Big 12 Conference men's basketball explained

The Big 12 Conference is a group of 16 (originally 12) universities which compete in the NCAA Division I level. The conference was formed in 1994 but did not begin conference play until the fall of 1996. The schools that composed the Big 12 Conference in the most recent 2022–23 season, except West Virginia, were members of either the Big Eight Conference or the Southwest Conference, and have won six national titles including three titles since the inception of the Big 12 Conference.

The conference expanded to 16 members in the 2024–25 season with the return of charter-member Colorado, and the arrival of Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah.

Membership

Current members

Departing members highlighted in pink.

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors
	Tucson, Arizona	1885	2024	Public	51,134	Wildcats
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	1885	2024	Public	57,588	Sun Devils
Baylor University	Waco, Texas	1845	1996	Private	16,787	Bears
Brigham Young University (BYU)	Provo, Utah	1875	2023	Private	34,737	Cougars
(UCF)	Orlando, Florida	1963	2023	Public	71,948	Knights
	Boulder, Colorado	1876	1996; 2024	Public	27,010	Buffaloes
	Cincinnati, Ohio	1819	2023	Public	46,719	Bearcats
	Houston, Texas	1927	2023	Public	47,090	Cougars
Iowa State University	Ames, Iowa	1858	1996	Public	36,660	Cyclones
	Lawrence, Kansas	1865	1996	Public	28,091	Jayhawks
Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	1863	1996	Public	23,779	Wildcats
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater, Oklahoma	1890	1996	Public	23,459	Cowboys
(TCU)	Fort Worth, Texas	1873	2012	Private	10,394	Horned Frogs
Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas	1923	1996	Public	38,246	Red Raiders
	Salt Lake City, Utah	1850	2024	Public	34,900	Utes
West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	1867	2012	Public	29,933 ^[1]	Mountaineers
Reference:^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Left	Current Conference	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Colors
	Columbia, Missouri	1839	2012	SEC	Public	32,777	Tigers
	Lincoln, Nebraska	1869	2011	Big Ten	Public	25,260	Cornhuskers
	Norman, Oklahoma	1890	2024	SEC	Public	30,824	Sooners
(Texas)	Austin, Texas	1883	2024	SEC	Public	50,950	Longhorns
Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	1876	2012	SEC	Public	60,435	Aggies
Reference:^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Standings

All-time records

Team	Big 12 Record	Big 12 Winning %	Overall record	Overall Winning %	Big 12 Regular season Championships	Big 12 Tournament Record	Big 12 tournament championships
Baylor	200–234	.461	1434–1387	.508	2	17–24	-
Colorado	95–145	.396	-	-	-	9-15	-
Iowa State	193–245	.441	1412–1377	.506	2	20–21	5
Kansas	357–81	.815	2357–877	.729	20	50–12	12
Kansas State	193–245	.441	1686–1216	.581	2	17–25	-
Missouri	139–119	.539	-	-	-	19-14	2
Nebraska	97–143	.404	-	-	-	6-15	-
Oklahoma	245–192	.561	1739–1122	.608	1	24–22	3
Oklahoma State	225–213	.514	1715–1216	.585	1	27–22	2
TCU	50–128	.281	1277–1450	.468	-	6–10	-
Texas	263–174	.602	1849–1120	.623	3	28–24	2
Texas A&M	98-160	.380	-	-	-	6-16	-
Texas Tech	180–257	.412	1490–1145	.565	1	16–25	-
West Virginia	90–89	.503	1827–1137	.616	-	9–9	-
Reference:^[11]

Totals though the end of the 2021-22 season.

Overall series records in Big 12 Play

	vs. Baylor	vs. BYU	vs. UCF	vs. Cincinnati	vs. Houston	vs. Iowa State	vs. Kansas	vs. Kansas State	vs. Oklahoma	vs. Oklahoma State	vs. TCU	vs. Texas	vs. Texas Tech	vs. West Virginia	Total
Baylor	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	23–22	9–34	26–18	19–37	27–31	20–5	22–34	30–25	15–8	191–194
BYU	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
UCF	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Cincinnati	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Iowa State	22–23	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	16–44	29–28	21–24	19–26	14–9	16–27	20–22	8–14	165–217
Kansas	34–9	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	44–16	—	57–7	35–9	34–13	21–4	33–13	36–7	22–6	316–84
Kansas State	18–26	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	28–29	7–57	—	19–21	19–25	18–9	19–22	19–23	9–15	156–227
Oklahoma	37–19	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	24–21	9–35	21–19	—	30–29	17–6	28–33	33–24	15–9	214–195
Oklahoma State	31–27	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	26–19	13–34	25–19	29–30	—	12–11	23–39	41–20	12–11	212–210
TCU	5–20	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	9–14	4–21	9–18	6–17	11–12	—	8–20	8–14	5–18	65–154
Texas	34–22	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	27–16	13–33	22–19	33–28	39–23	20–8	—	44–17	15–9	247–175
Texas Tech	25–30	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	22–20	7–36	23–19	24–33	20–41	14–8	17–44	—	9–17	161–248
West Virginia	8–15	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	14–8	6–22	15–9	9–15	11–12	18–5	15–9	17–9	—	113–104

Totals though the end of the 2022–23 season. Includes any regular season match up regardless of conference affiliation or postseason meetings.

