# 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 11–15, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center. Houston received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, it was the first tournament with 16 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2024–25 season, Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah joined the conference for the first time, and Colorado rejoined after a 13-year absence. The tournament will be sponsored by Phillips 66.

## Seeds

All sixteen teams will participate in the tournament. It will be the first with the 16-team bracket format. The top eight teams will receive a first round bye and the top four teams will receive a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.
Teams will be seeded by record within the conference. Ties will be broken using a tiebreaker system, with the first tiebreaker being best record in head-to-head matchups then the 2nd tiebreaker being head-to-head record against each team in the conference beginning with the first place team and working down.
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreak 1 | Tiebreak 2 |
| 1 | Houston #‡ | 19–1 | | |
| 2 | Texas Tech ‡ | 15–5 | | |
| 3 | Arizona ‡ | 14–6 | 1–1 vs BYU | 1–1 vs Texas Tech |
| 4 | BYU ‡ | 14–6 | 1–1 vs Arizona | 0–1 vs Texas Tech |
| 5 | Iowa State † | 13–7 | | |
| 6 | Kansas † | 11–9 | | |
| 7 | Baylor † | 10–10 | 1–0 vs West Virginia | |
| 8 | West Virginia † | 10–10 | 0–1 vs Baylor | |
| 9 | TCU | 9–11 | 1–0 vs Kansas State | |
| 10 | Kansas State | 9–11 | 0–1 vs TCU | |
| 11 | Utah | 8–12 | | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 7–13 | 2–1 vs Cincinnati/UCF | |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 7–13 | 1–1 vs Oklahoma State/UCF | |
| 14 | UCF | 7–13 | 1–2 vs Oklahoma State/Cincinnati | |
| 15 | Arizona State | 4–16 | | |
| 16 | Colorado | 3–17 | | |
Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed ‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round † – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round Overall records include all games played in the 2025 Big 12 tournament.

## Schedule

Source:
| Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Final score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Tuesday, March 11 ||||||
| 1 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 12 Oklahoma State vs No. 13 Cincinnati | 68–87 | ESPN+ | 6,406 |
| 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 9 TCU vs No. 16 Colorado | 67–69 | ESPN+ | 6,406 |
| 3 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 10 Kansas State vs No. 15 Arizona State | 71–66 | ESPN+ | 12,929 |
| 4 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 11 Utah vs No. 14 UCF | 72–87 | ESPN+ | 12,929 |
| Second round – Wednesday, March 12 ||||||
| 5 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 5 Iowa State vs No. 13 Cincinnati | 76–56 | ESPN | 12,922 |
| 6 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 8 West Virginia vs No. 16 Colorado | 60–67 | ESPN+ | 12,922 |
| 7 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 Baylor vs No. 10 Kansas State | 70–56 | ESPN+ | 15,431 |
| 8 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 6 Kansas vs No. 14 UCF | 98–94$^{OT}$ | ESPN2 | 15,431 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 ||||||
| 9 | 11:30 a.m. | No. 4 BYU vs No. 5 Iowa State | 96–92 | ESPN2 | 15,366 |
| 10 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 1 Houston vs No. 16 Colorado | 77–68 | ESPN2 | 15,366 |
| 11 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 7 Baylor | 76–74 | ESPN | 15,491 |
| 12 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 3 Arizona vs No. 6 Kansas | 88–77 | ESPN | 15,491 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 14 ||||||
| 13 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 1 Houston vs No. 4 BYU | 74–54 | ESPN2 | 13,946 |
| 14 | 8:30 p.m. | No. 2 Texas Tech vs No. 3 Arizona | 80–86 | ESPN2 | 13,946 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 15 ||||||
| 15 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 1 Houston vs No. 3 Arizona | 72–64 | ESPN | 13,768 |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, March 11 | First round Tuesday, March 11 | First round Tuesday, March 11 | Second round Wednesday, March 12 | Second round Wednesday, March 12 | Second round Wednesday, March 12 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 | Semifinals Friday, March 14 | Championship Saturday, March 15 | Championship Saturday, March 15 | Championship Saturday, March 15 |
| | | | | | | 1 | Houston | 77 | | | | |
| | | | 8 | West Virginia | 60 | 16 | Colorado | 68 | | | | | | |
| 9 | TCU | 67 | 16 | Colorado | 67 | | | | 1 | Houston | 74 | |
| 16 | Colorado | 69 | | | | | | | 4 | BYU | 54 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | BYU | 96 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Iowa State | 76 | 5 | Iowa State | 92 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State | 68 | 13 | Cincinnati | 56 | | | | | | | 1 | Houston | 72 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 87 | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Arizona | 64 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Texas Tech | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Baylor | 70 | 7 | Baylor | 74 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Kansas State | 71 | 10 | Kansas State | 56 | | | | 2 | Texas Tech | 80 | | | |
| 15 | Arizona State | 66 | | | | | | | 3 | Arizona | 86 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Arizona | 88 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Kansas | 98$^{OT}$ | 6 | Kansas | 77 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Utah | 72 | 14 | UCF | 94 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | UCF | 87 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Awards and honors
### Team and tournament leaders

