# 2016–17 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2016–17 Big 12 men's basketball season is the ongoing 21st season of basketball for the Big 12 Conference. Team practices began in October 2016, and were followed by the start of the regular season on November 11. Conference play began on December 30, 2016 and will conclude with the 2017 Big 12 men's basketball tournament, beginning March 8, 2017 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. During the conference's non-conference schedule, Big 12 teams posted a win percentage of .822, the best non-conference win percentage of any conference in the nation.

## Preseason

| | Big 12 Coaches | Points |
| 1. | Kansas (9) | 81 |
| 2. | West Virginia | 65 |
| 3. | Texas | 59 |
| 4. | Iowa State (1) | 56 |
| 5. | Baylor | 53 |
| 6. | Oklahoma | 40 |
| 7. | Oklahoma State | 32 |
| 7. | Texas Tech | 32 |
| 9. | Kansas State | 20 |
| 10. | TCU | 12 |
| Reference: (#) first place votes |||
* Big 12 Coaches
* Jawun Evans, G Oklahoma State Frank Mason III, G Kansas Devonte' Graham, G Kansas Monte Morris, G Iowa State Johnathan Motley, F Baylor
* Reference:

### Tournaments

| Team | Tournament | Finish |
| Baylor | Battle 4 Atlantis | Champions |
| Iowa State | AdvoCare Invitational | Runner-Up |
| Kansas | CBE Hall of Fame Classic | Champions |
| Kansas State | Barclays Center Classic | Runner-Up |
| Oklahoma | Puerto Rico Tip-Off | 3rd Place |
| Oklahoma State | Maui Invitational | 3rd Place |
| TCU | Global Sports Classic | Champions |
| Texas | Legends Classic | 4th Place |
| Texas Tech | Cancún Challenge | 3rd Place |
| West Virginia | NIT Season Tip-Off | Runner-Up |

## Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Big 12 records are from time at current school.
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Seasons at school | Overall record | Big 12 record | NCAA tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
| Baylor | Scott Drew | Valparaiso | 14th | 252–172 (.594) | 95–121 (.440) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa State | Steve Prohm | Murray State | 2nd | 25–12 (.676) | 10–8 (.556) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | Bill Self | Illinois | 14th | 385–83 (.823) | 179–39 (.821) | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Kansas State | Bruce Weber | Illinois | 5th | 79–54 (.594) | 37–35 (.514) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | Lon Kruger | UNLV | 6th | 111–57 (.661) | 52–38 (.578) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | Brad Underwood | Stephen F. Austin | 1st | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TCU | Jamie Dixon | Pittsburgh | 1st | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | Shaka Smart | VCU | 2nd | 20–13 (.606) | 11–7 (.611) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas Tech | Chris Beard | Little Rock | 1st | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | Bob Huggins | Kansas State | 10th | 201–110 (.646) | 39–33 (.542) | 7 | 1 | 0 |

## Rankings

Legend :
* Increase in ranking
* Decrease in ranking
* Not ranked previous week
| | | Pre | 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 | Wk 19 | Final |
| Baylor | AP | | | 20 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 12 |
| Baylor | C | | | RV | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Iowa State | AP | 24 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 23 | 16 |
| Iowa State | C | RV | 23 | 22 | 21 | 25 | RV | | | | RV | | RV | | RV | | RV | 24 | 24 | 20 | 25 |
| Kansas | AP | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kansas | C | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Kansas State | AP | | | | | | RV | RV | | RV | 25 | RV | RV | | RV | | | | | |
| Kansas State | C | RV | | | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | |
| Oklahoma | AP | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oklahoma | C | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Oklahoma State | AP | | | | | | | RV | RV | | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Oklahoma State | C | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | | | RV | | | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| TCU | AP | | | | | RV | RV | | | | | RV | | | | | | | | |
| TCU | C | | | | | RV | RV | RV | RV | | | RV | | | | | | | | | RV |
| Texas | AP | 21 | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Texas | C | 22 | 21 | 21 | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Texas Tech | AP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Texas Tech | C | | | | | | | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| West Virginia | AP | 20 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| West Virginia | C | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 |

## Regular season
### Conference matrix

| | Baylor | Iowa State | Kansas | Kansas State | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | TCU | Texas | Texas Tech | West Virginia |
| vs. Baylor | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| vs. Iowa State | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| vs. Kansas | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| vs. Kansas State | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| vs. Oklahoma | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| vs. Oklahoma State | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| vs. TCU | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| vs. Texas | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| vs. Texas Tech | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| vs. West Virginia | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
| Total | 12–6 | 12–6 | 16–2 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 12–6 |

