2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was being 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 will be the final appearance in the tournament for Texas and Oklahoma before they leave conference. The tournament was being sponsored by Phillips 66.

2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	14
Site	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Iowa State (6th title)
Winning coach	T. J. Otzelberger (1st title)
MVP	Keshon Gilbert (Iowa State)
Attendance	19,135 (championship)
Top scorer	Keshon Gilbert (48)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+
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2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3т Houston	15	–	3		.833			32	–	5		.865
No. 8 Iowa State †	13	–	5		.722			29	–	8		.784
No. 16 Baylor	11	–	7		.611			24	–	11		.686
Texas Tech	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
BYU	10	–	8		.556			23	–	11		.676
No. 19 Kansas	10	–	8		.556			23	–	11		.676
Texas	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
TCU	9	–	9		.500			21	–	13		.618
Oklahoma	8	–	10		.444			20	–	12		.625
Kansas State	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Cincinnati	7	–	11		.389			22	–	15		.595
UCF	7	–	11		.389			17	–	16		.515
Oklahoma State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	20		.375
West Virginia	4	–	14		.222			9	–	23		.281
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
1	Houston	15–3
2	Iowa State	13–5
3	Baylor	11–7	1–1 vs. Texas Tech	0–1 vs. Houston	1–0 vs. Iowa State
4	Texas Tech	11–7	1–1 vs. Baylor	0–1 vs. Houston	0–1 vs. Iowa State
5	BYU	10–8	1–0 vs. Kansas
6	Kansas	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

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Final score	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 12
1	11:30 a.m.	No. 12 UCF vs No. 13 Oklahoma State	77–62	ESPN+	9,404
2	2:00 p.m.	No. 11 Cincinnati vs No. 14 West Virginia	90–85
Second round – Wednesday, March 13
3	11:30 a.m.	No. 5 BYU vs No. 12 UCF	87–73	ESPN2	16,044
4	2:00 p.m.	No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Oklahoma	77–70	ESPN+
5	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Texas vs No. 10 Kansas State	74–78		18,261
6	8:30 p.m.	No. 6 Kansas vs No. 11 Cincinnati	52–72	ESPN2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
7	11:30 a.m.	No. 4 Texas Tech vs No. 5 BYU	81–67	ESPN2	17,186
8	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Houston vs No. 8 TCU	60–45	ESPN
9	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Iowa State vs No. 10 Kansas State	76–57	ESPN2	19,135
10	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 Baylor vs No. 11 Cincinnati	68–56
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
11	6:00 p.m.	No. 1 Houston vs No. 4 Texas Tech	82–59	ESPN2	19,135
12	8:30 p.m.	No. 2 Iowa State vs No. 3 Baylor	76–62	ESPN
Championship – Saturday, March 16
13	5:00 p.m.	No. 1 Houston vs No. 2 Iowa State	41–69	ESPN	19,135
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 12 ESPN+					Second round Wednesday, March 13 ESPN2/ESPN+					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 ESPN/ESPN2					Semifinals Friday, March 15 ESPN/ESPN2					Championship Saturday, March 16 ESPN
											1	Houston	60
						8	TCU	77			8	TCU	45
						9	Oklahoma	70								1	Houston	82
																4	Texas Tech	59
											4	Texas Tech	81
						5	BYU	87			5	BYU	67
	12	UCF	77			12	UCF	73													1	Houston	41
	13	Oklahoma State	62																		2	Iowa State	69
											2	Iowa State	76
						7	Texas	74			10	Kansas State	57
						10	Kansas State	78								2	Iowa State	76
																3	Baylor	62
											3	Baylor	68
						6	Kansas	52			11	Cincinnati	56
	11	Cincinnati	90			11	Cincinnati	72
	14	West Virginia	85