| Year: | 2001 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Kemper Arena |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Oklahoma |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Kelvin Sampson |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Nolan Johnson |
| Mvpteam: | Oklahoma |
| Attendance: | 91,500 (overall) 11,500 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | DeMarcus Minor |
| Topscorerteam: | Baylor |
| Points: | 67 |
| Television: | ESPN |
The 2001 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11 in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. Oklahoma won the tournament for the 1st time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament.[1]
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.
| 2001 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State ‡# | 13–3 | 25–6 | |||||||
| 2 | Kansas # | 12–4 | 26–7 | |||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma # | 12–4 | 26–7 | |||||||
| 4 | Texas # | 12–4 | 25–9 | |||||||
| 5 | 10–6 | 20–10 | ||||||||
| 6 | 9–7 | 20–13 | ||||||||
| 7 | 7–9 | 14–16 | ||||||||
| 8 | 6–10 | 19–12 | ||||||||
| 9 | 5–11 | 15–15 | ||||||||
| 10 | 4–12 | 11–18 | ||||||||
| 11 | 3–13 | 10–20 | ||||||||
| 12 | 3–13 | 9–19 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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. | ||||||||||
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Thursday, March 8 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 PM |
| Big 12 | 19,100 | |
| 2 | 2:20 PM |
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| 2 | 3 | 6:00 PM |
| 6,200 | ||
| 4 | 8:20 PM |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 PM |
| Big 12 | 17,600 | |
| 6 | 2:20 PM |
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| 4 | 7 | 6:00 PM |
| 18,000 | ||
| 8 | 8:20 PM |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 1:00 PM |
| Big 12 | 19,100 | |
| 10 | 3:20 PM |
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| Final – Sunday, March 11 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 2:00 PM |
| ESPN | 11,500 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2] | ||||||
* Indicates overtime game
Most Outstanding Player – Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma[1]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nolan Johnson | Oklahoma | Sr. | G | |
| DeMarcus Minor | Baylor | Sr. | G | |
| Kareem Rush | Missouri | So. | F | |
| Hollis Price | Oklahoma | So. | G | |
| Chris Owens | Texas | Jr. | F |