The 2023 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11 in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center. Texas won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.
Seeds All ten teams participated in the tournament. It was the final season with the 10-team bracket format, as the Big 12 expanded to 14 teams for the 2023–24 season before going to 16 in 2024–25. The top six teams received a first-round bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 31Kansas13–52Texas12–63Kansas State11–72–0 vs. Baylor4Baylor11–70–2 vs. Kansas State5Iowa State9–92–0 vs. TCU6TCU9–90–2 vs. Iowa State7Oklahoma State8–108West Virginia7–119Texas Tech5–131–1 vs. Oklahoma0–2 vs. Kansas1–1 vs. Texas10Oklahoma5–131–1 vs. Texas Tech0–2 vs. Kansas0–2 vs. Texas
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevision†AttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 816:00 p.m.No. 8 West Virginia vs No. 9 Texas Tech78–62ESPNU17,70228:30 p.m.No. 7 Oklahoma State vs No. 10 Oklahoma57–49Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9311:30 a.m.No. 4 Baylor vs No. 5 Iowa State72–78ESPN18,03442:00 p.m.No. 1 Kansas vs No. 8 West Virginia78–6156:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas vs No. 7 Oklahoma State61–47ESPN217,47668:30 p.m.No. 3 Kansas State vs No. 6 TCU67–80Semifinals – Friday, March 1076:00 p.m. No. 1 Kansas vs No. 5 Iowa State71–58ESPN19,13588:30 p.m.No. 2 Texas vs No. 6 TCU66–60Championship – Saturday, March 1195:00 p.m.No. 1 Kansas vs No. 2 Texas56–76ESPN17,763*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seed. †All games will be simulcast on ESPN+
Bracket
All-Tournament Team
Most Outstanding Player – Dylan Disu, Texas Player TeamDylan DisuTexasMarcus CarrTexasSir'Jabari RiceTexasJalen WilsonKansasDajuan Harris Jr.KansasMike Miles Jr.TCU
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