# 2021 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2021 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 10 to 13, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament. Texas defeated Oklahoma State in the championship to earn their first Big 12 Tournament Championship and third Conference tournament Championship overall. Texas became the first school that was not a member of the Big Eight Conference to win the tournament.

## Seeds

All ten teams participated in the tournament. The top six teams earned a first-round bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. What tiebreakers were used for each tie is included in the table.
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1 | Baylor | 13–1 | | | |
| 2 | Kansas | 12–6 | | | |
| 3 | Texas | 11–6 | 1–1 vs. West Virginia | 0–1 vs. Baylor | 2–0 vs. Kansas |
| 4 | West Virginia | 11–6 | 1–1 vs. Texas | 0–1 vs. Baylor | 1–1 vs. Kansas |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 11–7 | | | |
| 6 | Texas Tech | 9–8 | 2–0 vs. Oklahoma | | |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 9–8 | 0–2 vs. Texas Tech | | |
| 8 | TCU | 5–11 | | | |
| 9 | Kansas State | 4–14 | | | |
| 10 | Iowa State | 0–18 | | | |

## Schedule

All games had limited attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Game | Time | Matchup$^#$ | Final score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Wednesday, March 10 ||||||
| 1 | 5:30 pm | No. 8 TCU vs No. 9 Kansas State | 50–71 | ESPN | N/A* |
| 2 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 Oklahoma vs No. 10 Iowa State | 79–73 | ESPN | N/A* |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 ||||||
| 3 | 10:30 am | No. 4 West Virginia vs No. 5 Oklahoma State | 69–72 | ESPN | 3,491 |
| 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Baylor vs No. 9 Kansas State | 74–68 | ESPN | 3,491 |
| 5 | 5:30 pm | No. 2 Kansas vs No. 7 Oklahoma | 69–62 | ESPN | 3,510 |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Texas vs No. 6 Texas Tech | 67–66 | ESPN2 | 3,510 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 ||||||
| 7 | 5:30 pm | No. 1 Baylor vs No. 5 Oklahoma State | 74–83 | ESPN | 3,298 |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Kansas vs No. 3 Texas | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Championship – Saturday, March 13 ||||||
| 9 | 5:00 pm | No. 3 Texas vs No. 5 Oklahoma State | 91–86 | ESPN | 3,525 |
| Game times in CST. No.-Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||
*No official attendance announced

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 10 | First round Wednesday, March 10 | First round Wednesday, March 10 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 13 |
| | | | 1 | Baylor | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Kansas State | 68 | | | | | | |
| 8 | TCU | 50 | 9 | Kansas State | 68 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Kansas State | 71 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Kansas State | 71 | | | | 1 | Baylor | 74 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Oklahoma State | 83 | | | |
| | | | 4 | West Virginia | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Oklahoma State | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5 | Oklahoma State | 86 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Texas | 91 |
| | | | 2 | Kansas | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Oklahoma | 62 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Oklahoma | 79 | 7 | Oklahoma | 62 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Iowa State | 73 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Iowa State | 73 | | | | 2 | Kansas | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Texas | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Texas | 67 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Texas Tech | 66 | | | | | | |