The 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 13–16, 2013. This tournament marked the debut of TCU and West Virginia in the event. First round games were aired on the Big 12 Network, Quarterfinal games were aired on ESPN2 and the Big 12 Network. Semifinal games were available in the conference footprint on the Big 12 Network and outside league markets on ESPNU. All games were carried on WatchESPN, with most also available via ESPN Full Court. The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Kansas State Wildcats 70–54 in the Championship game, which was televised by ESPN, to receive the Big 12's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. All 10 teams qualified for the tournament, with ties broken by using a tiebreaker system.
Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. 2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 Kansas ‡#14–431–62–0 vs. KSU2 Kansas State c#14–427–80–2 vs. KU3 Oklahoma State #13–524–94 Oklahoma #11–720–121–1 vs. ISU; 1–3 vs. KU/KSU; 1–1 vs. OSU; 2–0 vs BU; 1–1 vs. UT; 2–0 vs. WV; 2–0 vs. TT5 Iowa State #11–723–121–1 vs. OU; 1–3 vs. KU/KSU; 1–1 vs. OSU; 2–0 vs BU; 1–1 vs UT; 2–0 vs. WV; 1–1 vs. TT6 Baylor #9–923–147 Texas 7–1116–188 West Virginia 6–1213–199 Texas Tech 3–1511–2010 TCU 2–1611–21‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not 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 SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendanceFirst Round – Wednesday, March 131 1 6:00 pm #9 Texas Tech 71 vs #8 West Virginia 69 Big 12 Network17,018 2 8:30 pm #7 Texas 70 vs #10 TCU 57Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 142 3 11:30 am #5 Iowa State 73 vs #4 Oklahoma 66 Big 12 Network17,996 4 2:00 pm #1 Kansas 91 vs #9 Texas Tech 633 5 6:00 pm #2 Kansas State 66 vs #7 Texas 4917,257 6 8:30 pm #3 Oklahoma State 74 vs #6 Baylor 72Semifinals – Friday, March 154 7 6:30 pm #1 Kansas 88 vs #5 Iowa State 73 ESPNU19,160 8 9:00 pm #2 Kansas State 68 vs #3 Oklahoma State 57Final – Saturday, March 165 9 5:00 pm #1 Kansas 70 vs #2 Kansas State 54 ESPN19,256 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
Rankings (#) refer to AP rankings
All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Jeff Withey, Kansas Player Team Position ClassJeff WitheyKansasSr.CPerry EllisKansasFr.FRodney McGruderKansas StateSr.GAngel RodriguezKansas StateSo.GMarcus SmartOklahoma StateFr.G
See also 2013 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
References
External links Official 2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket