2020 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
The 2020 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was scheduled to be played from March 11 to 14, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center.[1] The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA tournament.
| 2020 Big 12 men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions | None (Canceled) |
| Attendance | 17,606 |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Kansas | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 28 | – | 3 | .903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Baylor | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 26 | – | 4 | .867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 West Virginia | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On March 11, 2020, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced that fans would not be allowed to attend the tournament beginning with the games on March 12 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The two First Round games that took place on March 11 were completed with fans in attendance. The rest of the tournament was scheduled to be completed without fans in attendance. The following day, the conference announced it had cancelled the tournament completely.[3] Later that same day, the NCAA Tournament was canceled before the conference named their automatic bid.[4]
Seeds
All 10 conference teams were slated to participate in the tournament. The top six teams earned a first round bye.
Teams were be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| 2020 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | Tiebreaker 4 | |||
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| 1 | Kansas | 17–1 | |||||||
| 2 | Baylor | 15–3 | |||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | 9–9 | 4–2 vs. Texas/Texas Tech/West Virginia | ||||||
| 4 | Texas | 9–9 | 3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas Tech/West Virginia | 0-2 vs. Kansas | 0-2 vs. Baylor | 3-1 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State | |||
| 5 | Texas Tech | 9–9 | 3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/West Virginia | 0-2 vs. Kansas | 0-2 vs. Baylor | 2-2 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State | |||
| 6 | West Virginia | 9–9 | 2–4 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/Texas Tech | ||||||
| 7 | TCU | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. Oklahoma State | 0-2 vs. Kansas | 1–1 vs. Baylor | ||||
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 7–11 | 1–1 vs. TCU | 0-2 vs. Kansas | 0–2 vs. Baylor | ||||
| 9 | Iowa State | 5–13 | |||||||
| 10 | Kansas State | 3–15 | |||||||
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television | Attendance |
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| First round – Wednesday, March 11 | |||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 Oklahoma State vs No. 9 Iowa State | 72–71 | ESPNU | 17,606 |
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 7 TCU vs No. 10 Kansas State | 49–53 | ||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 | |||||
| 3 | 11:30 am | No. 4 Texas vs No. 5 Texas Tech | Cancelled | ESPN2 | – |
| 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 Kansas vs No. 8 Oklahoma State | |||
| 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Baylor vs No. 10 Kansas State | |||
| 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 3 Oklahoma vs No. 6 West Virginia | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | |||||
| 7 | 6:00 pm | Winner of game 3 vs Winner of game 4 | Cancelled | ESPN2 | – |
| 8 | 8:00 pm | Winner of game 5 vs Winner of game 6 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 | |||||
| 9 | 5:00 pm | Winner of game 7 vs Winner of game 8 | Cancelled | ESPN | – |
| *Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed | |||||
Bracket
| First round Wednesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 13 | Championship Saturday, March 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kansas | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Oklahoma State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Oklahoma State | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Iowa State | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas Tech | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Baylor | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Kansas State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | TCU | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Kansas State | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | West Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- "BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". SprintCenter.com.
- "Big 12 Tournament barring fans starting with Thursday games". KCTV5.com.
- "All Power 5 leagues cancel conference tournaments". ESPN.com. March 12, 2020.
- "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". NCAA.org. March 12, 2020.