -Houston48–81496–89227–2 1 Iowa State 240–272 1512–1415 227–24 6 Kansas 403–109 2437–919 2151–16 12 Kansas State 215–277 1768–1275 219–29 - Oklahoma State 250–262 1784–1281 129–26 2 TCU 88–164 1357–1503 -9–14 - Texas Tech 223–288 1564–1199 118–29 -Utah10–281924–1123 -0–2 - West Virginia 120–133 1892–1202 -10–12 -Reference:

Totals though the end of the 2025−26 Big 12 Tournament.

Overall series records in Big 12 Play

1997−2025 as Big 12 Members

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vs. Arizonavs. ArizonaStatevs. Baylorvs. BYUvs. UCFvs. Cincinnativs. Coloradovs. Houstonvs. IowaStatevs. Kansasvs. KansasStatevs. OklahomaStatevs. TCUvs. TexasTechvs. Utahvs. WestVirginiaTotalArizona—2–02–01–11–01–01–00–11–10–10–11–01–01–11–01–014–6ArizonaState0–2—0–10–20–10–12–00–10–10–11–10–10–10–20–11–04–16Baylor0–21–0—1–22–02–16–100–323–189–3323–1829–2718–731–262–016–7232–258BYU1–12–02–1—3–01–21–00–22–12–02–12–11–10–21–13–024–14 UCF0–11–00–20–3—0–31–10–30–31–21–12–12–12–11–01–214–24 Cincinnati0–11–01–22–13–0—1–00–30–20–21–20–22–11–11–11–314–24 Colorado0–10–210–60–11–10–1—0–114–181–3115–167–91–19–70–10–198–162 Houston1–01–03–02–03–03–01–0—2–13–12–03–01–12–11–03–034–4IowaState1–11–018–231–23–02–018–141–2—15–4228–3018–2316–921–201–09–15228–266Kansas1–01–033–90–22–12–031–11–342–15—49–931–1121–332–90–116–8391–103KansasState1–01–118–231–21–12–116–150–230–289–49—18–2514–1018–230–112–13221–273OklahomaState0–11–027–291–21–22–09–70–323–1811–3125–18—12–1235–231–112–12244–250TCU0–11–07–181–11–21–21–11–19–163–2110–1412–12—9–160–18–1877–157TexasTech1–12–026–312–01–21–17–91–220–219–3223–1823–3516–9—1–010–14211–282 Utah0–11–00–21–10–11–11–00–10–11–01–01–11–00–1—0–28–12WestVirginia0–10–17–160–32–13–11–00–315–98–1612–1212–1218–814–102–0—111–123

Totals though the end of the 2024–25 season. Includes any regular season match up regardless of conference affiliation or postseason meetings.

All Time Series Record

Totals from though the end of the 2024–25 season.Includes any regular season match up regardless of conference affiliation or postseason meetings.

Source: vs. Arizonavs. ArizonaStatevs. Baylorvs. BYUvs. UCFvs. Cincinnativs. Coloradovs. Houstonvs. IowaStatevs. Kansasvs. KansasStatevs. OklahomaStatevs. TCUvs. TexasTechvs. Utahvs. WestVirginiaTotalArizona—163–875–721–201–05–027–166–85–45–96–94–02–226–2941–324–3321–226ArizonaState87–163—2–822–300–11–314–163–42–26–66–63–62–419–2428–381–0186–311Baylor5–78–2—6–72–02–112–1616–4125–2511–37 27–26 38–57110–9065–852–318–8346–406BYU20–2130–227–6—4–03–37–173–83–73–45–56–420–43–4135–1303–2253–236 UCF0–11–00–20–4—6–182–211–250–31–31–34–12–21–23–01–333–67 Cincinnati0–53–11–23–318–6—8–133–174–55–58–33–57–12–14–212–13127–92 Colorado16–2716–1416–1217–72–21–8—3–578–7340–12648–97 61–494–313–1912–191–1329–461 Houston6–84–341–168–325–1117–335–3—5–55–65–510–1351–2632–281–13–0221–159IowaState4–52–225–257–33–05–473–785–5—69–19195–14768–7218–1524–222–210–15410–586Kansas9–56–637–114–33–15–5126–406–5191–69—206–97126–6027–443–92–127–8818–324KansasState9–66–626–275–53–13–897–485–5147–9597–206—88–6021–1426–262–213–16551–525OklahomaState0–46–3 57–384–61–45–349–6113–1072–6860–12660–88—29–1550–285–213–13425–471TCU2–24–2 90–1104–202–21–73–426–5115–184–2714–2115–29—57–8816–78–19260–406TexasTech29–2624–19 85–654–32–11–219–1328–3222–249–4326–2628–5088–57—3–511–18379–384Utah32–4438–28 3–2130–1350–32–419–121–12–21–22–22–57–165–3—6–2249–259WestVirginia3–40–18–182–33–113–121–10–315–108–2716–1313–1319–818–112–6—120–132

