# 2023 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

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. Texas won the tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Phillips 66.

## Seeds

All ten teams participated in the tournament. It was the final season with the 10-team bracket format, as the Big 12 expanded 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.
| 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 |

## Schedule

| 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 | ESPNU | 17,702 |
| 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 | ESPN | 18,034 |
| 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 | ESPN2 | 17,476 |
| 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 | ESPN | 19,135 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 ||||||
| 9 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 1 Kansas vs No. 2 Texas | 56–76 | ESPN | 17,763 |
| *Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seed. †All games will be simulcast on ESPN+ ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 8 ESPNU | First round Wednesday, March 8 ESPNU | First round Wednesday, March 8 ESPNU | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 ESPN/ESPN2 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 ESPN/ESPN2 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 ESPN/ESPN2 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 ESPN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 ESPN | Semifinals Friday, March 10 ESPN | Championship Saturday, March 11 ESPN | Championship Saturday, March 11 ESPN | Championship Saturday, March 11 ESPN |
| | | | 1 | Kansas | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | West Virginia | 61 | | | | | | |
| 8 | West Virginia | 78 | 8 | West Virginia | 61 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 62 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 62 | | | | 1 | Kansas | 71 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Iowa State | 58 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Baylor | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Iowa State | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Kansas | 56 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Texas | 76 |
| | | | 2 | Texas | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Oklahoma State | 47 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Oklahoma State | 57 | 7 | Oklahoma State | 47 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 49 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 49 | | | | 2 | Texas | 66 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | TCU | 60 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kansas State | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | TCU | 80 | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

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 |