| Year: | 2004 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Arena: | American Airlines Center |
| City: | Dallas, Texas |
| Champions: | Oklahoma State |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Eddie Sutton |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Tony Allen |
| Mvpteam: | Oklahoma State |
| Attendance: | 105,610 (overall) 17,324 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | John Lucas |
| Topscorerteam: | Oklahoma State |
| Points: | 60 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Plus |
The 2004 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 11 to 14 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. Oklahoma State won the tournament for the 1st time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA tournament.[1]
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.
| 2004 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State ‡# | 14–2 | 31–4 | |||||||
| 2 | Texas # | 12–4 | 25–8 | |||||||
| 3 | Kansas # | 12–4 | 24–9 | |||||||
| 4 | # | 10–6 | 18–11 | |||||||
| 5 | Texas Tech # | 9–7 | 23–11 | |||||||
| 6 | 9–7 | 16–14 | ||||||||
| 7 | 8–8 | 20–11 | ||||||||
| 8 | 7–9 | 20–13 | ||||||||
| 9 | 6–10 | 14–14 | ||||||||
| 10 | 6–10 | 18–13 | ||||||||
| 3–13 | 8–21 | |||||||||
| 11 | 0–16 | 7–21 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:00 pm |
| ESPN Plus | 16,912 | |
| 2 | 2 | 6:00 pm |
| 16,950 | ||
| 3 | 12:00 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 12:00 pm |
| ESPN Plus | 17,267 | |
| 5 | 2:20 pm |
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| 4 | 6 | 6:00 pm |
| 18,057 | ||
| 7 | 8:20 pm |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 1:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | 19,100 | |
| 9 | 3:20 pm |
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| Final – Sunday, March 14 | ||||||
| 6 | 10 | 2:00 pm |
| ESPN | 17,324 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2] [3] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Tony Allen, Oklahoma State[1]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Allen | Oklahoma State | Sr. | G | |
| Joey Graham | Oklahoma State | Jr. | G | |
| John Lucas | Oklahoma State | Jr. | G | |
| Wayne Simien | Kansas | Jr. | F | |
| Brandon Mouton | Texas | Sr. | G |