The 2027 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament (branded as the 2026 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament for sponsorship reasons) is a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It will be played from March 9–14, 2027, in Kansas City, Missouri at the T-Mobile Center.
Seeds All sixteen teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament. The top eight teams will receive a first round bye and the top four teams will receive a double bye into the quarterfinals.
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.
SeedSchoolConference recordsTiebreak 1Tiebreak 2 1 #‡ – 2 ‡ – 3 ‡ – 4 ‡ – 5 † – 6 † – 7 † – 8 † – 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16 – 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 roundOverall records include all games played in the 2026 Big 12 tournament.
Schedule Source: GameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 9111:30 a.m. No. 12 TBD vs No. 13 TBD – ESPN+ 22:00 p.m. No. 9 TBD vs No. 16 TBD –36:00 p.m. No. 10 TBD vs No. 15 TBD – 48:30 p.m.No. 11 TBD vs No. 14 TBD –Second round – Wednesday, March 10511:30 a.m. No. 5 TBD vs TBD – ESPN 62:00 p.m.No. 8 TBD vs TBD – ESPNU76:00 p.m. No. 7 TBD vs TBD –ESPN2 88:30 p.m. No. 6 TBD vs TBD –ESPNUQuarterfinals – Thursday, March 11911:30 a.m. No. 4 TBD vs TBD – ESPN 102:00 p.m. No. 1 TBD vs TBD –116:00 p.m. No. 2 TBD vs TBD –ESPN2128:30 p.m. No. 3 TBD vs TBD –Semifinals – Friday, March 12136:00 p.m. TBD vs TBD – ESPN148:30 p.m. TBD vs TBD –Championship – Saturday, March 13155:00 p.m. TBD vs TBD –ESPN*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
Awards and honors
Team and tournament leaders Source: Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesArizona 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