2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season explained

2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
No Of Teams:	16
Tv:	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS
Season:	Regular season
Mvp Link:	Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	Big 12 tournament
Finals Link:	2025 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
Finals Mvp Name:	Tournament MVP
Seasonslistnames:	Big 12 men's basketball
Prevseason Link:	2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	2023–24
Nextseason Link:	2025–26 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	2025–26

The 2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball season will begin with the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will begin in December 2024 and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament will be held March, 2025, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

This will be the first season for the Big 12 Conference with 16 teams after the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah, plus the departure of Oklahoma and Texas.

Coaches

Coaching changes

!Coach!School!Reason!Replacement

Mike Boynton	Oklahoma State	Fired^[1]	Steve Lutz
Josh Eilert	West Virginia	Fired^[2]	Darian DeVries^[3]
Mark Pope	BYU	Left for Kentucky^[4]	Kevin Young^[5]

Head coaches

Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school as HC	Overall record at School	Big 12 record	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA championships
Arizona	Tommy Lloyd	Gonzaga (asst.)	4th			3	0	0
Arizona State	Bobby Hurley	Buffalo	9th			3	0	0
Baylor	Scott Drew	Valparaiso	22nd			12	1	1
BYU	Kevin Young	Phoenix Suns (asst.)	1st			0	0	0
UCF	Johnny Dawkins		9th			1	0	0
Cincinnati	Wes Miller		4th			0	0	0
Colorado	Tad Boyle	Northern Colorado	15th			6	0	0
Houston	Kelvin Sampson	Houston Rockets (asst.)	11th			6	1	0
Iowa State	T. J. Otzelberger	UNLV	4th			3	0	0
Kansas	Bill Self	Illinois	22nd			19†	3†	2
Kansas State	Jerome Tang	Baylor (asst.)	3rd			1	0	0
Oklahoma State	Steve Lutz	Western Kentucky	1st			0	0	0
TCU	Jamie Dixon	Pittsburgh	9th			4	0	0
Texas Tech	Grant McCasland	North Texas	2nd			1	0	0
Utah	Craig Smith	Utah State	4th			0	0	0
West Virginia	Darian DeVries	Drake	1st			0	0	0

† All of the Jayhawks' postseason victories and 7 of their regular-season wins were vacated from the 2017–18 season. Officially, their record for the season 16–8 overall and 3–5 in conference play. The Jayhawks' regular-season Big 12 championship and their Big 12 tournament championship were vacated. The Jayhawks' entire NCAA tournament appearance from the season was vacated including their Final Four appearance.

Big 12 media day

Big 12 Men's Basketball Media day will be held on Wednesday, October 23 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri,^[6] with coverage on ESPNU and ESPN+.^[7]

Teams and representatives attending are as follows:

Team	Coach	Player
Arizona	Tommy Lloyd	Jaden Bradley, KJ Lewis & Caleb Love
Arizona State	Bobby Hurley	Basheer Jihad, Alston Mason & Adam Miller
Baylor	Scott Drew	V.J. Edgecombe, Langston Love & Jayden Nunn
BYU	Kevin Young	Dallin Hall, Fousseyni Traore & Trevin Knell
UCF	Johnny Dawkins	Jordan Ivy-Curry, Darius Johnson, Keyshawn Hall^[8]
Cincinnati	Wes Miller	Aziz Bandaogo, Simas Lukosius^[9]
Colorado	Tad Boyle	Julian Hammond III, Andrej Jakimovski & Javon Ruffin
Houston	Kelvin Sampson	LJ Cryer, J’Wan Roberts & Emanuel Sharp
Iowa State	T. J. Otzelberger	Keshon Gilbert, Curtis Jones & Tamin Lipsey
Kansas	Bill Self	KJ Adams Jr., Hunter Dickinson & Dajuan Harris Jr.
Kansas State	Jerome Tang	Coleman Hawkins, Max Jones & David N'Guessan
Oklahoma State	Steve Lutz	Robert Jennings II, Jamyron Keller & Bryce Thompson
TCU	Jamie Dixon	Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds & Ernest Udeh Jr.
Texas Tech	Grant McCasland	Chance McMillian, Kerwin Walton & Darrion Williams
Utah	Craig Smith	Lawson Lovering & Gabe Madsen
West Virginia	Darian DeVries	Tucker DeVries & Javon Small
Reference:

