The 2018 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 7 to 10, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Kansas defeated West Virginia in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks tournament win was later vacated by the NCAA due to recruiting violations.
Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. These are the tiebreakers (5–8 involve both ties with two teams and ties with multiple teams): If two teams have an identical conference record, then the team with the better head-to-head record gets the higher seed If a tie can't be broken by the tiebreaker above, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed If those records are the same, then the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed If multiple teams are tied, and you can't use the 1st tiebreaker, then the team with the better head-to-head record against the other tied teams gets the higher seed. If tiebreaker number 4 can't break the tie between multiple teams, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed If those records are the same, the team with the better road record gets the higher seed If those records are the same, the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed If those records are the same, a public draw will be held to determine the top seed 2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 Kansas ‡#13–531–82 Texas Tech #11–727–101–1 vs WVU, 1–1 vs Kansas3 West Virginia #11–726–111–1 vs TTU, 0–2 vs Kansas4 Kansas State #10–825–125 TCU #9–921–126 Baylor #8–1019–155–1 vs Okla/Okla St/Texas7 Texas 8–1019–153–3 vs Baylor/Okla/Okla St8 8–1021–152–4 vs Baylor/Okla/Texas, 2–0 vs KU9 Oklahoma 8–1018–142–4 vs Baylor/Okla St/Texas, 1–1 vs KU10 Iowa State 4–1413–18‡ – 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 – Wednesday, March 71 1 6:00 pm #8 Oklahoma State 71 vs #9 Oklahoma 60 ESPNU17,752 2 8:00 pm #7 Texas 68 vs #10 Iowa State 64Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 82 3 11:30 am #4 Kansas State 66 vs #5 TCU 64 OTESPN217,903 4 1:30 pm #1 Kansas 82 vs #8 Oklahoma State 683 5 6:00 pm #2 Texas Tech 73 vs #7 Texas 6917,653 6 8:00 pm #3 West Virginia 78 vs #6 Baylor 65Semifinals – Friday, March 94 7 6:00 pm #1 Kansas 83 vs #4 Kansas State 67 ESPN18,223 8 8:00 pm #3 West Virginia 66 vs #2 Texas Tech 63 ESPN2Final – Saturday, March 105 9 5:00 pm #1 Kansas 81 vs #3 West Virginia 70 ESPN17,718 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* Indicates overtime game
All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Malik Newman, Kansas Player Team Position ClassMalik NewmanKansasSo.GDevonte’ GrahamKansasSr.GJevon CarterWest VirginiaSr.GDaxter Miles Jr.West VirginiaSr.GMakol MawienKansas StateSo.G
See also 2018 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
References
External links Official 2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket