The 2020 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was scheduled to be played from March 11 to 14, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.
On March 11, 2020, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced that fans would not be allowed to attend the tournament beginning with the games on March 12 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The two First Round games that took place on March 11 were completed with fans in attendance. The rest of the tournament was scheduled to be completed without fans in attendance. The following day, the conference announced it had cancelled the tournament completely. Later that same day, the NCAA Tournament was canceled before the conference named their automatic bid.
Seeds All 10 conference teams were slated to participate in the tournament. The top six teams earned a first round bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. 2020 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 41Kansas 17–1 2Baylor 15–3 3Oklahoma 9–9 4–2 vs. Texas/Texas Tech/West Virginia4Texas 9–9 3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas Tech/West Virginia 0-2 vs. Kansas 0-2 vs. Baylor 3-1 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State5Texas Tech 9–9 3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/West Virginia 0-2 vs. Kansas 0-2 vs. Baylor 2-2 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State6West Virginia 9–9 2–4 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/Texas Tech7TCU 7–111–1 vs. Oklahoma State0-2 vs. Kansas1–1 vs. Baylor8Oklahoma State 7–111–1 vs. TCU0-2 vs. Kansas0–2 vs. Baylor9Iowa State 5–13 10Kansas State 3–15
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1116:00 pmNo. 8 Oklahoma State vs No. 9 Iowa State72–71ESPNU17,60628:00 pmNo. 7 TCU vs No. 10 Kansas State49–53 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12311:30 amNo. 4 Texas vs No. 5 Texas TechCancelledESPN2–41:30 pmNo. 1 Kansas vs No. 8 Oklahoma State56:00 pmNo. 2 Baylor vs No. 10 Kansas State68:00 pmNo. 3 Oklahoma vs No. 6 West Virginia Semifinals – Friday, March 1376:00 pmWinner of game 3 vs Winner of game 4CancelledESPN2–88:00 pmWinner of game 5 vs Winner of game 6 Championship – Saturday, March 1495:00 pmWinner of game 7 vs Winner of game 8CancelledESPN– *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
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