2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2025–26
Teams	16
Site	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+
Big 12 men's basketball tournaments

2025–26 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Arizona	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Arizona State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Baylor	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
BYU	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Cincinnati	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Colorado	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Houston	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Iowa State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Kansas	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Kansas State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Oklahoma State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
TCU	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Texas Tech	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
UCF	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Utah	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
West Virginia	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of March , 2025 Rankings from AP poll

The 2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It will be played from March 10–14, 2026, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.^[1] The winning team will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament. The tournament will be sponsored by Phillips 66.

Seeds

All sixteen teams will participate in the tournament. The top eight teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye into the quarterfinals.^[2]

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference. Ties will be broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top seed in the conference and going down the standings until the tie is broken.^[3]

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreak 1	Tiebreak 2
1	#‡	0–0
2	‡	0–0
3	‡	0–0
4	‡	0–0
5	†	0–0
6	†	0–0
7	†	0–0
8	†	0–0
9		0–0
10		0–0
11		0–0
12		0–0
13
14		0–0
15		0–0
16		0–0

Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round
† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round
Overall records include all games played in the 2026 Big 12 tournament.

Schedule

Source:^[4]

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Final score	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 10
1	11:30 a.m.	No. 12 TBD vs No. 13 TBD	–	ESPN+
2	2:00 p.m.	No. 9 TBD vs No. 16 TBD	–
3	6:00 p.m.	No. 10 TBD vs No. 15 TBD	–
4	8:30 p.m.	No. 11 TBD vs No. 14 TBD	–
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
5	11:30 a.m.	No. 5 TBD vs Game 1 Winner	–	ESPN
6	2:00 p.m.	No. 8 TBD vs Game 2 Winner	–	ESPN+
7	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 TBD vs Game 3 Winner	–
8	8:30 p.m.	No. 6 TBD vs Game 4 Winner	–	ESPN2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
9	11:30 a.m.	No. 4 TBD vs Game 5 Winner	–	ESPN2
10	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 TBD vs Game 6 Winner	–
11	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 TBD vs Game 7 Winner	–	ESPN
12	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 TBD vs Game 8 Winner	–
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
13	6:00 p.m.	Game 9 Winner vs Game 10 Winner	–	ESPN2
14	8:30 p.m.	Game 11 Winner vs Game 12 Winner	–
Championship – Saturday, March 14
15	5:00 p.m.	Game 13 Winner vs Game 14 Winner	–	ESPN
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 10					Second round Wednesday, March 11					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 17
											1
						8
	9
	16
											4
						5
	12
	13
											2
						7
	10
	15
											3
						6
	11
	14

Awards and honors

Team and tournament leaders

Source:^[5]

Team	Points		Rebounds		Assists		Steals		Blocks		Minutes
Arizona	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Arizona State	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Baylor	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
BYU	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Cincinnati	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Colorado	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Houston	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Iowa State	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Kansas	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Kansas State	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Oklahoma State	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
TCU	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Texas Tech	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
UCF	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
Utah	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−
West Virginia	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−	−

All-Tournament Team

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Team

Most Outstanding Player

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Team

References

1. "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship - Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com.
2. "Big 12 Tournament to Feature All 16 Teams".
3. "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference.
4. "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship Schedule".
5. "2025 Big 12 Tournament Stats".