| Year: | 2010 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Sprint Center |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Kansas |
| Titlecount: | 7th |
| Coach: | Bill Self |
| Coachcount: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Sherron Collins |
| Mvpteam: | Kansas |
| Attendance: | 113,398 (overall) 19,003 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Jacob Pullen |
| Topscorerteam: | Kansas State |
| Points: | 58 |
| Television: | ESPN, Big 12 Network, ESPN2 |
The 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2010 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 10 until March 13, 2010. It was won by top-seeded Kansas. The all-tournament team consisted of Kansas' Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich, Kansas State's Jacob Pullen and Denis Clemente, and Texas A&M's Donald Sloan.[1]
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.
| 2010 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas ‡# | 15–1 | 33–3 | |||||||
| 2 | Kansas State # | 11–5 | 29–8 | 1–0 vs. BU | ||||||
| 3 | Baylor # | 11–5 | 28–8 | 1–1 vs. TAMU, 8–2 vs. division, 0–1 vs. BU | ||||||
| 4 | Texas A&M # | 11–5 | 24–10 | 1–1 vs. BU, 7–3 vs. division | ||||||
| 5 | 10–6 | 23–11 | ||||||||
| 6 | 9–7 | 24–10 | 2–0 vs. OSU | |||||||
| 7 | 9–7 | 22–11 | 0–2 vs. UT | |||||||
| 8 | 6–10 | 15–16 | ||||||||
| 9 | 4–12 | 19–16 | 2–0 vs. OU | |||||||
| 10 | 4–12 | 13–18 | 0–2 vs. TT | |||||||
| 11 | 4–12 | 15–17 | 0–2 vs. TT/OU | |||||||
| 12 | 2–14 | 15–18 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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 – Wednesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:30 am |
| Big 12 Network | 18,879 | |
| 2 | 2:00 pm |
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| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm |
| 18,879 | ||
| 5 | 11:30 am |
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| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:30 am |
| ESPN2 | 18,879 | |
| 6 | 2:00 pm |
| Big 12 Network | |||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm |
| 18,879 | ||
| 8 | 8:30 pm |
| ESPN2 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 6:00 pm |
| Big 12 Network | 18,879 | |
| 10 | 8:30 pm |
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| Final – Saturday, March 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 5:00 pm |
| ESPN | 19,003 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2] [3] | ||||||
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.
Rankings reflect AP Poll for the week of 3/8/2010.
Most Outstanding Player – Sherron Collins, Kansas[2]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherron Collins | Kansas | Sr. | G | |
| Cole Aldrich | Kansas | Jr. | C | |
| Denis Clemente | Kansas State | Sr. | G | |
| Jacob Pullen | Kansas State | Jr. | G | |
| Donald Sloan | Texas A&M | Sr. | G |