Source:
| Team | Points | Points | Rebounds | Rebounds | Assists | Assists | Steals | Steals | Blocks | Blocks | Minutes | Minutes |
| Arizona | Caleb Love | 57 | Tobe Awaka | 17 | KJ Lewis | 10 | KJ Lewis | 6 | Tied | 3 | Jaden Bradley | 113 |
| Arizona State | Alston Mason | 17 | Shawn Phillips Jr. | 14 | Tied | 3 | Joson Sanon | 2 | Shawn Phillips Jr. | 3 | Joson Sanon | 39 |
| Baylor | Norchad Omier | 41 | Norchad Omier | 29 | V. J. Edgecombe | 8 | V. J. Edgecombe | 5 | Tied | 2 | V. J. Edgecombe | 72 |
| BYU | Richie Saunders | 33 | Keba Keita | 22 | Dallin Hall | 11 | Trey Stewart | 4 | Keba Keita | 3 | Richie Saunders | 56 |
| Cincinnati | Day Day Thomas | 30 | Dillon Mitchell | 20 | Dillon Mitchell | 7 | Day Day Thomas | 10 | Aziz Bandaogo | 4 | Josh Reed | 67 |
| Colorado | Andrej Jakimovski | 24 | Andrej Jakimovski | 21 | Julian Hammond III | 11 | Andrej Jakimovski | 9 | Trevor Baskin | 4 | Andrej Jakimovski | 93 |
| Houston | Emanuel Sharp | 62 | Mylik Wilson | 24 | Milos Uzan | 10 | Tied | 5 | Joseph Tugler | 8 | LJ Cryer | 102 |
| Iowa State | Curtis Jones | 39 | Dishon Jackson | 20 | Joshua Jefferson | 11 | Joshua Jefferson | 5 | Dishon Jackson | 3 | Joshua Jefferson | 72 |
| Kansas | Zeke Mayo | 43 | Hunter Dickinson | 25 | Dajuan Harris Jr. | 10 | KJ Adams Jr. | 4 | KJ Adams Jr. | 3 | KJ Adams Jr. | 75 |
| Kansas State | Coleman Hawkins | 31 | Coleman Hawkins | 15 | Dug McDaniel | 10 | Dug McDaniel | 3 | Coleman Hawkins | 2 | Coleman Hawkins | 76 |
| Oklahoma State | Connor Dow | 12 | Brandon Newman | 7 | Arturo Dean | 4 | Arturo Dean | 7 | Bryce Thompson | 1 | Tied | 27 |
| TCU | Noah Reynolds | 17 | Ernest Udeh Jr. | 11 | Tied | 2 | Trazarien White | 3 | Tied | 2 | Trazarien White | 35 |
| Texas Tech | JT Toppin | 37 | JT Toppin | 16 | Elijah Hawkins | 16 | Elijah Hawkins | 3 | JT Toppin | 5 | Christian Anderson | 70 |
| UCF | Keyshawn Hall | 48 | Moustapha Thiam | 20 | Darius Johnson | 12 | Jordan Ivy-Curry | 5 | Thiam | 4 | Keyshawn Hall | 80 |
| Utah | Keanu Dawes | 21 | Keanu Dawes | 15 | Tied | 4 | Gabe Madsen | 3 | Mike Sharavjamts | 1 | Keanu Dawes | 38 |
| West Virginia | Javon Small | 23 | Amani Hansberry | 6 | Javon Small | 5 | Sencire Harris | 3 | Eduardo Andre | 5 | Javon Small | 37 |

### All-Tournament Team

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
| Caleb Love | G | 6−4 | 205 | Graduate | Arizona |
| LJ Cryer | G | 6−1 | 200 | Graduate | Houston |
| Emanuel Sharp | G | 6−3 | 210 | RS Junior | Houston |
| Milos Uzan | G | 6−4 | 190 | Junior | Houston |
| JT Toppin | F | 6−9 | 225 | Sophomore | Texas Tech |

### Most Outstanding Player

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Team |
| Emanuel Sharp | G | 6−3 | 210 | RS Junior | Houston |