| Year: | 2015 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Sprint Center |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Iowa State |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Fred Hoiberg |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Georges Niang |
| Mvpteam: | Iowa State |
| Attendance: | 94,963 (overall) 19,075 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Georges Niang |
| Topscorerteam: | Iowa State |
| Points: | 54 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
The 2015 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 Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Iowa State won the tournament for the 3rd time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.[1]
The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.[2]
| 2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas ‡# | 13–5 | 27–9 | |||||||
| 2 | Iowa State # | 12–6 | 25–9 | 1–1 vs. OU; 1–1 vs. KU; 3–1 vs. BU/WVU | ||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma # | 12–6 | 24–11 | 1–1 vs. ISU; 1–1 vs. KU; 2–2 vs. BU/WVU | ||||||
| 4 | Baylor # | 11–7 | 24–10 | 2–0 vs. WVU | ||||||
| 5 | West Virginia # | 11–7 | 25–10 | 0–2 vs. WVU | ||||||
| 6 | Oklahoma State # | 8–10 | 18–14 | 3–1 vs. UT & KSU | ||||||
| 7 | 8–10 | 20–14 | 2–2 vs. OSU/KSU; 2–0 vs. KSU | |||||||
| 8 | 8–10 | 15–17 | 1–3 vs. OSU/UT; 0–2 vs. UT | |||||||
| 9 | 4–14 | 18–15 | ||||||||
| 10 | 3–15 | 13–19 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm |
| ESPNU | 18,972 | |
| 2 | 8:00 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:30 am |
| ESPN2 | 18,972 | |
| 4 | 1:30 pm |
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| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm |
| ESPNU | 18,972 | |
| 6 | 8:00 pm |
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| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | 18,972 | |
| 8 | 8:00 pm |
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| Final – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm |
| ESPN | 19,075 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3] [4] | ||||||
* denotes overtime period
Most Outstanding Player – Georges Niang, Iowa State[1]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georges Niang | Iowa State | Jr. | F | |
| Monte Morris | Iowa State | So. | G | |
| Rico Gathers | Baylor | Jr. | F | |
| Wayne Selden | Kansas | So. | G | |
| Buddy Hield | Oklahoma | Jr. | G |