2007 Big 12 men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2007
Conference:Big 12
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:12
Arena:Ford Center
City:Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions:Kansas
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Bill Self
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Kevin Durant
Mvpteam:Texas
Attendance:113,274 (overall)
18,879 (championship)
Topscorer:Kevin Durant
Topscorerteam:Texas
Points:92
Television:ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Plus, ESPNU

The 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2007 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City from March 8 until March 11, 2007. The tournament ended in an 88–84 overtime victory by the #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks over the #3 seed Texas Longhorns, and was the first Big 12 tournament ever to end in an overtime game.

Regular season/Tournament seeding

In the first preseason poll, Kansas was picked first and received 11 first-place votes. Texas A&M was picked second and received one first-place vote. The rest of the voting was as follows: Oklahoma State was picked third, Texas fourth, Kansas State fifth, Texas Tech sixth, Baylor seventh, Missouri eighth, Oklahoma ninth, Iowa State tenth, Nebraska eleventh, and Colorado twelfth.[1] As preseason polls predicted, Kansas did win the regular-season title, clinching it outright with a 90–86 win over Texas on March 3.[2] [3] Thus, the seedings for the tournament were earned as follows, with tiebreaker procedures followed in breaking a four-way tie for seventh place between Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Nebraska (see Tie-Breaking Procedures for more information on seeding in the tournament).

Standings
CONFTOTPost-Tournament Play
SeedSchoolWLWLNCAA/NITEliminated
1Kansas†*align=center 14align=center 2align=center 27align=center 4align=center NCAAalign=center Elite Eight
2Texas A&Malign=center 13align=center 3align=center 25align=center 5align=center NCAAalign=center Sweet Sixteen
3Texasalign=center 12align=center 4align=center 22align=center 8align=center NCAAalign=center Second Round
4Kansas Statealign=center 10align=center 6align=center 21align=center 10align=center NITalign=center Second Round
5Texas Techalign=center 9align=center 7align=center 21align=center 11align=center NCAAalign=center First Round
6Missourialign=center 7align=center 9align=center 18align=center 11align=center align=center
7Oklahoma Statealign=center 6align=center 10align=center 20align=center 11align=center NITalign=center First Round
8Iowa Statealign=center 6align=center 10align=center 15align=center 16align=center align=center
9Oklahomaalign=center 6align=center 10align=center 16align=center 14align=center align=center
10Nebraskaalign=center 6align=center 10align=center 17align=center 13align=center align=center
11Bayloralign=center 4align=center 12align=center 14align=center 15align=center
12Coloradoalign=center 3align=center 13align=center 7align=center 19align=center align=center
Source:[4]

† – Denotes Tournament Champion. * – Denotes Regular Season Champion

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance
First Round – Thursday, March 8
1111:30 am
  1. 9 Oklahoma 68 vs #8 Iowa State 63
ESPNU18,879
22:00 pm
  1. 5 Texas Tech 81 vs #12 Colorado 71
236:00 pm
  1. 7 Oklahoma State 54 vs #10 Nebraska 39
ESPN Plus18,879
58:30 pm
  1. 11 Baylor 97 vs #6 Mizzou 83
ESPNU
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 9
3511:30 am
  1. 1 Kansas 64 vs #9 Oklahoma 47
ESPNU18,879
62:00 pm
  1. 4 Kansas State 66 vs #5 Texas Tech 45
476:00 pm
  1. 7 Oklahoma State 57 vs #2 Texas A&M 56
ESPN Plus18,879
88:20 pm
  1. 3 Texas 74 vs #11 Baylor, 69
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
591:00 pm
  1. 1 Kansas 67 vs #4 Kansas State 61
ESPN218,879
103:20 pm
  1. 3 Texas 69 vs #7 Oklahoma State 64
Final – Sunday, March 11
6112:00 pm
  1. 1 Kansas 88 vs #3 Texas 84 OT
ESPN18,879
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[5] [6]

Tournament

Bracket

[7]