### Points scored

| Team | For | Against | Difference |
| Baylor | 1230 | 1158 | 72 |
| Iowa State | 1408 | 1363 | 45 |
| Kansas | 1447 | 1345 | 102 |
| Kansas State | 1272 | 1326 | -54 |
| Oklahoma | 1266 | 1330 | -64 |
| Oklahoma State | 1435 | 1405 | 30 |
| TCU | 1243 | 1314 | -71 |
| Texas | 1202 | 1314 | -112 |
| Texas Tech | 1233 | 1304 | -71 |
| West Virginia | 1416 | 1296 | 120 |

## Schedules
### Baylor

Baylor Bears Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### Iowa State

Iowa State Cyclones Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### Kansas

Kansas Jayhawks Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### Kansas State

Kansas State Wildcats Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### TCU

TCU Horned Frogs Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### Texas

Texas Longhorns Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### Texas Tech

Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

### West Virginia

West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule :
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |

## Honors and awards
### All-Big 12 awards and teams

2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Frank Mason III†, G, Kansas |
| Coach of the Year | Bill Self, Kansas |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Jevon Carter, G, West Virginia |
| Sixth Man Award | Tarik Phillip, G, West Virginia |
| Newcomer of the Year | Manu Lecomte, G, Baylor |
| Freshman of the Year | Josh Jackson† F, Kansas |
2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Defensive Team |
| Jawun Evans, So., G, Oklahoma State Josh Jackson, Fr., F, Kansas Frank Mason III†, Sr., G, Kansas Monte Morris†, Sr., G, Iowa State Johnathan Motley†, Jr., F, Baylor | Vladimir Brodziansky, Jr., F, TCU Jeffrey Carroll, Jr., G/F, Oklahoma State Jevon Carter Jr., G, West Virginia Devonte' Graham Jr., G, Kansas Naz Mitrou-Long, Jr., G, Iowa State | Nathan Adrian, Sr., F, West Virginia Jarrett Allen, Fr., F, Texas Deonte Burton, Sr., G, Iowa State Keenan Evans, Jr., G, Texas Tech Wesley Iwundu, Sr., F, Kansas State Manu Lecomte, Jr., G, Baylor | Nathan Adrian, Sr., F, West Virginia Vladimir Brodziansky, Jr., F, TCU Jevon Carter, Jr., G, West Virginia Jo Lual-Acuil, Jr., F, Baylor Ish Wainright, Sr., G, Baylor |
| † - denotes unanimous selection |||||

### Phillips 66 Player of the Week

| Week | Player of the Week | School | Newcomer of the Week | School |
| Nov. 11–13 | Frank Mason III | Kansas | Manu Lecomte | Baylor |
| Nov. 11–13 | Frank Mason III | Kansas | Jaylen Fisher | TCU |
| Nov. 14–20 | Monte Morris | Iowa State | Josh Jackson | Kansas |
| Nov. 21–27 | Johnathan Motley | Baylor | Josh Jackson (2) | Kansas |
| Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 | Manu Lecomte | Baylor | Anthony Livingston | Texas Tech |
| Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 | Jawun Evans | Oklahoma State | Anthony Livingston | Texas Tech |
| Dec. 5–11 | Frank Mason III (2) | Kansas | Brandon Averette | Oklahoma State |
| Dec. 12–18 | Naz Mitrou-Long | Iowa State | Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. | Baylor |
| Dec. 19–25 | Josh Jackson | Kansas | Desmond Bane | TCU |
| Dec. 26 – Jan. 1 | Landen Lucas | Kansas | Manu Lecomte (2) | Baylor |
| Jan. 2–8 | Johnathan Motley (2) | Baylor | Josh Jackson (3) | Kansas |
| Jan. 9–15 | Vladimir Brodziansky | TCU | Josh Jackson (4) | Kansas |
| Jan. 9–15 | Vladimir Brodziansky | TCU | Jarrett Allen | Texas |
| Jan. 16–22 | Johnathan Motley (3) | Baylor | Jarrett Allen (2) | Texas |
| Jan. 23–29 | Jawun Evans (2) | Oklahoma State | Josh Jackson (5) | Kansas |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 5 | Deonte Burton | Iowa State | Lindy Waters III | Oklahoma State |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 5 | Deonte Burton | Iowa State | Alex Robinson | TCU |
| Feb. 6–12 | Josh Jackson (2) | Kansas | Manu Lecomte (3) | Baylor |
| Feb. 13–19 | Jawun Evans (3) | Oklahoma State | Josh Jackson (6) | Kansas |
| Feb. 20–26 | Monte Morris (2) | Iowa State | Josh Jackson (7) | Kansas |
| Feb. 27 – Mar. 5 | Frank Mason III (3) | Kansas | Kameron McGusty | Oklahoma |