Preseason

The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released: October 10, 2024. All awards were voted on by the league’s 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas	215 (9)
2.	Houston	211 (5)
3.	Iowa State	194 (1)
4.	Baylor	185
5.	Arizona	179 (1)
6.	Cincinnati	140
7.	Texas Tech	135
8.	Kansas State	133
9.	BYU	116
10.	TCU	90
11.	UCF	83
12.	Arizona State	64
13.	West Virginia	62
14.	Oklahoma State	46
15.	Colorado	37
16.	Utah	30
Reference:^[10] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team

Player	School
Caleb Love	Arizona
LJ Cryer	Houston
J’Wan Roberts
Tamin Lipsey	Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson†	Kansas
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:

Second Team

Player	School
Norchad Omier	Baylor
Jeremy Roach
Keshon Gilbert	Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr	Kansas
Coleman Hawkins	Kansas State
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:

• Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
• Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
• Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Recruiting classes

Rankings!Team!ESPN^[11] !Rivals^[12] !247 Sports^[13] !On3^[14] !Signees

Arizona		32	34	26	2
Arizona State		8	9	7	3
Baylor		4	6	4	3
BYU		–	13	22	6
UCF		24	92	65	3
Cincinnati		31	37	21	2
Colorado		42	29	40	3
Houston		28	41	17	2
Iowa State		55	54	38	2
Kansas		17	31	9	2
Kansas State		59	91	66	2
Oklahoma State		–	–	–	0
TCU		57	18	37	2
Texas Tech		63	99	83	2
Utah		62	43	59	2
West Virginia		78	83	87	2

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[15]	Naismith^[16]	Cousy^[17]	West^[18]	Erving ^[19]	Malone^[20]	Abdul-Jabbar^[21]
KJ Adams Jr.
LJ Cryer
Tucker DeVries
Hunter Dickinson
V. J. Edgecombe
BJ Freeman
Dajuan Harris Jr.
Coleman Hawkins
Elijah Hawkins
Motiejus Krivas
KJ Lewis
Tamin Lipsey
Caleb Love
Zeke Mayo
Milan Momcilovic
Norchad Omier
Jayden Quaintance
Jeremy Roach
J'Wan Roberts
AJ Storr
JT Toppin
Trey Townsend

Preseason All-American teams

AP^[22]	Blue Ribbon 1st Team^[23]	Blue Ribbon 3rd Team	Blue Ribbon 4th Team	SI 1st Team^[24]	SI 2nd Team	SN 2nd Team^[25]	SN 3rd Team
LJ Cryer
Hunter Dickinson
V. J. Edgecombe
Caleb Love
Tamin Lipsey
J'Wan Roberts

Preseason national polls/ratings

See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

	AP^[26]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook^[27]	CBS Sports^[28]	Coaches^[29]	ESPN^[30]	FOX Sports^[31]	Lindy's Sports	Sporting News^[32]	Kenpom^[33]	NCAA Sports^[34]	Sports Illustrated^[35]
Arizona	No. 10	No. 13	No. 14	No. 9	No. 9	No. 9	No. 10	No. 18	No. 8	No. 17	No. 11
Arizona State	RV	–	No. 100	–	–	–	–	–	No. 71	–	No. 72
Baylor	No. 8	No. 8	No. 6	No. 8	No. 6	No. 8	No. 9	No. 5	No. 11	No. 8	No. 9
BYU	RV	–	No. 66	RV	–	–	–	–	No. 21	–	No. 39
UCF	–	–	No. 61	–	–	–	–	–	No. 66	–	No. 83
Cincinnati	No. 20	No. 21	No. 30	No. 20	No. 19	No. 19	–	–	No. 17	No. 23	No. 17
Colorado	–	–	No. 98	–	–	–	–	–	No. 80	–	No. 128
Houston	No. 4	No. 7	No. 2	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 12	No. 1	No. 6	No. 2
Iowa State	No. 5	No. 5	No. 21	No. 6	No. 7	No. 6	No. 6	No. 2	No. 7	No. 7	No. 6
Kansas	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 1	No. 1	No. 1	No. 2	No. 19	No. 6	No. 2	No. 3
Kansas State	RV	–	No. 24	RV	No. 27	–	–	–	No. 49	No. 28	–
Oklahoma State	–	–	No. 97	–	–	–	–	–	No. 89	–	No. 98
TCU	–	–	No. 79	–	–	–	–	–	No. 58	–	No. 42
Texas Tech	RV	–	No. 31	RV	No. 26	No. 23	–	–	No. 15	–	No. 15
Utah	–	–	No. 71	–	–	–	–	–	No. 82	–	No. 125
West Virginia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 87	–	No. 56

Regular season

The Conference match ups for each school were announced on June 27, 2024. The full Big 12 schedule on September 26, 2024.^[36]

Schedule

Home & Away Conference Schedule
	Home (H) & Away (A)
	Home Only (H)
	Away Only (A)

