2008 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2008 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2007–08
Teams12
SiteSprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsKansas (6th title)
Winning coachBill Self (3rd title)
MVPBrandon Rush (Kansas)
Attendance113,254 (overall)
19,047 (championship)
Top scorerD. J. Augustin (Texas)
(62 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Plus, ESPNU
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2007–08 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 7 Texas 13 3   .813 31 7   .816
No. 4 Kansas 13 3   .813 37 3   .925
Kansas State 10 6   .625 21 12   .636
Oklahoma 9 7   .563 23 12   .657
Baylor 9 7   .563 21 11   .656
Texas A&M 8 8   .500 25 11   .694
Nebraska 7 9   .438 20 13   .606
Texas Tech 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Oklahoma State 7 9   .438 17 16   .515
Missouri 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Iowa State 4 12   .250 14 18   .438
Colorado 3 13   .188 12 20   .375
2008 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

The 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City from March 13 until March 16, 2008. It was the 12th Big 12 tournament in the series. Texas and Kansas shared the regular season title, with Texas receiving the top seed in the tournament due to its win over Kansas earlier in the season. The top four seeds, including the two regular season champs, Oklahoma, and Kansas State automatically advanced to the quarterfinal round.

The first round featured several close games, with a combined 29-point margin of victory for the four matchups. Oklahoma State upset Texas Tech in a game that flip-flopped throughout, and the 12-seed Colorado Buffaloes defeated the 5-seed Baylor Bears in double overtime. This was both the first double-overtime game in tournament history and the first 12-seed win in tournament history. Texas A&M and Nebraska both won their games against Iowa State and Missouri, respectively.

  1. ^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.