2015–16 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

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2015–16 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2016 Big 12 ChampionsKansas
Season MVPBuddy Hield
Top scorerBuddy Hield
Tournament
ChampionsKansas
  Runners-upWest Virginia
Finals MVPDevonte' Graham
Basketball seasons
2015–16 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Kansas 15 3   .833 33 5   .868
No. 8 West Virginia 13 5   .722 26 9   .743
No. 7 Oklahoma 12 6   .667 29 8   .784
Texas 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
No. 21 Baylor 10 8   .556 22 12   .647
No. 22 Iowa State 10 8   .556 23 12   .657
Texas Tech 9 9   .500 19 13   .594
Kansas State 5 13   .278 17 16   .515
Oklahoma State 3 15   .167 12 20   .375
TCU 2 16   .111 12 21   .364
2016 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 2015–16 Big 12 men's basketball season was the 20th season of basketball for the Big 12 Conference. Team practices began in October 2015, followed by the start of the regular season on November 13. Conference play began on January 2, 2016, and concluded on March 5. Kansas won their 12th straight Big 12 regular season championship by finishing 33–5 overall and 15–3 in conference play, two games ahead of second-place West Virginia. The 2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 9–12, 2016 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. Kansas won the tournament for the 10th time in school history.

Buddy Hield of Oklahoma was named Big 12 Player of the Year for the second consecutive year, and became just the third player in conference history to be named the National college player of the year.

Seven schools were awarded a berth to the NCAA Tournament. Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa State each reached the Sweet 16, with Oklahoma advancing all the way to the Final four before losing to the eventual champions Villanova.

Preseason[]

Carlton Bragg, Kansas

Rankings[]

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Final
Baylor AP 22 20 RV 25 16 16 23 23 RV 22 13 17 15 21 25 19 19 22 21
C 21 21 25 23 15 14 22 21 25 22 15 18 13 19 22 16 17 20 18 24
Iowa State AP 7 7 4 5 4 5 11 11 13 17 19 14 13 14 13 17 21 21 22
C 7 7 5 4 2 2 9 9 14 18 21 16 14 15 15 17 20 19 19 15
Kansas AP 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 7 6 2 2 1 1 1
C 5 5 7 6 7 5 3 3 2 1 3 3 6 6 2 2 1 1 1 3
Kansas State AP
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Oklahoma AP 8 8 7 6 7 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 6 7
C 8 8 6 8 8 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 6 6 7 4
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TCU AP
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Texas AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 24 25 23 23 RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 25 22 22 22 RV
Texas Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
West Virginia AP RV RV RV 20 14 20 19 19 17 11 6 9 14 10 10 14 10 9 8
C 23 22 22 15 14 16 18 17 15 10 7 9 12 10 11 12 9 8 8 14

Regular season[]

Conference matrix[]

  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
vs. Iowa State 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
vs. Kansas 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. Kansas State 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Oklahoma 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Oklahoma State 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. TCU 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
vs. Texas 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Texas Tech 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0
vs. West Virginia 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2
Total 10–8 10–8 15–3 5–13 12–6 3–15 2–16 11–7 9–9 13–5

Points scored[]

Team For Against Difference
Baylor 1424 1323 101
Iowa State 1448 1392 56
Kansas 1401 1194 207
Kansas State 1251 1293 -42
Oklahoma 1393 1307 86
Oklahoma State 1123 1248 -125
TCU 1129 1370 -241
Texas 1238 1227 11
Texas Tech 1275 1314 -39
West Virginia 1365 1242 123

Baylor[]

Iowa State[]

Kansas[]

Kansas State[]

Oklahoma[]

Oklahoma State[]

TCU[]

Texas[]

Texas Tech[]

West Virginia[]

Honors and awards[]

All-Big 12 awards and teams[]

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