# 2015 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2015 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 11 to 14 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Iowa State won the tournament for the 3rd time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament.

## Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.
2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Kansas ‡# | 13–5 | 27–9 | |
| 2 | Iowa State # | 12–6 | 25–9 | 1–1 vs. OU; 1–1 vs. KU; 3–1 vs. BU/WVU |
| 3 | Oklahoma # | 12–6 | 24–11 | 1–1 vs. ISU; 1–1 vs. KU; 2–2 vs. BU/WVU |
| 4 | Baylor # | 11–7 | 24–10 | 2–0 vs. WVU |
| 5 | West Virginia # | 11–7 | 25–10 | 0–2 vs. WVU |
| 6 | Oklahoma State # | 8–10 | 18–14 | 3–1 vs. UT & KSU |
| 7 | Texas | 8–10 | 20–14 | 2–2 vs. OSU/KSU; 2–0 vs. KSU |
| 8 | Kansas State | 8–10 | 15–17 | 1–3 vs. OSU/UT; 0–2 vs. UT |
| 9 | TCU | 4–14 | 18–15 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 3–15 | 13–19 | |
| ‡ – Big 12 Conference 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 Conference tournament. ||||||||||

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance |
| First Round – Wednesday, March 11 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | #9 TCU 67 vs #8 Kansas State 65 | ESPNU | 18,972 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:00 pm | #7 Texas 65 vs #10 Texas Tech 53 | ESPNU | 18,972 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:30 am | #4 Baylor 80 vs #5 West Virginia 70 | ESPN2 | 18,972 |
| 2 | 4 | 1:30 pm | #1 Kansas 64 vs #9 TCU 59 | ESPN2 | 18,972 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | #2 Iowa State 69 vs #7 Texas 67 | ESPNU | 18,972 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:00 pm | #3 Oklahoma 64 vs #6 Oklahoma State 49 | ESPNU | 18,972 |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | #1 Kansas 62 vs #4 Baylor 52 | ESPN2 | 18,972 |
| 4 | 8 | 8:00 pm | #2 Iowa State 67 vs #3 Oklahoma 65 | ESPN2 | 18,972 |
| Final – Saturday, March 14 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm | #2 Iowa State 70 vs #1 Kansas 66 | ESPN | 19,075 |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Wednesday, March 11 | First round Wednesday, March 11 | First round Wednesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 14 | Championship Saturday, March 14 | Championship Saturday, March 14 |
| | | | 1 | #9 Kansas | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | TCU | 59 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Kansas State | 65 | 9 | TCU | 59 | | | | | | |
| 9 | TCU | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | TCU | 67 | | | | 1 | #9 Kansas | 62 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | #16 Baylor | 52 | | | |
| | | | 4 | #16 Baylor | 80 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | #18 West Virginia | 70 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | #9 Kansas | 66 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | #13 Iowa State | 70 |
| | | | 2 | #13 Iowa State | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Texas | 67 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Texas | 65 | 7 | Texas | 67 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 53 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Texas Tech | 53 | | | | 2 | #13 Iowa State | 67 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | #15 Oklahoma | 65 | | | |
| | | | 3 | #15 Oklahoma | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Oklahoma State | 49 | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period

## All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Georges Niang, Iowa State
| Player | Team | Position | Class |
| Georges Niang | Iowa State | Jr. | F |
| Monte Morris | Iowa State | So. | G |
| Rico Gathers | Baylor | Jr. | F |
| Wayne Selden | Kansas | So. | G |
| Buddy Hield | Oklahoma | Jr. | G |