2019–20 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play started in December 2019 and concluded in March 2019. The Big 12 tournament was scheduled to be held from March 11 through 14 and will be played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, but it was cancelled after the first round due to the coronavirus pandemic.

2019–20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN, FSN
NBA Draft
Top draft pick	Tyrese Haliburton
Picked by	12th, Sacramento Kings
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2020 Big 12 Champions	Kansas
Runners-up	Baylor
Season MVP	Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Top scorer	Devon Dotson, Kansas
Big 12 Tournament

2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Kansas	17	–	1		.944			28	–	3		.903
No. 5 Baylor	15	–	3		.833			26	–	4		.867
No. 24 West Virginia	9	–	9		.500			21	–	10		.677
Texas	9	–	9		.500			19	–	12		.613
Oklahoma	9	–	9		.500			19	–	12		.613
Texas Tech	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
TCU	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Oklahoma State	7	–	11		.389			18	–	14		.563
Iowa State	5	–	13		.278			12	–	20		.375
Kansas State	3	–	15		.167			11	–	21		.344
Note: The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

Coaches

Coaching changes

There were no head coaching changes following the 2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season.

Head coaches

Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Overall record	Big 12 record	NCAA Tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Baylor	Scott Drew	Valparaiso	16th	318–208 (.605)	124–147 (.458)	8	0	0
Iowa State	Steve Prohm	Murray State	5th	83–53 (.610)	35–37 (.486)	3	0	0
Kansas	Bill Self	Illinois	17th	473–106 (.817)	222–52 (.810)	16	3	1
Kansas State	Bruce Weber	Illinois	8th	150–89 (.628)	69–57 (.548)	5	0	0
Oklahoma	Lon Kruger	UNLV	9th	160–105 (.604)	72–72 (.500)	7	1	0
Oklahoma State	Mike Boynton	Oklahoma State (asst.)	3rd	33–35 (.485)	13–23 (.361)	0	0	0
TCU	Jamie Dixon	Pittsburgh	4th	68–41 (.624)	22–32 (.407)	1	0	0
Texas	Shaka Smart	VCU	5th	71–66 (.518)	31–41 (.431)	2	0	0
Texas Tech	Chris Beard	Little Rock	4th	76–31 (.710)	31–23 (.574)	2	1	0
West Virginia	Bob Huggins	Kansas State	13th	270–151 (.641)	66–60 (.524)	9	1	0

Preseason

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas (8)	80
2.	Baylor (1)	71
3.	Texas Tech (1)	62
4.	Texas	57
5.	West Virginia	45
6.	Oklahoma State	42
7.	Iowa State	30
8.	Oklahoma	29
9.	Kansas State	23
10.	TCU	11
Reference: (#) first place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

Big 12 Coaches
Tristan Clark, F Baylor Tyrese Haliburton, G Iowa State Udoka Azubuike, F Kansas Devon Dotson, G Kansas Desmond Bane, G TCU
Reference:

• Player of the Year: Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
• Newcomer of the Year: Chris Clarke, Texas Tech
• Freshman of the Year: Oscar Tshiebwe, West Virginia

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Wk 20	Final
Baylor	AP	16	24	23	19	18	11	10	7	6	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	5
	C	18	–	23	18	16	11	11	6	4	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	5
Iowa State	AP
	C		–				RV
Kansas	AP	3	5	4	4	2	2	1	5	3	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1
	C	3	–	5	5	3	3	1	5	3	3	7	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	1
Kansas State	AP
	C		–	RV	RV	RV
Oklahoma	AP			RV	RV	RV													RV
	C	RV	–	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV							RV	RV			RV
Oklahoma State	AP					RV		RV
	C		–	RV		25	RV	RV
TCU	AP											RV
	C		–									RV
Texas	AP		RV	22	RV		RV	RV
	C	RV	–	22	RV	RV	RV	RV
Texas Tech	AP	13	11	12	12	RV		24	23	22	22	23	18	RV	RV	24	RV	22	RV
	C	12	–	12	12	RV	RV	25	22	22	21	23	18	RV	RV	24	RV	21	RV
West Virginia	AP			RV		RV	RV	25	22	16	17	12	14	12	13	14	17	20	RV	22
	C		–		RV	RV		RV	23	17	17	13	15	11	11	14	18	19	RV	23

Regular season

Conference matrix

	Baylor	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech	West Virginia
vs. Baylor	—	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1
vs. Iowa State	2–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0
vs. Kansas	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2
vs. Kansas State	2–0	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1
vs. Oklahoma	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Oklahoma State	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0
vs. TCU	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1
vs. Texas	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	1–1	1–1
vs. Texas Tech	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	1–1
vs. West Virginia	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	—
Total	15–3	5–13	17–1	3–15	9–9	7–11	7–11	9–9	9–9	9–9

Big12/SEC Challenge

Main article: Big 12/SEC Challenge

Date	Time	Big 12 team	SEC team	Location	TV	Attendance	Winner	Leader
Sat., Jan. 25	12:00 PM	Iowa State	16 Auburn	Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL	ESPNU	9,121	Auburn (80–76)	SEC (1–0)
		14 West Virginia	Missouri	WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	14,031	West Virginia (74–51)	Tied (1–1)
	2:00 PM	Texas	LSU	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX	ESPN	11,287	LSU (69–67)	SEC (2–1)
		Oklahoma	Mississippi State	Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, OK	ESPN2	6,442	Oklahoma (63–62)	Tied (2–2)
	4:00 PM	3 Kansas	Tennessee	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS	ESPN	16,300	Kansas (74–68)	Big 12 (3–2)
		Oklahoma State	Texas A&M	Reed Arena • College Station, TX	ESPNU	7,622	Oklahoma State (73–62)	Big 12 (4–2)
		TCU	Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	19,200	Arkansas (78–67)	Big 12 (4–3)
	6:00 PM	18 Texas Tech	15 Kentucky	United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX	ESPN	14,763	Kentucky (76–74OT)	Tied (4–4)
		Kansas State	Alabama	Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	11,824	Alabama (77–74)	SEC (5–4)
	8:00 PM	1 Baylor	Florida	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL	ESPN	11,092	Baylor (72–61)	Tied (5–5)
Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt will not participate for the SEC, instead participating in the SEC/American Alliance. All times Eastern

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

Main article: 2020 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

All 10 conference teams will participate in the tournament. The top six teams earn a first round bye.

