2019–20 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

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2019–20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
Big 12 Conference (cropped) logo.svg
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, FSN
NBA Draft
Top draft pickTyrese Haliburton
Picked by12th, Sacramento Kings
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2020 Big 12 ChampionsKansas
Runners-upBaylor
Season MVPUdoka Azubuike, Kansas
Top scorerDevon Dotson, Kansas
Big 12 Tournament
Big 12 Basketball seasons
2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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 15   .516
Oklahoma State 7 11   .389 17 14   .548
Iowa State 5 13   .278 12 19   .387
Kansas State 3 15   .167 10 21   .323
Note: The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play started in December 2019 and concluded in March 2019. The Big 12 Tournament was scheduled to be held from March 11 through 14 and will be played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, but it was cancelled after the first round due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Coaches[]

Coaching changes[]

There were no head coaching changes following the 2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season.

Head coaches[]

Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Big 12 record NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 16th 318–208 (.605) 124–147 (.458) 8 0 0
Iowa State Steve Prohm Murray State 5th 83–53 (.610) 35–37 (.486) 3 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 17th 473–106 (.817) 222–52 (.810) 16 3 1
Kansas State Bruce Weber Illinois 8th 150–89 (.628) 69–57 (.548) 5 0 0
Oklahoma Lon Kruger UNLV 9th 160–105 (.604) 72–72 (.500) 7 1 0
Oklahoma State Mike Boynton Oklahoma State (asst.) 3rd 33–35 (.485) 13–23 (.361) 0 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 4th 68–41 (.624) 22–32 (.407) 1 0 0
Texas Shaka Smart VCU 5th 71–66 (.518) 31–41 (.431) 2 0 0
Texas Tech Chris Beard Little Rock 4th 76–31 (.710) 31–23 (.574) 2 1 0
West Virginia Bob Huggins Kansas State 13th 270–151 (.641) 66–60 (.524) 9 1 0

Preseason[]

Rankings[]

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Baylor AP 16 24 23 19 18 11 10 7 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5
C 18 23 18 16 11 11 6 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5
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Kansas AP 3 5 4 4 2 2 1 5 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
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West Virginia AP RV RV RV 25 22 16 17 12 14 12 13 14 17 20 RV 22
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Regular season[]

Conference matrix[]

  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. Iowa State 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
vs. Kansas 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2
vs. Kansas State 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
vs. Oklahoma 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Oklahoma State 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0
vs. TCU 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. Texas 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1
vs. Texas Tech 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. West Virginia 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1
Total 15–3 5–13 17–1 3–15 9–9 7–11 7–11 9–9 9–9 9–9

Big12/SEC Challenge[]

Date Time Big 12 team SEC team Location TV Attendance Winner Leader
Sat., Jan. 25 12:00 PM Iowa State 16 Auburn Auburn ArenaAuburn, AL ESPNU 9,121 Auburn (80–76) SEC (1–0)
14 West Virginia Missouri WVU ColiseumMorgantown, WV ESPN 14,031 West Virginia (74–51) Tied (1–1)
2:00 PM Texas LSU Frank Erwin CenterAustin, TX ESPN 11,287 LSU (69–67) SEC (2–1)
Oklahoma Mississippi State Chesapeake Energy ArenaOklahoma City, OK ESPN2 6,442 Oklahoma (63–62) Tied (2–2)
4:00 PM 3 Kansas Tennessee Allen FieldhouseLawrence, KS ESPN 16,300 Kansas (74–68) Big 12 (3–2)
Oklahoma State Texas A&M Reed ArenaCollege Station, TX ESPNU 7,622 Oklahoma State (73–62) Big 12 (4–2)
TCU Arkansas Bud Walton ArenaFayetteville, AR ESPN2 19,200 Arkansas (78–67) Big 12 (4–3)
6:00 PM 18 Texas Tech 15 Kentucky United Supermarkets ArenaLubbock, TX ESPN 14,763 Kentucky (76–74OT) Tied (4–4)
Kansas State Alabama Coleman ColiseumTuscaloosa, AL ESPN2 11,824 Alabama (77–74) SEC (5–4)
8:00 PM 1 Baylor Florida O'Connell CenterGainesville, FL ESPN 11,092 Baylor (72–61) Tied (5–5)
Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt will not participate for the SEC, instead participating in the SEC/American Alliance.
All times Eastern

Postseason[]

Big 12 Tournament[]

All 10 conference teams will participate in the tournament. The top six teams earn a first round bye.

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4
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

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  

Honors and awards[]

All-Big 12 awards and teams[]

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