Totals though the end of the 2024–25 season. Includes any regular season match up regardless of conference affiliation or postseason meetings.

Conference tournament

Year Champion Runner-up Most Valuable Player Location 1997 (1) Kansas 87 (10) Missouri 60 Paul Pierce (1), Kansas Kemper Arena - Kansas City, MO 1998 (1) Kansas 72 (3) Oklahoma 58 Paul Pierce (2), Kansas 1999 (3) Kansas 53 (5) 37 Jeff Boschee, Kansas 2000 (1) Iowa State 70 (3) Oklahoma 58 Marcus Fizer, Iowa State 2001 (3) Oklahoma 54 (4) Texas 45 Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma 2002 (2) Oklahoma 64 (1) Kansas 55 Hollis Price (1), Oklahoma 2003 (3) Oklahoma 49 (5) Missouri 47 Hollis Price (2), Oklahoma American Airlines Center - Dallas, TX 2004 (1) Oklahoma State 65 (2) Texas 49 Tony Allen, Oklahoma State 2005 (3) 72 (4) 68 Joey Graham, Oklahoma State Kemper Arena - Kansas City, MO 2006 (2) Kansas 80 (1) Texas 68 Mario Chalmers, Kansas American Airlines Center - Dallas, TX 2007† (1) Kansas 88 (3) Texas 84 Kevin Durant, Texas Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK 2008 (2) Kansas 84 (1) Texas 74 Brandon Rush, Kansas Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO 2009(3) Missouri 73 (9) Baylor 60 DeMarre Carroll, Missouri Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK 2010(1) Kansas 72 (2) Kansas State 64 Sherron Collins, Kansas Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO 2011 (1) Kansas 85 (2) Texas 73 Marcus Morris, Kansas 2012 (2) Missouri 90 (4) Baylor 75 Kim English, Missouri 2013 (1) Kansas 70 (2) Kansas State 54 Jeff Withey, Kansas 2014 (4) Iowa State 74(7) Baylor 65 DeAndre Kane, Iowa State 2015 (2) Iowa State 70 (1) Kansas 66 Georges Niang, Iowa State 2016 (1) Kansas 81 (2) West Virginia 71 Devonte' Graham, Kansas 2017 (4) Iowa State 80 (2) West Virginia 74 Monté Morris, Iowa State 2018 (1) Kansas 81 ‡ (3) West Virginia 70 Malik Newman, Kansas2019(5) Iowa State 78(3) Kansas 66Marial Shayok, Iowa State2020Canceled after two games due to COVID-19.2021(3) Texas 91(5) Oklahoma State 86Matt Coleman III, TexasT-Mobile Center - Kansas City, MO2022(1) Kansas 74(3) Texas Tech 65Ochai Agbaji, Kansas2023(2) Texas 76(1) Kansas 56Dylan Disu, Texas2024(2) Iowa State 69(1) Houston 41Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State2025(1) Houston(3) ArizonaEmanuel Sharp, Houston2026 (1) Arizona (2) Houston Jaden Bradley, ArizonaReference:2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Media Guide † – Denotes Each Overtime Played

