2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams10
SiteSprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsKansas (11th, later vacated title)
Winning coachBill Self (8th title)
MVPMalik Newman (Kansas)
Attendance89,249 (overall)
17,718 (championship)
Top scorerMalik Newman (Kansas)
(72 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
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2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Kansas 13 5   .722 31 8   .795
No. 14 Texas Tech 11 7   .611 27 10   .730
No. 15 West Virginia 11 7   .611 26 11   .703
Kansas State 10 8   .556 25 12   .676
TCU 9 9   .500 21 12   .636
Baylor 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Texas 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Oklahoma State 8 10   .444 21 15   .583
Oklahoma 8 10   .444 18 14   .563
Iowa State 4 14   .222 13 18   .419
2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]


The 2018 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 7 to 10, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center.[2] Kansas defeated West Virginia in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks tournament win was later vacated by the NCAA due to recruiting violations.[3]

  1. ^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship". SprintCenter.com.
  3. ^ "Kansas basketball on probation as violations downgraded". ESPN.com.