| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | T-Mobile Center |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Texas |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Rodney Terry |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Dylan Disu |
| Mvpteam: | Texas |
| Attendance: | 90,110 17,763 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Jalen Wilson |
| Topscorerteam: | Kansas |
| Points: | 71 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
The 2023 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11 in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.[1] [2] Texas won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.
All ten teams will participate in the tournament. It will be the final season with the 10 team bracket format as the Big 12 will expand to 14 teams for the 2023–24 season before going to 16 in 2024–25. The top six teams received a first-round bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[3]
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | 13–5 | ||||
| 2 | Texas | 12–6 | ||||
| 3 | Kansas State | 11–7 | 2–0 vs. Baylor | |||
| 4 | Baylor | 11–7 | 0–2 vs. Kansas State | |||
| 5 | Iowa State | 9–9 | 2–0 vs. TCU | |||
| 6 | TCU | 9–9 | 0–2 vs. Iowa State | |||
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 8–10 | ||||
| 8 | West Virginia | 7–11 | ||||
| 9 | Texas Tech | 5–13 | 1–1 vs. Oklahoma | 0–2 vs. Kansas | 1–1 vs. Texas | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 5–13 | 1–1 vs. Texas Tech | 0–2 vs. Kansas | 0–2 vs. Texas |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television† | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 8 | ||||||
| 1 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 8 West Virginia vs No. 9 Texas Tech | 78–62 | ESPNU | 17,702 | |
| 2 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 7 Oklahoma State vs No. 10 Oklahoma | 57–49 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 | ||||||
| 3 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 4 Baylor vs No. 5 Iowa State | 72–78 | ESPN | 18,034 | |
| 4 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas vs No. 8 West Virginia | 78–61 | |||
| 5 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas vs No. 7 Oklahoma State | 61–47 | ESPN2 | 17,476 | |
| 6 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 Kansas State vs No. 6 TCU | 67–80 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 | ||||||
| 7 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas vs No. 5 Iowa State | 71–58 | ESPN | 19,135 | |
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Texas vs No. 6 TCU | 66–60 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 | ||||||
| 9 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas vs No. 2 Texas | 56–76 | ESPN | 17,763 | |
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Most Outstanding Player – Dylan Disu, Texas
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Dylan Disu | Texas | |
| Marcus Carr | Texas | |
| Sir'Jabari Rice | Texas | |
| Jalen Wilson | Kansas | |
| Dajuan Harris Jr. | Kansas | |
| Mike Miles Jr. | TCU |