| Year: | 2013 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Sprint Center |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Kansas |
| Titlecount: | 9th |
| Coach: | Bill Self |
| Coachcount: | 6th |
| Mvp: | Jeff Withey |
| Mvpteam: | Kansas |
| Attendance: | 90,687 (overall) 19,256 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Rodney McGruder |
| Topscorerteam: | Kansas State |
| Points: | 67 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPNU, Big 12 Network |
The 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 13–16, 2013.[1] This tournament marked the debut of TCU and West Virginia in the event. First round games were aired on the Big 12 Network, Quarterfinal games were aired on ESPN2 and the Big 12 Network. Semifinal games were available in the conference footprint on the Big 12 Network and outside league markets on ESPNU. All games were carried on WatchESPN, with most also available via ESPN Full Court. The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Kansas State Wildcats 70-54 in the Championship game, which was televised by ESPN, to receive the Big 12's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. All 10 teams qualified for the tournament, with ties broken by using a tiebreaker system.
The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.
| 2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas ‡# | 14–4 | 31–6 | 2–0 vs. KSU | ||||||
| 2 | Kansas State c# | 14–4 | 27–8 | 0–2 vs. KU | ||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma State # | 13–5 | 24–9 | |||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma # | 11–7 | 20–12 | 1–1 vs. ISU; 1–3 vs. KU/KSU; 1–1 vs. OSU; 2–0 vs BU; 1–1 vs. UT; 2–0 vs. WV; 2–0 vs. TT | ||||||
| 5 | Iowa State # | 11–7 | 23–12 | 1–1 vs. OU; 1–3 vs. KU/KSU; 1–1 vs. OSU; 2–0 vs BU; 1–1 vs UT; 2–0 vs. WV; 1–1 vs. TT | ||||||
| 6 | Baylor # | 9–9 | 23–14 | |||||||
| 7 | 7–11 | 16–18 | ||||||||
| 8 | 6–12 | 13–19 | ||||||||
| 9 | 3–15 | 11–20 | ||||||||
| 10 | 2–16 | 11–21 | ||||||||
| ‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.[2] | ||||||||||
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Wednesday, March 13 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm |
| Big 12 Network | 17,018 | |
| 2 | 8:30 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:30 am |
| Big 12 Network | 17,996 | |
| 4 | 2:00 pm |
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| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm |
| 17,257 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:30 pm |
| ESPNU | 19,160 | |
| 8 | 9:00 pm |
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| Final – Saturday, March 16 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm |
| ESPN | 19,256 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3] [4] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Jeff Withey, Kansas[3]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Withey | Kansas | Sr. | C | |
| Perry Ellis | Kansas | Fr. | F | |
| Rodney McGruder | Kansas State | Sr. | G | |
| Angel Rodriguez | Kansas State | So. | G | |
| Marcus Smart | Oklahoma State | Fr. | G |