2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

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2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
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ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams10
SiteSprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsIowa State (3rd title)
Winning coachFred Hoiberg (2nd title)
MVPGeorges Niang (Iowa State)
Attendance94,963 (overall)
19,075 (championship)
Top scorerGeorges Niang (Iowa State)
(54 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
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2014–15 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Kansas 13 – 5   .722 27 – 9   .750
No. 9 Iowa State † 12 – 6   .667 25 – 9   .735
No. 13 Oklahoma 12 – 6   .667 24 – 11   .686
No. 16 Baylor 11 – 7   .611 24 – 10   .706
No. 20 West Virginia 11 – 7   .611 25 – 10   .714
Oklahoma State 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Texas 8 – 10   .444 20 – 14   .588
Kansas State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 17   .469
TCU 4 – 14   .222 18 – 15   .545
Texas Tech 3 – 15   .167 13 – 19   .406
† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 11 to 14 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Iowa State won the tournament for the 3rd time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.[2]

Seeding[]

The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.[3]

2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Kansas ‡# 13–5 27–9
2 Iowa State # 12–6 25–9
3 Oklahoma # 12–6 24–11
4 Baylor # 11–7 24–10
5 West Virginia # 11–7 25–10
6 Oklahoma State # 8–10 18–14
7 Texas 8–10 20–14
8 Kansas State 8–10 15–17
9 TCU 4–14 18–15
10 Texas Tech 3–15 13–19
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference Tournament.[1]

Schedule[]

Session Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 11
1 1 6:00 pm #9 TCU 67 vs #8 Kansas State 65 ESPNU 18,972
2 8:00 pm #7 Texas 65 vs #10 Texas Tech 53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
2 3 11:30 am #4 Baylor 80 vs #5 West Virginia 70 ESPN2 18,972
4 1:30 pm #1 Kansas 64 vs #9 TCU 59
3 5 6:00 pm #2 Iowa State 69 vs #7 Texas 67 ESPNU 18,972
6 8:00 pm #3 Oklahoma 64 vs #6 Oklahoma State 49
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4 7 6:00 pm #1 Kansas 62 vs #4 Baylor 52 ESPN2 18,972
8 8:00 pm #2 Iowa State 67 vs #3 Oklahoma 65
Final – Saturday, March 14
5 9 5:00 pm #2 Iowa State 70 vs #1 Kansas 66 ESPN 19,075
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2][4]

Bracket[]

First round
Wednesday, March 11 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12 		Semifinals
Friday, March 13 		Championship
Saturday, March 14
            
1 #9 Kansas 64
9 TCU 59
8 Kansas State 65
9 TCU 67
1 #9 Kansas 62
4 #16 Baylor 52
4 #16 Baylor 80
5 #18 West Virginia 70
1 #9 Kansas 66
2 #13 Iowa State 70
2 #13 Iowa State 69
7 Texas 67
7 Texas 65
10 Texas Tech 53
2 #13 Iowa State 67
3 #15 Oklahoma 65
3 #15 Oklahoma 64
6 Oklahoma State 49

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team[]

Most Outstanding Player – Georges Niang, Iowa State[2]

Player Team Position Class
Georges Niang Iowa State Jr. F
Monte Morris Iowa State So. G
Rico Gathers Baylor Jr. F
Wayne Selden Kansas So. G
Buddy Hield Oklahoma Jr. G

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Amazon S3.
  4. ^ "2015 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

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