	Arizona	Arizona State	Baylor	BYU	UCF	Cincinnati	Colorado	Houston	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas Tech	Utah	West Virginia
ASU	BU	BYU	UCF	CIN	COL	HOU	ISU	KU	KSU	OSU	TCU	TTU	UTAH	WVU -->	vs. Arizona	—	H & A	H & A	H & A	A	H	A	A	H & A	H	H	H	A	H & A	A	H
vs. Arizona State	H & A	—	A	H & A	A	H	H & A	A	A	H	H & A	H	A	H & A	H	H
vs. Baylor	H & A	H	—	H	A	H & A	H	H & A	H	A	A	A	H & A	H	H & A	A
vs. BYU	H & A	H & A	A	—	H	H & A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H & A	H & A
vs. UCF	H	H	H	A	—	A	H & A	A	H & A	H & A	A	H & A	H & A	H	A	H
vs. Cincinnati	A	A	H & A	H & A	H	—	H	H	H	A	H & A	H	A	A	H & A	H & A
vs. Colorado	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	A	—	A	H & A	H & A	H	H	H & A	H	H	A
vs. Houston	H	H	H & A	A	H	A	H	—	A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H & A	A	H & A
vs. Iowa State	H & A	H	A	A	H & A	A	H & A	H	—	H & A	H & A	H	A	H	A	H
vs. Kansas	A	A	H	H	H & A	H	H & A	H & A	H & A	—	H & A	A	H	A	H	A
vs. Kansas State	A	H & A	H	H	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	H & A	—	H & A	H	A	H	A
vs. Oklahoma State	A	A	H	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	A	H	H & A	—	H	H & A	H & A	H
vs. TCU	H	H	H & A	A	H & A	H	H & A	H	H	A	A	A	—	H & A	A	H & A
vs. Texas Tech	H & A	H & A	A	H	A	H	A	H & A	A	H	H	H & A	H & A	—	H	A
vs. Utah	H	A	H & A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H	H	A	A	H & A	H	A	—	H & A
vs. West Virginia	A	A	H	H & A	A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H	H	A	H & A	H	H & A	—	ASU	BU	BYU	CIN	COL	HOU	ISU	KU	KSU	OSU	TCU	TTU	UCF	UTAH	WVU -->

Conference matrix

	Arizona	Arizona State	Baylor	BYU	UCF	Cincinnati	Colorado	Houston	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas Tech	Utah	West Virginia
ASU	BU	BYU	UCF	CIN	COL	HOU	ISU	KU	KSU	OSU	TCU	TTU	UTAH	WVU -->	vs. Arizona	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Arizona State	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Baylor	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. BYU	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. UCF	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Cincinnati	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Colorado	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Houston	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Iowa State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Kansas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Kansas State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Oklahoma State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. TCU	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Texas Tech	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0
vs. Utah	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0
vs. West Virginia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	ASU	BU	BYU	UCF	CIN	COL	HOU	ISU	KU	KSU	OSU	TCU	TTU	UTAH	WVU -->
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Thru Dec. 30, 2024.

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Arizona	595	516	79
Arizona State	720	640	80
Baylor	595	511	84
BYU	676	539	137
UCF	649	622	27
Cincinnati	572	404	168
Colorado	612	572	40
Houston	552	415	137
Iowa State	521	390	131
Kansas	579	461	118
Kansas State	653	536	117
Oklahoma State	490	475	15
TCU	507	450	57
Texas Tech	619	455	164
Utah	633	446	217
West Virginia	549	490	59

Note: Through Dec. 3, 2024.^[37]

Big East-Big 12 Battle

Date^[38]	Time	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
	6:30 p.m.	Villanova		68–60			6,501
	8:30 p.m.	Providence		83–64		FS1	12,005
	6:30 p.m.	No. 25 UConn		76–72		FS1	10,299
	7:00 p.m.		No. 6 Iowa State	81–70			14,267
	8:30 p.m.	Creighton		76–63		FS1
	9:00 p.m.		Texas Tech	–
	8:00 p.m.		TCU	–		ESPN+
	7:00 p.m.		West Virginia	–
	5:30 p.m.		No. 17 Houston	–		ESPN2
	11:30 a.m.	St. John's		–
	12:00 p.m.	Seton Hall		–		FS1
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Not participating: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCF and Utah

