The 2024 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 12–16, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri at T-Mobile Center. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, it was the first and only tournament with 14 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2023–24 season, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF joined the conference. It was the final appearance in the tournament for Texas and Oklahoma before leaving the conference. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.
Seeds All fourteen teams participated in the tournament. It was the first and only tournament with the 14-team bracket format. The top ten teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference. Ties were broken using a tiebreaker system, with the first tiebreaker being best record in head-to-head matchups then the 2nd tiebreaker being head-to-head record against each team in the conference beginning with the first place team and working down.
SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3 1Houston15–3 2Iowa State13–5 3Baylor11–7 1–1 vs. Texas Tech0–1 vs. Houston1–0 vs. Iowa State 4Texas Tech 11–7 1–1 vs. Baylor0–1 vs. Houston0–1 vs. Iowa State 5BYU 10–8 1–0 vs. Kansas 6Kansas 10–8 0–1 vs. BYU 7 Texas 9–9 1–0 vs. TCU 8 TCU 9–9 0–1 vs. Texas 9 Oklahoma 8–10 1–0 vs. Kansas State 10 Kansas State 8–10 0–1 vs. Oklahoma 11 Cincinnati 7–11 2–0 vs. UCF 12 UCF 7–11 0–2 vs. Cincinnati 13 Oklahoma State 4–14 1–0 vs. West Virginia 14 West Virginia 4–14 0–1 vs. Oklahoma State
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 12111:30 a.m.No. 12 UCF vs No. 13 Oklahoma State77–62ESPN+9,40422:00 p.m.No. 11 Cincinnati vs No. 14 West Virginia90–85Second round – Wednesday, March 13311:30 a.m.No. 5 BYU vs No. 12 UCF87–73ESPN216,04442:00 p.m.No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Oklahoma77–70ESPN+56:00 p.m.No. 7 Texas vs No. 10 Kansas State74–7818,26168:30 p.m.No. 6 Kansas vs No. 11 Cincinnati52–72ESPN2Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14711:30 a.m.No. 4 Texas Tech vs No. 5 BYU81–67ESPN217,18682:00 p.m.No. 1 Houston vs No. 8 TCU60–45ESPN96:00 p.m.No. 2 Iowa State vs No. 10 Kansas State76–57ESPN219,135108:30 p.m.No. 3 Baylor vs No. 11 Cincinnati68–56Semifinals – Friday, March 15116:00 p.m.No. 1 Houston vs No. 4 Texas Tech82–59ESPN219,135128:30 p.m.No. 2 Iowa State vs No. 3 Baylor76–62ESPNChampionship – Saturday, March 16135:00 p.m.No. 1 Houston vs No. 2 Iowa State41–69ESPN19,135*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
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