The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 11–15, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center. Houston received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, it was the first tournament with 16 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2024–25 season, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah joined the conference for the first time, and Colorado rejoined after a 13-year absence. The tournament will be sponsored by Phillips 66.

Seeds All sixteen teams participated in the tournament, which became the first with the 16-team bracket format. The top eight teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye into the quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference. Ties were broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top seed in the conference and going down the standings until the tie was broken.

SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2 1Houston #‡ 19–1 2Texas Tech ‡ 15–5 3Arizona ‡ 14–6 1–1 vs BYU 1–1 vs Texas Tech 4BYU ‡ 14–6 1–1 vs Arizona 0–1 vs Texas Tech 5Iowa State † 13–7 6Kansas † 11–9 7Baylor † 10–10 1–0 vs West Virginia 8West Virginia † 10–10 0–1 vs Baylor 9TCU 9–11 1–0 vs Kansas State 10Kansas State 9–11 0–1 vs TCU 11Utah 8–12 12Oklahoma State 7–13 2–1 vs Cincinnati/UCF 13Cincinnati 7–13 1–1 vs Oklahoma State/UCF 14UCF 7–13 1–2 vs Oklahoma State/Cincinnati 15Arizona State 4–16 16Colorado 3–17 Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second roundOverall records include all games played in the 2025 Big 12 tournament.

Schedule Source: GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 11111:30 a.m.No. 12 Oklahoma State vs No. 13 Cincinnati 68–87 ESPN+ 6,40622:00 p.m.No. 9 TCU vs No. 16 Colorado 67–6936:00 p.m.No. 10 Kansas State vs No. 15 Arizona State71–66 12,92948:30 p.m.No. 11 Utah vs No. 14 UCF 72–87Second round – Wednesday, March 12511:30 a.m.No. 5 Iowa State vs No. 13 Cincinnati 76–56 ESPN 12,92262:00 p.m.No. 8 West Virginia vs No. 16 Colorado 60–67 ESPN+76:00 p.m. No. 7 Baylor vs No. 10 Kansas State 70–5615,43188:30 p.m.No. 6 Kansas vs No. 14 UCF98–94OTESPN2Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13911:30 a.m.No. 4 BYU vs No. 5 Iowa State 96–92 ESPN2 15,366102:00 p.m.No. 1 Houston vs No. 16 Colorado 77–68116:00 p.m. No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 7 Baylor 76–74ESPN15,491128:30 p.m.No. 3 Arizona vs No. 6 Kansas 88–77Semifinals – Friday, March 14136:00 p.m. No. 1 Houston vs No. 4 BYU 74–54 ESPN2 13,946148:30 p.m. No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 3 Arizona 80–86Championship – Saturday, March 15155:00 p.m. No. 1 Houston vs No. 3 Arizona 72–64 ESPN 13,768*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Awards and honors

Team and tournament leaders Source: Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesArizona Caleb Love 57 Tobe Awaka 17 KJ Lewis 10 KJ Lewis 6 Tied 3 Jaden Bradley 113Arizona State Alston Mason 17 Shawn Phillips Jr. 14 Tied 3 Joson Sanon 2 Shawn Phillips Jr. 3 Joson Sanon 39Baylor Norchad Omier 41 Norchad Omier 29 V. J. Edgecombe 8 V. J. Edgecombe 5 Tied 2 V. J. Edgecombe 72BYU Richie Saunders 33 Keba Keita 22 Dallin Hall 11 Trey Stewart 4 Keba Keita 3 Richie Saunders 56Cincinnati Day Day Thomas 30 Dillon Mitchell 20 Dillon Mitchell 7 Day Day Thomas 10 Aziz Bandaogo 4 Josh Reed 67Colorado Andrej Jakimovski 24 Andrej Jakimovski 21 Julian Hammond III 11 Andrej Jakimovski 9 Trevor Baskin 4 Andrej Jakimovski 93Houston Emanuel Sharp 62 Mylik Wilson 24 Milos Uzan 10 Tied 5 Joseph Tugler 8 LJ Cryer 102Iowa State Curtis Jones 39 Dishon Jackson 20 Joshua Jefferson 11 Joshua Jefferson 5 Dishon Jackson 3 Joshua Jefferson 72Kansas Zeke Mayo 43 Hunter Dickinson 25 Dajuan Harris Jr. 10 KJ Adams Jr. 4 KJ Adams Jr. 3 KJ Adams Jr. 75Kansas State Coleman Hawkins 31 Coleman Hawkins 15 Dug McDaniel 10 Dug McDaniel 3 Coleman Hawkins 2 Coleman Hawkins 76Oklahoma State Connor Dow 12 Brandon Newman 7 Arturo Dean 4 Arturo Dean 7 Bryce Thompson 1 Tied 27TCU Noah Reynolds 17 Ernest Udeh Jr. 11 Tied 2 Trazarien White 3 Tied 2 Trazarien White 35Texas Tech JT Toppin 37 JT Toppin 16 Elijah Hawkins 16 Elijah Hawkins 3 JT Toppin 5 Christian Anderson 70UCF Keyshawn Hall 48 Moustapha Thiam 20 Darius Johnson 12 Jordan Ivy-Curry 5 Thiam 4 Keyshawn Hall 80Utah Keanu Dawes 21 Keanu Dawes 15 Tied 4 Gabe Madsen 3 Mike Sharavjamts 1 Keanu Dawes 38West Virginia Javon Small 23 Amani Hansberry 6 Javon Small 5 Sencire Harris 3 Eduardo Andre 5 Javon Small 37

All-Tournament Team Name Pos. Height Weight Year Team Caleb LoveG 6−4 205 Graduate Arizona LJ CryerG 6−1 200 Graduate Houston Emanuel SharpG 6−3 210 RS Junior Houston Milos UzanG 6−4 190 Junior Houston JT Toppin F 6−9 225 Sophomore Texas Tech

Most Outstanding Player Name Pos. Height Weight Year TeamEmanuel Sharp G 6−3 210 RS Junior Houston

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