# Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The Big 12 men's basketball tournament (known since its inception in 1997 under sponsorship agreements as the Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament) is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament of four rounds, with the top six seeds getting byes in the first round. Seeding is based on regular season records. The winner of the tournament receives the Big 12 Conference automatic bid to the NCAA Championship tournament.
Between 2005 and 2019, no current Big 12 member besides Iowa State or Kansas won the tournament, and those two schools have won 18 of 27 titles. The remaining current Big 12 schools only account for six additional tournament titles. For its first twenty-three years, no school from outside the original Big Eight Conference had ever won the tournament. This streak ended when the Texas Longhorns won the championship game against Oklahoma State in 2021.
The tournament is set to be held at the T-Mobile Center (formerly Sprint Center) in Kansas City, Missouri until 2031.

## History

The tournament has been held every year since the first full basketball season was completed in 1997. (The Big 12 was formed in 1996) Since that time, it was held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri in early March for every year up until 2003, and also in 2005. In 2003, 2004, and 2006 it was held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, and in 2007 it was held in the Ford Center at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In 2008 it was again held in Kansas City, but this time at the Sprint Center.
The 2009 edition of the championship was held in Oklahoma City, with the event returning to Kansas City from 2010 through 2020. On October 24, 2018, it was announced that the Big 12 Tournament would stay in Kansas City through 2024, and on June 12, 2020, it was announced that it would stay in Kansas City through 2025. Kansas has won the most Big 12 postseason titles as well, winning 12 out of 25, while appearing in 15 championship games.

## Tournament champions

Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year. Teams are seeded in order of highest conference record. Tie-breakers are based on conference record starting with:
* Head-to-head
* Record against highest standing team in conference, continuing down until one team gains an advantage
* Conference road games
* Road record against highest standing team, continuing down
* Draw, starting with highest seed to be determined
* Ties among more than two teams are broken similarly by comparing the "mini round-robin" record among tied teams, reverting to the above when elimination narrows it to two tied teams
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Tournament MVP | Location | Attendance |
| 1997 | (1) Kansas 87 | (10) Missouri 60 | Paul Pierce, Kansas | Kemper Arena – Kansas City, MO | 114,420 |
| 1998 | (1) Kansas 72 | (3) Oklahoma 58 | Paul Pierce, Kansas | Kemper Arena – Kansas City, MO | 89,200 |
| 1999 | (3) Kansas 53 | (5) Oklahoma State 37 | Jeff Boschee, Kansas | Kemper Arena – Kansas City, MO | 106,600 |
| 2000 | (1) Iowa State 70 | (3) Oklahoma 58 | Marcus Fizer, Iowa State | Kemper Arena – Kansas City, MO | 114,600 |
| 2001 | (3) Oklahoma 54 | (4) Texas 45 | Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma | Kemper Arena – Kansas City, MO | 91,500 |
| 2002 | (2) Oklahoma 64 | (1) Kansas 55 | Hollis Price, Oklahoma | Kemper Arena – Kansas City, MO | 104,740 |
| 2003 | (3) Oklahoma 49 | (5) Missouri 47 | Hollis Price, Oklahoma | American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX | 94,800 |
| 2004 | (1) Oklahoma State 65 | (2) Texas 49 | Tony Allen, Oklahoma State | American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX | 105,610 |
| 2005 | (3) Oklahoma State 72 | (4) Texas Tech 68 | Joey Graham, Oklahoma State | Kemper Arena – Kansas City, MO | 109,608 |
| 2006 | (2) Kansas 80 | (1) Texas 68 | Mario Chalmers, Kansas | American Airlines Center – Dallas, TX | 109,428 |
| 2007† | (1) Kansas 88 | (3) Texas 84 | Kevin Durant, Texas | Ford Center – Oklahoma City, OK | 113,274 |
| 2008 | (2) Kansas 84 | (1) Texas 74 | Brandon Rush, Kansas | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 113,254 |
| 2009 | (3) Missouri 73 | (9) Baylor 60 | DeMarre Carroll, Missouri | Ford Center – Oklahoma City, OK | 94,614 |
| 2010 | (1) Kansas 72 | (2) Kansas State 64 | Sherron Collins, Kansas | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 113,398 |
| 2011 | (1) Kansas 85 | (2) Texas 73 | Marcus Morris, Kansas | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 113,490 |
| 2012 | (2) Missouri 90 | (4) Baylor 75 | Kim English, Missouri | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 94,894 |
| 2013 | (1) Kansas 70 | (2) Kansas State 54 | Jeff Withey, Kansas | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 90,687 |
| 2014 | (4) Iowa State 74 | (7) Baylor 65 | DeAndre Kane, Iowa State | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 94,996 |
| 2015 | (2) Iowa State 70 | (1) Kansas 66 | Georges Niang, Iowa State | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 94,963 |
| 2016 | (1) Kansas 81 | (2) West Virginia 71 | Devonte' Graham, Kansas | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 94,934 |
| 2017 | (4) Iowa State 80 | (2) West Virginia 74 | Monte Morris, Iowa State | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 94,934 |
| 2018 | (1) Kansas 81 | (3) West Virginia 70 | Malik Newman, Kansas | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 89,249 |
| 2019 | (5) Iowa State 78 | (3) Kansas 66 | Marial Shayok, Iowa State | Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO | 94,847 |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | (3) Texas 91 | (5) Oklahoma State 86 | Matt Coleman, Texas | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | 13,824‡ |
| 2022 | (1) Kansas 74 | (3) Texas Tech 65 | Ochai Agbaji, Kansas | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | 79,846 |
| 2023 | (2) Texas 76 | (1) Kansas 56 | Dylan Disu, Texas | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | 90,110 |
| 2024 | (2) Iowa State 69 | (1) Houston 41 | Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | 118,300 |
| 2025 | (1) Houston 72 | (3) Arizona 64 | Emanuel Sharp, Houston | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | 106,259 |
| 2026 | | | | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | |
| 2027 | | | | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | |
| 2028 | | | | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | |
| 2029 | | | | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | |
| 2030 | | | | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | |
| 2031 | | | | T-Mobile Center* – Kansas City, MO | |
| Reference: † – Denotes overtime played ||||||
*From its opening to July 2020, T-Mobile Center was known as Sprint Center, but the arena was rebranded following the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. ‡Attendance at the 2021 Tournament was limited due to the COVID-19 pandemic.