# 2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

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. 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.

## Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. 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):
* If two teams have an identical conference record, then the team with the better head-to-head record gets the higher seed
* If a tie can't be broken by the tiebreaker above, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed
* If those records are the same, then the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed
* If multiple teams are tied, and you can't use the 1st tiebreaker, then the team with the better head-to-head record against the other tied teams gets the higher seed.
* If tiebreaker number 4 can't break the tie between multiple teams, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed
* If those records are the same, the team with the better road record gets the higher seed
* If those records are the same, the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed
* If those records are the same, a public draw will be held to determine the top seed
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 | Texas | 8–10 | 19–15 | 3–3 vs Baylor/Okla/Okla St |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 8–10 | 21–15 | 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla/Texas, 2–0 vs KU |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 8–10 | 18–14 | 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla St/Texas, 1–1 vs KU |
| 10 | Iowa State | 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. ||||||||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance |
| First Round – Wednesday, March 7 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | #8 Oklahoma State 71 vs #9 Oklahoma 60 | ESPNU | 17,752 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:00 pm | #7 Texas 68 vs #10 Iowa State 64 | ESPNU | 17,752 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:30 am | #4 Kansas State 66 vs #5 TCU 64 $^{OT}$ | ESPN2 | 17,903 |
| 2 | 4 | 1:30 pm | #1 Kansas 82 vs #8 Oklahoma State 68 | ESPN2 | 17,903 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | #2 Texas Tech 73 vs #7 Texas 69 | ESPN2 | 17,653 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:00 pm | #3 West Virginia 78 vs #6 Baylor 65 | ESPN2 | 17,653 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | #1 Kansas 83 vs #4 Kansas State 67 | ESPN | 18,223 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:00 pm | #3 West Virginia 66 vs #2 Texas Tech 63 | ESPN2 | 18,223 |
| Final – Saturday, March 10 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm | #1 Kansas 81 vs #3 West Virginia 70 | ESPN | 17,718 |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 7 ESPNU | First round Wednesday, March 7 ESPNU | First round Wednesday, March 7 ESPNU | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 ESPN2 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 ESPN2 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8 ESPN2 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 ESPN2 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 ESPN2 | Semifinals Friday, March 9 ESPN2 | Championship Saturday, March 10 ESPN | Championship Saturday, March 10 ESPN | Championship Saturday, March 10 ESPN |
| | | | 1 | Kansas | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Oklahoma State | 68 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 71 | 8 | Oklahoma State | 68 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 60 | | | | 1 | Kansas | 83 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Kansas State | 67 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Kansas State | 66* | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | TCU | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Kansas | 81 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | West Virginia | 70 |
| | | | 2 | Texas Tech | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Texas | 69 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Texas | 68 | 7 | Texas | 69 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Iowa State | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Iowa State | 64 | | | | 2 | Texas Tech | 63 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | West Virginia | 66 | | | |
| | | | 3 | West Virginia | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Baylor | 65 | | | | | | |
* Indicates overtime game

## All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Malik Newman, Kansas
| 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 |