Multi-Team Events

Team	Tournament	Finish
Arizona	Battle 4 Atlantis	4th
Arizona State	Acrisure Classic	1st
Baylor	Bahamas Championship	2nd
BYU	Rady Children's Invitational	3rd
UCF	Greenbrier Tip-Off	4th
Colorado	Maui Invitational	6th
Houston	Players Era Festival	4th
Iowa State	Maui Invitational	5th
Kansas State	Paradise Jam	3rd
Oklahoma State	Charleston Classic	6th
TCU	Acrisure Invitational	4th
Texas Tech	Legends Classic	3rd
West Virginia	Battle 4 Atlantis	3rd

Big 12 Players of the Week

Week	Player of the week	Team	Newcomer of the week	Team
November 11, 2024^[39]	Hunter Dickinson	Kansas	Egor Demin Zeke Mayo	BYU Kansas
November 18, 2024^[40]	Hunter Dickinson (2)	Kansas	Egor Demin (2) Joson Sanon	BYU Arizona State
November 25, 2024^[41]	Norchad Omier	Baylor	JT Toppin	Texas Tech
December 2, 2024^[42]	Keshon Gilbert Javon Small	Iowa State West Virginia	Tucker DeVries	West Virginia
December 9, 2024
December 16, 2024
December 23, 2024
December 30, 2024
January 6, 2025
January 13, 2025
January 20, 2025
January 27, 2025
February 3, 2025
February 10, 2025
February 17, 2025
February 24, 2025
March 3, 2025
March 10, 2025

Team Total

Team	Total
Kansas	3
BYU	2
West Virginia	2
Arizona State	1
Baylor	1
Iowa State	1
Texas Tech	1
Arizona	0
UCF	0
Cincinnati	0
Colorado	0
Houston	0
Kansas State	0
Oklahoma State	0
TCU	0
Utah	0

Rankings

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		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
т		Tied with another team in rankings

See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Final
Arizona	AP	10	9	17	24
	C	9	8	17	23	RV
Arizona State	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C					RV
Baylor	AP	8	12	13	17	15
	C	8	14	15	18	16
BYU	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV		RV	RV	RV
UCF	AP		RV
	C		RV
Cincinnati	AP	20	17	18	16	14
	C	20	17	16	14	14
Colorado	AP
	C
Houston	AP	4	8	7	6	17
	C	4	10	7т	7	18
Iowa State	AP	5	7	5	5	6
	C	6	7	5	5	5
Kansas	AP	1	1	1	1	1
	C	1	1	1	1	1
Kansas State	AP	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV
Oklahoma State	AP	RV
	C
TCU	AP
	C
Texas Tech	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	RV	RV	22	RV	RV
Utah	AP
	C
West Virginia	AP					RV
	C					RV

Big 12 vs other conferences

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov. 4		UCF		−	UCF 64−61	1−0
Nov. 4		No. 6 Gonzaga		−	Gonzaga 101−63	1−1
Nov. 8		No. 1 Kansas		−	Kansas 92−89	2−1
Nov. 9		No. 8 Baylor †		−	Baylor 72−67	3−1
Nov. 9		No. 4 Houston		The Battleground 2k24	Auburn 74−69	3−2
Nov. 10		No. 6 Gonzaga	McCarthey Athletic Center ● Spokane, WA	−	Gonzaga 88−80	3−3
Nov. 21		No. 13 Baylor †			Baylor 99−98 ^2OT	4−3
Nov. 22	No. 19 Wisconsin	UCF†			Wisconsin 86−70	4−4
Nov. 22	No. 11 Tennessee	No. 13 Baylor †	Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas	Bahamas Championship	Tennessee 77−62	4−5
Nov. 22	No. 12 Duke			−	Duke 69−55	4−6
Nov. 25	No. 4 Auburn	No. 5 Iowa State†			Auburn 83−81	4−7
Nov. 26		Colorado†	Lahaina Civic Center ● Lahaina, HI	Maui Invitational	Colorado 73−72	5−7
Nov. 26	No. 9 Alabama	No. 6 Houston†			Alabama 85−80	5−8
Nov. 26	No. 11 Duke	No. 1 Kansas†	T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV		Kansas 75−72	6−8
Nov. 27	No. 3 Gonzaga	West Virginia†	Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	West Virginia 86−78 ^OT	7−8
Nov. 28	No. 23 Ole Miss	BYU†			Ole Miss 96−85 ^OT	7−9
Dec. 4	No. 15 Baylor	No. 25 UConn			UConn 76−72	7−10
Dec. 4		No. 6 Iowa State		Big East–Big 12 Battle	Iowa State 81−70	8−10
Dec. 8	No. 22 Texas A&M	Texas Tech†			−	−
Dec. 14		Arizona State†		Holiday Hoopsgiving	−	−

