2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
| 2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Site | T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Houston | 11 | – | 2 | .846 | 23 | – | 3 | .885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Arizona | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 23 | – | 2 | .920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Iowa State | 10 | – | 3 | .769 | 23 | – | 3 | .885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Kansas | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 6 | .760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Texas Tech | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 6 | .760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 BYU | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 6 | .760 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 16 | – | 9 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 16 | – | 9 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 6 | – | 7 | .462 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 16 | – | 9 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 4 | – | 9 | .308 | 14 | – | 12 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 13 | – | 12 | .520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 9 | – | 16 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of February 16, 2026 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It will be played from March 10–14, 2026, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.[1] The winning team will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Phillips 66.
Seeds
All sixteen teams will participate in the tournament. The top eight teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye into the quarterfinals.[2]
Teams will be seeded by record within the conference. Ties will be broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top seed in the conference and going down the standings until the tie is broken.[3]
| Seed | School | Conference
Record |
Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 2 | ‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 3 | ‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 4 | ‡ | 0–0 | ||
| 5 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 6 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 7 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 8 | † | 0–0 | ||
| 9 | 0–0 | |||
| 10 | 0–0 | |||
| 11 | 0–0 | |||
| 12 | 0–0 | |||
| 13 | 0–0 | |||
| 14 | 0–0 | |||
| 15 | 0–0 | |||
| 16 | 0–0 |
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 round
Overall records include all games played in the 2026 Big 12 tournament.
Schedule
Source:[4]
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 10 | |||||
| 1 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 12 TBD vs No. 13 TBD | – | ESPN+ | |
| 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 9 TBD vs No. 16 TBD | – | ||
| 3 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 10 TBD vs No. 15 TBD | – | ||
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 11 TBD vs No. 14 TBD | – | ||
| Second round – Wednesday, March 11 | |||||
| 5 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 5 TBD vs Game 1 Winner | – | ESPN | |
| 6 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 TBD vs Game 2 Winner | – | ESPN+ | |
| 7 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 TBD vs Game 3 Winner | – | ||
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 6 TBD vs Game 4 Winner | – | ESPN2 | |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 | |||||
| 9 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 4 TBD vs Game 5 Winner | – | ESPN2 | |
| 10 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 TBD vs Game 6 Winner | – | ||
| 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 TBD vs Game 7 Winner | – | ESPN | |
| 12 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 TBD vs Game 8 Winner | – | ||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | |||||
| 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Game 9 Winner vs Game 10 Winner | – | ESPN2 | |
| 14 | 8:30 p.m. | Game 11 Winner vs Game 12 Winner | – | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 | |||||
| 15 | 5:00 p.m. | Game 13 Winner vs Game 14 Winner | – | ESPN | |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed. | |||||
Bracket
| First round Tuesday, March 10 | Second round Wednesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Awards and honors
Team and tournament leaders
Source:[5]
| Team | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Minutes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Arizona State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Baylor | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| BYU | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Cincinnati | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Colorado | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Houston | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Iowa State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Kansas | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Kansas State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Oklahoma State | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| TCU | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Texas Tech | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| UCF | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| Utah | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| West Virginia | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
All-Tournament Team
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Most Outstanding Player
| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
- ^ "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship - Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com.
- ^ "Big 12 Tournament to Feature All 16 Teams".
- ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference.
- ^ "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Schedule".
- ^ "2025 Big 12 Tournament Stats".