## Postseason
### Big 12 tournament

* March 8–11, 2017–Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournament, Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO.
2017 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First round March 8 | Quarterfinals March 9 | Semifinals March 10 | Championship March 11 |
| 1. | ‡† Kansas | 16–2 | 28–4 | | Bye | #8 TCU | | |
| 2. | † West Virginia | 12–6 | 26–8 | 3–1 vs. BU & ISU | Bye | #10 Texas | #6 Kansas State | #4 Iowa State |
| 3. | † Baylor | 12–6 | 25–7 | 2–2 vs. WVU & ISU | Bye | #6 Kansas State | | |
| 4. | † Iowa State | 12–6 | 23–10 | 1–3 vs. WVU & BU | Bye | #5 Oklahoma State | #8 TCU | #2 West Virginia |
| 5. | † Oklahoma State | 9–9 | 20–12 | | Bye | #4 Iowa State | | |
| 6. | † Kansas State | 8–10 | 20–13 | | Bye | #3 Baylor | #2 West Virginia | |
| 7. | Texas Tech | 6–12 | 18–14 | 1–1 vs. WVU | #10 Texas | | | |
| 8. | TCU | 6–12 | 19–15 | 0–2 vs. WVU | #9 Oklahoma | #1 Kansas | #4 Iowa State | |
| 9. | Oklahoma | 5–13 | 11–20 | | #8 TCU | | | |
| 10. | Texas | 4–14 | 11–22 | | #7 Texas Tech | #2 West Virginia | | |
| ‡ – Big 12 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 tournament. ||||||||||

#### Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 8 | First round Wednesday, March 8 | First round Wednesday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Championship Saturday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 11 |
| | | | 1 | Kansas | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | TCU | 85 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TCU | 82 | 8 | TCU | 85 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 63 | | | | 8 | TCU | 63 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Iowa State | 84 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Iowa State | 92 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Oklahoma State | 83 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Iowa State | 80 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | West Virginia | 74 |
| | | | 2 | West Virginia | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Texas | 53 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 52 | 10 | Texas | 53 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Texas | 61 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Texas | 61 | | | | 2 | West Virginia | 51 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Kansas State | 50 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Baylor | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Kansas State | 70 | | | | | | |

### NCAA tournament

| Seed | Region | School | First Four | First round | Second round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 1 | Midwest | Kansas | Bye | #16 UC Davis - W, 100–62 | #9 Michigan State - W, 90–70 | #4 Purdue - W, 98–66 | #3 Oregon - L, 60–74 | | |
| 3 | East | Baylor | Bye | #14 New Mexico State - W, 91–73 | #11 USC - W, 82–78 | #7 South Carolina - L, 50–70 | | | |
| 4 | West | West Virginia | Bye | #13 Bucknell - W, 86–80 | #5 Notre Dame - W, 83–71 | #1 Gonzaga - L, 58–61 | | | |
| 5 | Midwest | Iowa State | Bye | #12 Nevada - W, 84–73 | #4 Purdue - L, 76–80 | | | | |
| 10 | South | Oklahoma State | Bye | #7 Michigan - L, 91–92 | | | | | |
| 11 | South | Kansas State | #11 Wake Forest - W, 95–88 | #6 Cincinnati - L, 61–75 | | | | | |
| | 6 Bids | W-L (%): | 1–0 1.000 | 4–2 .667 | 3–1 .750 | 1–2 .333 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 9–6 .600 |

### NIT

| Seed | Region | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| 4 | Iowa | TCU | #5 Fresno State - W, 66–58 | #1 Iowa - W, 94–92 | #6 Richmond - W, 86–68 | #4 UCF - W, 68–53 | #6 Georgia Tech - W, 88–56 |
| | 1 Bid | W-L (%): | 1–0 1.000 | 1–0 1.000 | 1–0 1.000 | 1–0 1.000 | TOTAL: 5–0 1.000 |