| Year: | 1999 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Kemper Arena |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Kansas |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Roy Williams |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Jeff Boschee |
| Mvpteam: | Kansas |
| Attendance: | 106,600 (overall) 18,000 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Glendon Alexander |
| Topscorerteam: | Oklahoma State |
| Points: | 66 |
| Television: | ESPN |
The 1999 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 4–7 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. No. 3 seed Kansas defeated 53–37[1] to win the championship and receive the Big 12's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament.
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.[2]
| 1999 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas ‡# | 13–3 | 19–13 | |||||||
| 2 | Missouri # | 11–5 | 20–9 | 1–1 vs. KU, 7–3 vs. division | ||||||
| 3 | Kansas # | 11–5 | 23–10 | 1–1 vs. MU, 6–4 vs. division | ||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma # | 11–5 | 22–11 | |||||||
| 5 | 10–6 | 23–11 | 1–0 vs. NU | |||||||
| 6 | 10–6 | 20–13 | 0–1 vs. OSU | |||||||
| 7 | 7–9 | 20–13 | 1–1 vs. CU, 4–6 vs. division | |||||||
| 8 | 7–9 | 18–15 | 1–1 vs. KSU, 3–7 vs. division | |||||||
| 9 | 6–10 | 15–15 | ||||||||
| 10 | 5–11 | 12–15 | 1–1 vs. TT, 4–6 vs. division | |||||||
| 11 | 5–11 | 13–17 | 1–1 vs. TAMU, 3–7 vs. division | |||||||
| 12 | 0–16 | 6–24 | ||||||||
| ‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.Divisions (North/South) used only for tie breaking purposes. | ||||||||||
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Thursday, March 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM |
| Big 12 | 16,800 | |
| 2 | 2:20 PM |
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| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM |
| 17,000 | ||
| 4 | 8:20 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM |
| Big 12 | 17,000 | |
| 6 | 2:20 PM |
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| 4 | 7 | 6:00 PM |
| 18,900 | ||
| 8 | 8:20 PM |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 6 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM |
| Big 12 | 18,900 | |
| 10 | 3:20 PM |
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| Final – Sunday, March 7 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 2:00 PM |
| ESPN | 18,000 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3] [4] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Jeff Boschee, Kansas[3]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Boschee | Kansas | Fr. | G | |
| Eric Chenowith | Kansas | So. | C | |
| Glendon Alexander | Oklahoma State | Jr. | G/F | |
| Adrian Peterson | Oklahoma State | Sr. | G | |
| Chris Mihm | Texas | So. | C |