The 2019 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 13 to 16, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. No. 5 seed Iowa State defeated Kansas 78–66 to win the championship and receive the Big 12’s automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. It was Iowa State's fourth Big 12 title in the last six years. They also became the first team lower than a four seed to win the tournament.
Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. 2019 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker1 Kansas State ‡#14–425–91–1 vs. Texas Tech / 1–1 vs. Kansas / 2–0 vs Baylor2 Texas Tech c#14–431–71–1 vs. Kansas State / 1–1 vs. Kansas / 1–1 vs Baylor3 Kansas #12–626–104 Baylor #10–820–145 Iowa State #9–923–126 Texas #8–1021–167 Oklahoma 7–1120–142–0 vs. TCU8 TCU 7–1123–140–2 vs. Oklahoma9 5–1312–2010 West Virginia 4–1415–21‡ – 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 No. 8 TCU 73 vs No. 9 Oklahoma State 70 ESPNU18,858 2 8:00 pm No. 10 West Virginia 72 vs No. 7 Oklahoma 71Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 142 3 11:30 am No. 5 Iowa State 83 vs No. 4 Baylor 66 ESPN218,930 4 2:00 pm No. 1 Kansas State 70 vs No. 8 TCU 613 5 6:00 pm No. 10 West Virginia 79 vs No. 2 Texas Tech 7418,927 6 8:30 pm No. 3 Kansas 65 vs No. 6 Texas 57Semifinals – Friday, March 154 7 6:00 pm No. 5 Iowa State 63 vs No. 1 Kansas State 59 ESPN219,066 8 8:30 pm No. 3 Kansas 88 vs No. 10 West Virginia 74Championship – Saturday, March 165 9 5:00 pm No. 5 Iowa State 78 vs No. 3 Kansas 66 ESPN19,066 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
All-Tournament Team
'Most Outstanding Player – Marial Shayok, Iowa State Player Team Position ClassMarial ShayokIowa State00Michael JacobsonIowa State00Lindell WiggintonIowa State00Devon DotsonKansas00Dedric LawsonKansas00
See also 2019 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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