Performance by team Through 2025 tournament as of March 14 Teams (# of titles)199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020*202120222023202420252026Big 12 (28)(12) (12) (12) (12) (12) (12) (12) (11) (12) (12) (12) (12) (12) (12) (12) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (10) (9)(10)(14)(16) (16) 1 Kansas (11)CCCQFSFFSFSFSFCCCQFCCSFCSFFCQFVFQFSFCF2RQFSF 2 Iowa State (6)SF1R1RCQF1RQFQFQF1R1R1R1R1R1RQFSFCCQFC1RC1R1RQFSFCQFSF6 Oklahoma State (2)QFQFFSFQFQFQFCCQFSFQFSFQFQFQFSFQFQF1RQFQF1RQFF•QF1R1R2R 7 Arizona (0)FC8 Arizona State (0)1R2R9 Baylor (0)1RQF1RQFSF1R1R•1R1RQF1RFSF1RFQFFSFSFQFQFQFQFSFQFQFSFQF1R10 BYU (0)QFSFQF11 UCF (0)2R2RQF12 Cincinnati (0)QF2R2R13 Colorado (0)QF1RQFQF1RQFQFQFQFQF1RQF1R1RSFQF1R14 Houston (1)FCF15 Kansas State (0)1RQFSF1RQFQF1R1RQF1RSFQFQFFQFQFFQF1RQFSFSFSFQFQF1RQFQF2R1R17 TCU (0)1R1RQFQFSFQFQF1R1RSFSFQF1RQF19 Texas Tech (0)QF1R1R1R1RSFSFSFFQFQF1RQFQF1R1RQF1R1R1R1RSFQFQFQFF1RSFSFQF20 Utah (0)1R1R21 West Virginia (0)1RQFQFFFFSFQFQFQFQF1R2R2R No Longer Members of the Big 12 3 Oklahoma (3)SFFQFFCCCQFSFQFQFSFQF1RQF1RQFQFSFSF1R1R1RQFQFSF1R2R 4 Texas (2)QFSFSFSFFSFQFF1RFFFSFQFFSFQFSFQFQFQFQFQFQFCQFC2R 5 Missouri (2)FQFQFQFQFQFFQFQF1R1R1RC1RQFC16 Nebraska (0)1RSFQF1R1R1R1R1R1RSF1RQF1RQF1R18 Texas A&M (0)1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1RSFQFSF1RSFSFQF Key CChampionFRunner-upSFSemifinalsQFQuarterfinalsRRRound Number•Did not participateVVacatedNot Member of Conference *The 2020 tournament was canceled after the first-round games due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Player of the Year

Sources:

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionClass 1996–97 Kansas PF 1997–98 (2) Kansas (2) PF 1998–99 Nebraska C 1999–00 Iowa State PF 2000–01 Iowa State (2) PG 2001–02 Kansas (3) PF 2002–03 Kansas (4) PF 2003–04 Oklahoma State SG 2004–05 Kansas (5) PF 2005–06 Texas SF 2006–07 * Texas SF 2007–08 Kansas State PF 2008–09 * Oklahoma PF 2009–10 Oklahoma State (2) SG 2010–11 Kansas (6) PF 2011–12 Kansas (7) PF 2012–13 Oklahoma State (3) PG 2013–14 Iowa State (3) SF 2014–15 Oklahoma (2) SG 2015–16 * (2) Oklahoma (3) SG 2016–17 * Kansas (8) PG 2017–18 Kansas (9) PG 2018–19 Texas Tech SG 2019–20 Kansas (10)CSenior2020–21 Oklahoma State (4)G 2021–22 Kansas (11) G 2022–23 Kansas (12) F 2023–24Jamal SheadHoustonG 2024–25JT ToppinTexas TechF 2025–26Jaden BradleyArizonaG

†Co-Players of the Year*Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year award at that point

NCAA tournament

School Appearances WinsFinal Fours Championships Arizona406651 Arizona State161300 Baylor 17 22 3 1BYU331500UCF6100Cincinnati334662 Colorado161320Houston274270 Iowa State 25 25 1 0 Kansas 53 112 15 4 Kansas State 32 37 4 0 Oklahoma State 29 39 6 2 TCU 12 6 0 0 Texas Tech 22 20 1 0 Utah293841 West Virginia 31 32 2 0Reference:

Totals though the end of the 2025−26 season.

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