All Time Series Record

Source:^[12]

	vs. Baylor	vs. BYU	vs. UCF	vs. Cincinnati	vs. Houston	vs. Iowa State	vs. Kansas	vs. Kansas State	vs. Oklahoma	vs. Oklahoma State	vs. TCU	vs. Texas	vs. Texas Tech	vs. West Virginia	Total
Baylor	—	5–5	0–0	1–0	16–38	24–23	9–36	25–25	22–48	36–57	109–86	92–164	64–82	15–9	418–573
BYU	5–5	—	0–0	2–1	3–5	0–6	1–4	3–4	2–2	4–3	19–3	4–2	3–1	1–1	47–37
UCF	0–0	0–0	—	5–14	11–22	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	17–40
Cincinnati	0–1	1–2	14–5	—	33–11	4–2	4–3	7–1	4–2	2–3	5–0	2–0	1–0	10–10	87–40
Houston	38–16	5–3	22–11	11–33	—	3–3	2–5	3–5	1–2	9–13	48–25	32–32	29–27	0–0	203–175
Iowa State	23–24	6–0	0–0	2–4	3–3	—	67–190	92–146	96–122	67–72	13–16	20–28	22–22	8–14	419–641
Kansas	36–9	4–1	0–0	3–4	5–2	190–67	—	205–95	155–69	124–60	24–4	37–14	43–7	22–6	848–338
Kansas State	25–25	4–3	0–0	1–7	5–3	146–92	95–205	—	103–114	83–59	22–10	24–22	26–24	6–19	540–583
Oklahoma	48–22	2–2	2–0	2–4	2–1	122–96	69–155	114–103	—	140–106	28–7	57–46	42–32	16–10	644–584
Oklahoma State	57–36	3–4	0–1	3–2	13–9	72–67	60–124	59–83	106–140	—	27–13	47–58	48–24	12–12	507–574
TCU	86–109	3–19	1–0	0–5	25–48	16–13	4–24	10–22	7–28	13–27	—	70–119	55–83	5–18	295–515
Texas	164–92	2–4	0–0	0–2	32–32	28–20	14–37	22–24	46–57	58–47	119–70	—	89–66	17–10	591–461
Texas Tech	82–64	1–3	0–0	0–1	27–29	22–22	7–43	24–26	32–42	24–48	86–55	66–89	—	9–18	480–422
West Virginia	9–15	1–1	1–0	10–10	0–0	14–8	6–22	19–6	10–16	12–12	18–5	10–17	18–9	—	128–121

Totals though the end of the 2022–23 season. Includes any regular season match up regardless of conference affiliation or postseason meetings.

Conference Tournament

See main article: Big 12 men's basketball tournament.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Most Valuable Player	Location
	(1) Kansas 87	(10) Missouri 60	Paul Pierce, Kansas	Kemper Arena- Kansas City, MO
	(1) Kansas 72	(3) Oklahoma 58	Paul Pierce, Kansas	Kemper Arena- Kansas City, MO
	(3) Kansas 53	(5) 37	Jeff Boschee, Kansas	Kemper Arena- Kansas City, MO
	(1) Iowa State 70	(3) Oklahoma 58	Marcus Fizer, Iowa State	Kemper Arena- Kansas City, MO
	(3) Oklahoma 54	(4) Texas 45	Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma	Kemper Arena- Kansas City, MO
	(2) Oklahoma 64	(1) Kansas 55	Hollis Price, Oklahoma	Kemper Arena- Kansas City, MO
	(3) Oklahoma 49	(5) Missouri 47	Hollis Price, Oklahoma	American Airlines Center- Dallas, TX
	(1) Oklahoma State 65	(2) Texas 49	Tony Allen, Oklahoma State	American Airlines Center- Dallas, TX
	(3) 72	(4) 68	Joey Graham, Oklahoma State	Kemper Arena- Kansas City, MO
	(2) Kansas 80	(1) Texas 68	Mario Chalmers, Kansas	American Airlines Center- Dallas, TX
2007†	(1) Kansas 88	(3) Texas 84	Kevin Durant, Texas	Ford Center- Oklahoma City, OK
	(2) Kansas 84	(1) Texas 74	Brandon Rush, Kansas	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2009	(3) Missouri 73	(9) Baylor 60	DeMarre Carroll, Missouri	Ford Center- Oklahoma City, OK
2010	(1) Kansas 72	(2) Kansas State 64	Sherron Collins, Kansas	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2011	(1) Kansas 85	(2) Texas 73	Marcus Morris, Kansas	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2012	(2) Missouri 90	(4) Baylor 75	Kim English, Missouri	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2013	(1) Kansas 70	(2) Kansas State 54	Jeff Withey, Kansas	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2014	(4) Iowa State 74	(7) Baylor 65	DeAndre Kane, Iowa State	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2015	(2) Iowa State 70	(1) Kansas 66	Georges Niang, Iowa State	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2016	(1) Kansas 81	(2) West Virginia 71	Devonte' Graham, Kansas	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2017	(4) Iowa State 80	(2) West Virginia 74	Monté Morris, Iowa State	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2018	(1) Kansas 81	(3) West Virginia 70	Malik Newman, Kansas	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2019	(5) Iowa State 78	(3) Kansas 66	Marial Shayok, Iowa State	Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2020	Canceled after two games due to COVID-19.			Sprint Center- Kansas City, MO
2021	(3) Texas 91	(5) Oklahoma State 86	Matt Coleman III, Texas	T-Mobile Center- Kansas City, MO
2022	(1) Kansas 74	(3) Texas Tech 65	Ochai Agbaji, Kansas	T-Mobile Center- Kansas City, MO
2023	(2) Texas 76	(1) Kansas 56	Dylan Disu, Texas	T-Mobile Center- Kansas City, MO
Reference:^[13] † – Denotes Each Overtime Played