Championship game

Big 12 Championship [8]
Teams1st Half2nd HalfOTFinal
Kansasalign=center 34align=center 45align=center 9align=center 88
Texasalign=center 39align=center 40align=center 5align=center 84

In a flip-flopping game, Texas charged out of the box to gain an early lead of 32–10. Kansas, however, went on a 24–7 run to cut the Texas lead to 39–34 at the half. The lead then switched to Kansas early in the second half, but a rally by Texas pulled them ahead 73–71 in the final minutes. However, one missed free throw by Texas' Craig Winder allowed a Kansas three-pointer by Mario Chalmers to tie the game with 15 seconds left. In overtime, Kansas was up five with 15.3 seconds left, but a Texas three-pointer by A. J. Abrams cut the lead to two. It took two free throws by Kansas' Darnell Jackson with just over five seconds left to seal the win, 88–84. Durant actually had a chance to score for the win in the second half, but missed the jump shot. He, however, led the game with 37 points. Kansas' Sherron Collins followed with 20.[9] [10] The game is the biggest comeback in Kansas basketball history, eclipsing a 19-point comeback over UCLA in December 1995.[11]

Tournament summary

This was the first Big 12 Basketball Tournament to end with an overtime game. With the win, Kansas moved to 5–1 in the championship game, while Texas fell to 0–4.[12] [13] The 22-point comeback by the Jayhawks in the championship was the biggest in the tournament's history. The second-biggest occurred in the same tournament, when Texas came back from 18 down to defeat the Baylor Bears.[14] This tournament was home to the lowest score in tournament history (39 by Nebraska against Oklahoma State), as well as the highest combined score (180 points in the Missouri-Baylor first-round game).[15]

The Tournament MVP was Kevin Durant, a freshman from the University of Texas, who was a member of the 2007 Big 12 All-Tournament Team with Brandon Rush (Kansas), A. J. Abrams (Texas), Curtis Jerrells (Baylor), and Julian Wright (Kansas).[16] Durant also scored 92 points to surpass the previous Big 12 tournament record of 79 set by Marcus Fizer in 2000.[9]

This edition of the tournament was the first to be played in Oklahoma City; previous tournaments had been played in Kansas City, Missouri or Dallas, Texas. The tournament final was televised by ESPN with play-by-play and commentary by Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla, and Holly Rowe.[17]

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Kevin Durant, Texas[5]

PlayerTeamPositionClass
Kevin DurantTexasFr.F/G
Curtis JerrellsBaylorSo.G
Brandon RushKansasSo.G
Julian WrightKansasSo.F
A.J. AbramsTexasSo.G

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101606aaa.html Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll Announced
  2. Fray, Jessie. Big 12 champs! KUsports.com. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
  3. http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030307aaa.html Kansas Earns Regular Season Big 12 Men's Basketball Title
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20030207055706/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/confstandings?confID=8 Big 12 Conference Standings 2006–2007
  5. Web site: 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book. 83–86. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 19, 2020.
  6. Web site: 2007 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 18, 2020.
  7. http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/tournaments/conference/BIG12 Big 12
  8. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard?confId=50&date=20070311 NCAA Division I Scoreboard
  9. https://archive.today/20120713084548/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270702305 Kansas tops Texas in OT to win Big 12
  10. http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031107aaa.html# Jayhawks Take Big 12 Title
  11. Bedore, Gary. 'WE ARE FIGHTERS': Biggest comeback in school history lands KU tourney title KUsports.com. 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  12. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/notes-kanksu-031007.pdf Kansas vs. Kansas State
  13. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/notes-texosu-031007.pdf Texas vs. Oklahoma State
  14. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/07-champ-game-8-notes.pdf Texas vs. Baylor
  15. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/3907-kst-text-notes6.pdf Kansas State vs. Texas Tech
  16. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/31107kan-tex-notes11.pdf Championship Notes
  17. http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=16&url_article_id=6109&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 Men's Basketball preview: Kansas (Big 12 Championship Game)

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