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3	Tiebreaker 4
1	Kansas	17–1
2	Baylor	15–3
3	Oklahoma	9–9	4–2 vs. Texas/Texas Tech/West Virginia
4	Texas	9–9	3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas Tech/West Virginia	0–2 vs. Kansas	0–2 vs. Baylor	3–1 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State
5	Texas Tech	9–9	3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/West Virginia	0–2 vs. Kansas	0–2 vs. Baylor	2–2 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State
6	West Virginia	9–9	2–4 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/Texas Tech
7	TCU	7–11	1–1 vs. Oklahoma State	0–2 vs. Kansas	1–1 vs. Baylor
8	Oklahoma State	7–11	1–1 vs. TCU	0–2 vs. Kansas	0–2 vs. Baylor
9	Iowa State	5–13
10	Kansas State	3–15

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 11					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 14
						1	Kansas
						8	Oklahoma State
	8	Oklahoma State	72
	9	Iowa State	71
						4	Texas
						5	Texas Tech
						2	Baylor
						10	Kansas State
	7	TCU	49
	10	Kansas State	53
						3	Oklahoma
						6	West Virginia

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

2019 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Udoka Azubuike, C, Kansas
Coach of the Year	Scott Drew, Baylor
Defensive Player of the Year	Marcus Garrett, G, Kansas
Sixth Man Award	Devonte Bandoo, G, Baylor
Newcomer of the Year	Davion Mitchell, G, Baylor
Freshman of the Year	Jahmi'us Ramsey, G, Texas Tech
Reference:

2020 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Defensive Team	Newcomer Team	Freshman Team
Jared Butler†, G, Baylor Udoka Azubuike†, C, Kansas Devon Dotson†, G, Kansas Kristian Doolittle, F, Oklahoma Desmond Bane, G, TCU	MaCio Teague, G, Baylor Freddie Gillespie, F, Baylor Tyrese Haliburton, G, Iowa State Jahmi'us Ramsey, G, Texas Tech Oscar Tshiebwe, F, West Virginia	Davion Mitchell, G, Baylor Mark Vital, G/F, Baylor Marcus Garrett, G, Kansas Brady Manek, F, Oklahoma Matt Coleman III, G, Texas	Freddie Gillespie, F, Baylor Davion Mitchell, G, Baylor Mark Vital†, G/F, Baylor Udoka Azubuike, C, Kansas Marcus Garrett†, G, Kansas	Davion Mitchell†, G, Baylor MaCio Teague†, G, Baylor Austin Reaves, G, Oklahoma Jahmi'us Ramsey, G, Texas Tech Oscar Tshiebwe, F, West Virginia	Christian Braun, G, Kansas Jahmi'us Ramsey†, G, Texas Tech Terrence Shannon Jr., G, Texas Tech Miles McBride, F, West Virginia Oscar Tshiebwe†, F, West Virginia
† - denotes unanimous selection

Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards

Week	Player of the Week	School	Newcomer of the Week	School	Ref.
Nov 11	Tyrese Haliburton	Iowa State	T. J. Holyfield	Texas Tech
Nov 18	Kristian Doolittle	Oklahoma	Oscar Tshiebwe	West Virginia
Nov 25	Jared Butler	Baylor	Jahmi'us Ramsey	Texas Tech
Dec 2	Devon Dotson	Kansas	Oscar Tshiebwe (2)	West Virginia
Dec 9	Freddie Gillespie	Baylor	Rasir Bolton	Iowa State
Dec 16	Devon Dotson (2)	Kansas	Terrence Shannon Jr.	Texas Tech
Dec 23	Kristian Doolittle (2)	Oklahoma	Chris Clarke	Texas Tech
Dec 30	Cartier Diarra	Kansas State	Miles McBride	West Virginia
Jan 6	Tyrese Haliburton (2)	Iowa State	Oscar Tshiebwe (3)	West Virginia
Jan 13	Jared Butler (2)	Baylor	MaCio Teague Miles McBride (2)	Baylor West Virginia
Jan 20	Kyler Edwards	Texas Tech	Isaiah Moss	Kansas
Jan 27	Udoka Azubuike	Kansas	Rasir Bolton (2)	Iowa State
Feb 3	Devon Dotson (3)	Kansas	Jahmi'us Ramsey (2)	Texas Tech
Feb 10	Udoka Azubuike (2)	Kansas	MaCio Teague (2)	Baylor
Feb 17	Kristian Doolittle (3)	Oklahoma	Kalib Boone	Oklahoma State
Feb 24	Udoka Azubuike (3)	Kansas	Jahmi'us Ramsey (3)	Texas Tech
Mar 2	Desmond Bane Andrew Jones	TCU Texas	P. J. Fuller	TCU
Mar 9	Austin Reaves	Oklahoma	Oscar Tshiebwe (4)	West Virginia

See also

• 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• Big 12 Conference
• Big 12/SEC Challenge

References