Player of the Year

See main article: Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

Sources: ^{[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}

Season	Player	School	Position	Class
1996–97			PF
1997–98	(2)	Kansas (2)	PF
1998–99			C
		Iowa State	PF
		Iowa State (2)	PG
		Kansas (3)	PF
		Kansas (4)	PF
			SG
		Kansas (5)	PF
2005–06			SF
2006–07		Texas	SF
			PF
			PF
		Oklahoma State (2)	SG
		Kansas (6)	PF
		Kansas (7)	PF
		Oklahoma State (3)	PG
		Iowa State (3)	SF
		Oklahoma (2)	SG
2015–16	(2)	Oklahoma (3)	SG
2016–17		Kansas (8)	PG
		Kansas (9)	PG
		Texas Tech	SG
2019–20		Kansas (10)	C	Senior
2020–21		Oklahoma State (4)	G
2021–22		Kansas (11)	G
2022–23		Kansas (12)	F

†	Co-Players of the Year
	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year (1904–05 to 1978–79) UPI College Basketball Player of the Year (1954–55 to 1995–96) Naismith College Player of the Year (1968–69 to present) John R. Wooden Award (1976–77 to present)
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player has been awarded the Big 12 Player of the Year award at that point

NCAA tournament

School	Appearances	Wins	Final Fours	Championships
	15	21	3	1
BYU	30	15	0	0
UCF	5	1	0	0
Cincinnati	33	46	6	2
Houston	24	38	6	0
Iowa State	22	21	1	0
Kansas	51	114	16	4
Kansas State	32	37	4	0
	29	39	6	2
	10	5	0	0
	19	19	1	0
	31	32	2	0
Reference:

Totals though the end of the 2022-23 season.

Home Court Record (Current Arena)

	Wins	Losses	Pct.	Undefeated Seasons
Baylor (Foster Pavilion)	0	0		0
BYU (Marriott Center)	602	151		10
UCF (Addition Financial Arena)	192	74		0
Cincinnati (Fifth Third Arena)	456	97		4
Houston (Fertitta Center)	84	6		1
Iowa State (Hilton Coliseum)	604	207		4
Kansas (Allen Fieldhouse)	853	119		21
Kansas State (Bramlage Coliseum)	431	144		0
Oklahoma State (Gallagher-Iba Arena)	852	257		10
TCU (Schollmaier Arena)	561	320		1
Texas Tech (United Supermarkets Arena)	294	107		1
West Virginia (WVU Coliseum)	609	184		2
Reference:

Baylor moved from the Ferrell Center, its home since 1988, to the new Foster Pavilion on January 2, 2024 ending its tenure at the former venue with a 411–171 record . BYU, UCF, Cincinnati & Houston are records included as members of another conference.

Conference by Year

Totals highlighted in bold signify a first place/championship finish.

Big 12 Year-By-Year!Year!# Teams!RPI!KenPom!NCAA!NIT!CBI

1997	12	2	5	5	2
1998	12	6	8	4	2
1999	12	7	6	5	3
2000	12	3	5	6	1
2001	12	6	5	6	1
2002	12	3	5	6	0
2003	12	2	2	6	2
2004	12	4	3	4	5
2005	12	3	3	6	2
2006	12	5	6	4	3
2007	12	7	6	4	2
2008	12	3	2	6	2	0
2009	12	3	3	6	3	0
2010	12	1	1	7	1	0
2011	12	3	4	5	3	0
2012	10	4	2	6	0	0
2013	10	5	3	5	1	1
2014	10	1	1	7	1	0
2015	10	1	1	7	0	0
2016	10	1	1	7	0	0
2017	10	2	1	6	1	0
2018	10	1	1	7	2	0
2019	10	1	1	6	2	1
2020	10	2	2	-	-	-
2021	10	1	2	7	0	0
2022	10	1	1	6	1	0
2023	10	1	1	7	1	0
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7. Web site: How many students are enrolled?. April 6, 2021.
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9. Web site: Fall 2016 MU freshmen enrollment slightly more than projected . . February 10, 2017.
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12. Web site: All Time Team Series Results .
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