2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament


The 2018 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 7 to 10, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center.[2] Kansas defeated West Virginia in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks tournament win was later vacated by the NCAA due to recruiting violations.[3]

2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteSprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsKansas (11th, later vacated title)
Winning coachBill Self (8th title)
MVPMalik Newman (Kansas)
Attendance89,249 (overall)
17,718 (championship)
Top scorerMalik Newman (Kansas)
(72 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
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2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Kansas 13 5   .722 31 8   .795
No. 14 Texas Tech 11 7   .611 27 10   .730
No. 15 West Virginia 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
Kansas State 10 8   .556 25 12   .676
TCU 9 9   .500 21 12   .636
Baylor 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Texas 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Oklahoma State 8 10   .444 21 15   .583
Oklahoma 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Iowa State 4 14   .222 13 18   .419
2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

Seeding

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The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.[4] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. These are the tiebreakers (5–8 involve both ties with two teams and ties with multiple teams):

  1. If two teams have an identical conference record, then the team with the better head-to-head record gets the higher seed
  2. If a tie can't be broken by the tiebreaker above, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed
  3. If those records are the same, then the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed
  4. If multiple teams are tied, and you can't use the 1st tiebreaker, then the team with the better head-to-head record against the other tied teams gets the higher seed.
  5. If tiebreaker number 4 can't break the tie between multiple teams, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed
  6. If those records are the same, the team with the better road record gets the higher seed
  7. If those records are the same, the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed
  8. If those records are the same, a public draw will be held to determine the top seed
2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Kansas ‡# 13–5 31–8
2 Texas Tech # 11–7 27–10 1–1 vs WVU, 1–1 vs Kansas
3 West Virginia # 11–7 26–11 1–1 vs TTU, 0–2 vs Kansas
4 Kansas State # 10–8 25–12
5 TCU # 9–9 21–12
6 Baylor # 8–10 19–15 5–1 vs Okla/Okla St/Texas
7 Texas 8–10 19–15 3–3 vs Baylor/Okla/Okla St
8 Oklahoma State 8–10 21–15 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla/Texas, 2–0 vs KU
9 Oklahoma 8–10 18–14 2–4 vs Baylor/Okla St/Texas, 1–1 vs KU
10 Iowa State 4–14 13–18
‡ – 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.[4]

Schedule

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Session Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 7
1 1 6:00 pm #8 Oklahoma State 71 vs #9 Oklahoma 60 ESPNU 17,752
2 8:00 pm #7 Texas 68 vs #10 Iowa State 64
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
2 3 11:30 am #4 Kansas State 66 vs #5 TCU 64 OT ESPN2 17,903
4 1:30 pm #1 Kansas 82 vs #8 Oklahoma State 68
3 5 6:00 pm #2 Texas Tech 73 vs #7 Texas 69 17,653
6 8:00 pm #3 West Virginia 78 vs #6 Baylor 65
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
4 7 6:00 pm #1 Kansas 83 vs #4 Kansas State 67 ESPN 18,223
8 8:00 pm #3 West Virginia 66 vs #2 Texas Tech 63 ESPN2
Final – Saturday, March 10
5 9 5:00 pm #1 Kansas 81 vs #3 West Virginia 70 ESPN 17,718
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[5][6]

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 7
ESPNU
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8
ESPN2
Semifinals
Friday, March 9
ESPN2
Championship
Saturday, March 10
ESPN
            
1 Kansas 82
8 Oklahoma State 68
8 Oklahoma State 71
9 Oklahoma 60
1 Kansas 83
4 Kansas State 67
4 Kansas State 66*
5 TCU 64
1 Kansas 81
3 West Virginia 70
2 Texas Tech 73
7 Texas 69
7 Texas 68
10 Iowa State 64
2 Texas Tech 63
3 West Virginia 66
3 West Virginia 78
6 Baylor 65

* Indicates overtime game[7]

All-Tournament Team

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Most Outstanding PlayerMalik Newman, Kansas[5]

Player Team Position Class
Malik Newman Kansas So. G
Devonte’ Graham Kansas Sr. G
Jevon Carter West Virginia Sr. G
Daxter Miles Jr. West Virginia Sr. G
Makol Mawien Kansas State So. G

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship". SprintCenter.com.
  3. ^ "Kansas basketball on probation as violations downgraded". ESPN.com.
  4. ^ a b "2019–20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "2019–20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  6. ^ "2018 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "2018 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship" (PDF). cdnllnwnl.xosnetwork.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2018.
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