The 2021 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 10 to 13, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament. Texas defeated Oklahoma State in the championship to earn their first Big 12 Tournament Championship and third Conference tournament Championship overall. Texas became the first school that was not a member of the Big Eight Conference to win the tournament.
Seeds All ten teams participated 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. What tiebreakers were used for each tie is included in the table.
Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 31Baylor 13–1 2Kansas 12–6 3Texas 11–6 1–1 vs. West Virginia 0–1 vs. Baylor 2–0 vs. Kansas4West Virginia 11–6 1–1 vs. Texas 0–1 vs. Baylor 1–1 vs. Kansas5Oklahoma State 11–7 6 Texas Tech 9–8 2–0 vs. Oklahoma7Oklahoma 9–8 0–2 vs. Texas Tech8TCU 5–11 9Kansas State 4–14 10Iowa State 0–18
Schedule All games had limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
GameTimeMatchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 1015:30 pmNo. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Kansas State50–71ESPNN/A*28:30 pmNo. 7 Oklahoma vs No. 10 Iowa State79–73 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11310:30 amNo. 4 West Virginia vs No. 5 Oklahoma State69–72ESPN3,49141:30 pmNo. 1 Baylor vs No. 9 Kansas State74–6855:30 pmNo. 2 Kansas vs No. 7 Oklahoma69–623,51068:30 pmNo. 3 Texas vs No. 6 Texas Tech67–66ESPN2 Semifinals – Friday, March 1275:30 pm No. 1 Baylor vs No. 5 Oklahoma State74–83ESPN3,29888:30 pmNo. 2 Kansas vs No. 3 TexasCancelled Championship – Saturday, March 1395:00 pmNo. 3 Texas vs No. 5 Oklahoma State91–86ESPN3,525
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