1999 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

1999 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
1999 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1998–99
Teams	12
Site	Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Kansas (3rd title)
Winning coach	Roy Williams (3rd title)
MVP	Jeff Boschee (Kansas)
Attendance	106,600 (overall); 18,000 (championship)
Top scorer	Glendon Alexander (Oklahoma State); (66 points)
Television	ESPN
	Big 12 men's basketball tournaments ← 1998 2000 →

The 1999 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 4–7 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. No. 3 seed Kansas defeated Oklahoma State 53–37^[2] to win the championship and receive the Big 12's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament.

1998–99 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas	13	–	3	.813	19	–	13	.594
Missouri	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
No. 22 Kansas †	11	–	5	.688	23	–	10	.697
Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Oklahoma State	10	–	6	.625	23	–	11	.676
Nebraska	10	–	6	.625	20	–	13	.606
Kansas State	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
Colorado	7	–	9	.438	18	–	15	.545
Iowa State	6	–	10	.375	15	–	15	.500
Texas A&M	5	–	11	.313	12	–	15	.444
Texas Tech	5	–	11	.313	13	–	17	.433
Baylor	0	–	16	.000	6	–	24	.200

† 1999 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[3]

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1999 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	Texas ‡#	13–3	19–13
2	Missouri #	11–5	20–9	1–1 vs. KU, 7–3 vs. division
3	Kansas #	11–5	23–10	1–1 vs. MU, 6–4 vs. division
4	Oklahoma #	11–5	22–11
5	Oklahoma State	10–6	23–11	1–0 vs. NU
6	Nebraska	10–6	20–13	0–1 vs. OSU
7	Kansas State	7–9	20–13	1–1 vs. CU, 4–6 vs. division
8	Colorado	7–9	18–15	1–1 vs. KSU, 3–7 vs. division
9	Iowa State	6–10	15–15
10	Texas A&M	5–11	12–15	1–1 vs. TT, 4–6 vs. division
11	Texas Tech	5–11	13–17	1–1 vs. TAMU, 3–7 vs. division
12	Baylor	0–16	6–24
‡ – 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.^[1]Divisions (North/South) used only for tie breaking purposes.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 4
1	1	12:00 PM	#8 Colorado 69 vs #9 Iowa State 61	Big 12	16,800
1	2	2:20 PM	#5 Oklahoma State 83 vs #12 Baylor 57		16,800
2	3	6:00 PM	#7 Kansas State 87 vs #10 Texas A&M 76		17,000
2	4	8:20 PM	#6 Nebraska 69 vs #11 Texas Tech 50		17,000
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 5
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 Texas 82 vs #8 Colorado 76	Big 12	17,000
3	6	2:20 PM	#5 Oklahoma State 60 vs #4 Oklahoma 57		17,000
4	7	6:00 PM	#7 Kansas State 84 vs #2 Missouri 74		18,900
4	8	8:20 PM	#3 Kansas 77 vs #6 Nebraska 53		18,900
Semifinals – Saturday, March 6
5	9	1:00 PM	#5 Oklahoma State 59 vs #1 Texas 57	Big 12	18,900
5	10	3:20 PM	#3 Kansas 69 vs #7 Kansas State 58	Big 12	18,900
Final – Sunday, March 7
6	11	2:00 PM	#3 Kansas 53 vs #5 Oklahoma State 37	ESPN	18,000
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4]^[2]

Bracket

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

8	Colorado	69

9	Iowa State	61
			1	Texas	82

			8	Colorado	76



						5	Oklahoma St.	59

						1	Texas	57



			5	Oklahoma St.	60

			4	Oklahoma	57
5	Oklahoma St.	83

12	Baylor	57
									3	Kansas	53

									5	Oklahoma St	37
7	Kansas State	87

10	Texas A&M	76
			7	Kansas State	84

			2	No. 24 Missouri	74



						3	Kansas	69

						7	Kansas State	58



			3	Kansas	77

			6	Nebraska	53
6	Nebraska	69

11	Texas Tech	50

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Jeff Boschee, Kansas^[4]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Jeff Boschee	Kansas	Fr.	G
Eric Chenowith	Kansas	So.	C
Glendon Alexander	Oklahoma State	Jr.	G/F
Adrian Peterson	Oklahoma State	Sr.	G
Chris Mihm	Texas	So.	C

References

^ ^a ^b 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "1999 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Amazon S3.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

[Standings-1] 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[1999_Box_Score-2] "1999 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[1999Standings-3] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Amazon S3.

[Tournament-4] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

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