College basketball tournament
The 2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference . It was played from March 9 to 12 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center . Kansas won the tournament for the 4th time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament .[2]
Seeding
The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.[3]
Schedule
Session
Game
Time
Matchup
Television
Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 9
1
1
11:30 am
#8 Texas Tech 73 vs #9 Kansas State 65
ESPNU
17,799
2
2:00 pm
#5 Colorado 65 vs #12 Baylor 61
2
3
6:00 pm
#7 Oklahoma State 79 vs #10 Iowa State 70
17,816
5
11:30 am
#1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
3
5
11:30 am
#1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70
ESPNU
18,464
6
2:00 pm
#4 Texas A&M 86 vs #5 Colorado 53
4
7
6:00 pm
#2 Kansas 63 vs #7 Oklahoma State 62
18,892
8
8:20 pm
#6 Nebraska 69 vs #3 Oklahoma 63
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
5
9
1:00 pm
#1 Texas 74 vs #4 Texas A&M 70
ESPN2
18,999
10
3:20 pm
#2 Kansas 79 vs #6 Nebraska 65
Final – Sunday, March 12
6
11
2:00 pm
#2 Kansas 80 vs #1 Texas 68
ESPN
17,458
Game times in CT . #-Rankings denote tournament seed [2] [4]
Bracket
First Round Thursday, March 9
Quarterfinals Friday, March 10
Semifinals Saturday, March 11
Finals Sunday, March 12
8
Texas Tech
78
9
Kansas State
64
8
Texas Tech
70
1
#8 Texas
77
1
#8 Texas
74
4
Texas A&M
70
5
Colorado
53
4
Texas A&M
86
5
Colorado
65
12
Baylor
61
1
#8 Texas
68
2
#17 Kansas
80
6
Nebraska
71
11
Missouri
64
6
Nebraska
69
3
#22 Oklahoma
65
6
Nebraska
65
2
#17 Kansas
79
2
#17 Kansas
63
7
Oklahoma St
62
7
Oklahoma St
79
10
Iowa St
70
[1]
All-Tournament Team
Most Outstanding Player – Mario Chalmers , Kansas [2]
See also
References
External links