| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Sprint Center |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Kansas |
| Titlecount: | 11th, later vacated |
| Coach: | Bill Self |
| Coachcount: | 8th |
| Mvp: | Malik Newman |
| Mvpteam: | Kansas |
| Attendance: | 89,249 (overall) 17,718 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Malik Newman |
| Topscorerteam: | Kansas |
| Points: | 72 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
The 2018 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 7 to 10, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center.[1] Kansas defeated West Virginia in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks tournament win was later vacated by the NCAA due to recruiting violations.[2]
The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.[3] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. These are the tiebreakers (5–8 involve both ties with two teams and ties with multiple teams):
| 2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas ‡# | 13–5 | 31–8 | |||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech # | 11–7 | 27–10 | 1–1 vs WVU, 1–1 vs Kansas | ||||||
| 3 | West Virginia # | 11–7 | 26–11 | 1–1 vs TTU, 0–2 vs Kansas | ||||||
| 4 | Kansas State # | 10–8 | 25–12 | |||||||
| 5 | TCU # | 9–9 | 21–12 | |||||||
| 6 | Baylor # | 8–10 | 19–15 | 5–1 vs Okla/Okla St/Texas | ||||||
| 7 | 8–10 | 19–15 | 3–3 vs Baylor/Okla/Okla St | |||||||
| 8 | 8–10 | 21–15 | 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla/Texas, 2–0 vs KU | |||||||
| 9 | 8–10 | 18–14 | 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla St/Texas, 1–1 vs KU | |||||||
| 10 | 4–14 | 13–18 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm |
| ESPNU | 17,752 | |
| 2 | 8:00 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:30 am |
| ESPN2 | 17,903 | |
| 4 | 1:30 pm |
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| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm |
| 17,653 | ||
| 6 | 8:00 pm |
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| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm |
| ESPN | 18,223 | |
| 8 | 8:00 pm |
| ESPN2 | |||
| Final – Saturday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm |
| ESPN | 17,718 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[4] [5] | ||||||
* Indicates overtime game[6]
Most Outstanding Player – Malik Newman, Kansas[4]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malik Newman | Kansas | So. | G | |
| Devonte’ Graham | Kansas | Sr. | G | |
| Jevon Carter | West Virginia | Sr. | G | |
| Daxter Miles Jr. | West Virginia | Sr. | G | |
| Makol Mawien | Kansas State | So. | G |