† denotes neutral site game

Record vs vs other conferences

The Big 12 has a record of 89–27 in non-conference play.Regular season

Power 6 Conferences

Conference	Record
ACC	7–3
Big East	3–4
Big Ten	1–4
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	2–9
Combined	13–20

Other conferences
Conference	Record
America East	0–0
American	2–1
ASUN	5–0
Atlantic 10	4–1
Big Sky	6–0
Big South	1–0
Big West	3–0
CAA	2–0
C-USA	2–0
Horizon	8–0
Independents/Non-division I	0–0
Ivy League	1–0
Metro Atlantic	2–0
Mid-American	0–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic	1–0
Missouri Valley	1–0
Mountain West	3–2
Northeast	0–0
Ohio Valley	2–0
Patriot	0–0
Southern	1–0
Southland	4–0
Southwestern Athletic	13–0
Summit	3–0
Sun Belt	3–0
West Coast	5–3
Western Athletic	4–0
Combined	76–7

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

See main article: 2025 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament.

• The 2025 Big 12 Men's Basketball tournament is scheduled for March 11–15 2025, at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO^[43]

TV networks

Team	ESPN	ESPN2	ESPNU	FOX	FS1	CBS	CBSSN	TBS	TNT	TruTV	Streaming (ESPN+/Peacock/ACCNX/FloSports)
Arizona	8	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10
Arizona State	1	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	16
Baylor	4	2	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	13
BYU	0	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	15
UCF	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	23
Cincinnati	0	5	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	16
Colorado	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23
Houston	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	13
Iowa State	3	2	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	14
Kansas	11	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	8
Kansas State	1	1	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	19
Oklahoma State	1	0	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	19
TCU	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	18
Texas Tech	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15
Utah	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24
West Virginia	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Game 13	Game 14	Game 15	Game 16	Game 17	Game 18	Game 19	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	McKale Center	14,688	13,597	13,982	14,634†																	42,213	14,071	95.79%
Arizona State	Desert Financial Arena	14,198	6,966†	6,057	6,294	6,633																25,950	6,487	45.68%
Baylor	Foster Pavilion	7,500	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†																	22,500	7,500	100.00%
BYU	Marriott Center	17,978	16,941	17,381†	16,789	16,456	16,954															84,521	16,904	94.02%
UCF	Addition Financial Arena	9,432	8,808†	7,768	8,302	7,522	6,027	5,817														44,244	7,374	78.18%
Cincinnati	Fifth Third Arena	12,012	10,290	10,604	10,485	10,970†																42,349	10,587	88.14%
Colorado	CU Events Center	11,064	5,679	6,152	5,358	6,288†	5,235															28,712	5,742	51.89%
Houston	Fertitta Center	7,100	7,035†	7,035†	7,035†																	21,105	7,035	99.08%
Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum	14,267	13,616	13,464	13,615	14,267†																40,695	13,565	95.07%
Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse	15,300	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†															76,500	15,300	100.00%
Kansas State	Bramlage Coliseum	11,000	9,155	9,928†	9,507	8,416	7,971															44,977	8,995	81.77%
Oklahoma State	Gallagher-Iba Arena	13,611	7,251†	5,447	5,804																	18,502	6,167	45.31%
TCU	Schollmaier Arena	6,700	5,127†	5,026	4,815	4,707																19,675	4,919	73.41%
Texas Tech	United Supermarkets Arena	15,300	12,034	13,610†	11,456	9,847	13,274															60,221	12,044	78.71%
Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	15,000	6,785	6,722	6,757	6,969	6,604	7,064†														40,901	6,819	45.46%
West Virginia	WVU Coliseum	14,000	9,229	10,017†	8,591																	27,837	9,279	66.28%
Total		12,447																				640,902	9,566	76.85%

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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3. Web site: Antonik . John . 2024-03-28 . DeVries Officially Introduced as WVU's 23rd Men's Basketball Coach . 2024-03-31 . wvusports.com.
4. Web site: Mark Pope Named Head Coach of Kentucky Men’s Basketball .
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8. Stephen Leonard . SLeonard247. 1848436774298964251 . Keyshawn Hall and Jordan Ivy-Curry added to UCF’s Big 12 Media Day lineup. Knights initially announced DJ and Jaylin Sellers would head to Vegas, but Sellers sustained a back injury.
9. Scott Springer . sspringersports . 1849077744237199665 . UC hoops here in KC. Aziz Bandaogo and Simas Lukosius here. Day Day Thomas didn't make trip as a precaution. Aggravated foot injury yesterday. Early indications are he'll be OK. @CoachWesMiller will speak more on it today @Big12Conference media days #Bearcats.
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