2019–20 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	Note: The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
	Rankings from AP Poll

2019–20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
2019–20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN, FSN
NBA Draft
Top draft pick	Tyrese Haliburton
Picked by	12th, Sacramento Kings
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2020 Big 12 Champions	Kansas
Runners-up	Baylor
Season MVP	Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Top scorer	Devon Dotson, Kansas
Big 12 Tournament
Big 12 Basketball seasons
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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[]

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas (8)	80
2.	Baylor (1)	71
3.	Texas Tech (1)	62
4.	Texas	57
5.	West Virginia	45
6.	Oklahoma State	42
7.	Iowa State	30
8.	Oklahoma	29
9.	Kansas State	23
10.	TCU	11
Reference:^[2] (#) first place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

Big 12 Coaches
Tristan Clark, F Baylor Tyrese Haliburton, G Iowa State Udoka Azubuike, F Kansas Devon Dotson, G Kansas Desmond Bane, G TCU
Reference:^[3]

Player of the Year: Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Newcomer of the Year: Chris Clarke, Texas Tech
Freshman of the Year: Oscar Tshiebwe, West Virginia

Rankings[]

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

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

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 Arena • Auburn, AL	ESPNU	9,121	Auburn (80–76)	SEC (1–0)
	12:00 PM	14 West Virginia	Missouri	WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV	ESPN	14,031	West Virginia (74–51)	Tied (1–1)
	2:00 PM	Texas	LSU	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX	ESPN	11,287	LSU (69–67)	SEC (2–1)
	2:00 PM	Oklahoma	Mississippi State	Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, OK	ESPN2	6,442	Oklahoma (63–62)	Tied (2–2)
	4:00 PM	3 Kansas	Tennessee	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS	ESPN	16,300	Kansas (74–68)	Big 12 (3–2)
		Oklahoma State	Texas A&M	Reed Arena • College Station, TX	ESPNU	7,622	Oklahoma State (73–62)	Big 12 (4–2)
		TCU	Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR	ESPN2	19,200	Arkansas (78–67)	Big 12 (4–3)
	6:00 PM	18 Texas Tech	15 Kentucky	United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX	ESPN	14,763	Kentucky (76–74^OT)	Tied (4–4)
	6:00 PM	Kansas State	Alabama	Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	11,824	Alabama (77–74)	SEC (5–4)
	8:00 PM	1 Baylor	Florida	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, 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[]

Award	Recipient(s)
2019 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Player of the Year	Udoka Azubuike, C, Kansas
Coach of the Year	Scott Drew, Baylor
Defensive Player of the Year	Marcus Garrett, G, Kansas
Sixth Man Award	Devonte Bandoo, G, Baylor
Newcomer of the Year	Davion Mitchell, G, Baylor
Freshman of the Year	Jahmi'us Ramsey, G, Texas Tech
Reference:^[4]

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Defensive Team	Newcomer Team	Freshman Team
2020 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
Jared Butler†, G, Baylor Udoka Azubuike†, C, Kansas Devon Dotson†, G, Kansas Kristian Doolittle, F, Oklahoma Desmond Bane, G, TCU	MaCio Teague, G, Baylor Freddie Gillespie, F, Baylor Tyrese Haliburton, G, Iowa State Jahmi'us Ramsey, G, Texas Tech Oscar Tshiebwe, F, West Virginia	Davion Mitchell, G, Baylor Mark Vital, G/F, Baylor Marcus Garrett, G, Kansas Brady Manek, F, Oklahoma Matt Coleman III, G, Texas	Freddie Gillespie, F, Baylor Davion Mitchell, G, Baylor Mark Vital†, G/F, Baylor Udoka Azubuike, C, Kansas Marcus Garrett†, G, Kansas	Davion Mitchell†, G, Baylor MaCio Teague†, G, Baylor Austin Reaves, G, Oklahoma Jahmi'us Ramsey, G, Texas Tech Oscar Tshiebwe, F, West Virginia	Christian Braun, G, Kansas Jahmi'us Ramsey†, G, Texas Tech Terrence Shannon Jr., G, Texas Tech Miles McBride, F, West Virginia Oscar Tshiebwe†, F, West Virginia
† - denotes unanimous selection

Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards[]

Week	Player of the Week	School	Newcomer of the Week	School	Ref.
Nov 11	Tyrese Haliburton	Iowa State	T. J. Holyfield	Texas Tech	^[5]
Nov 18	Kristian Doolittle	Oklahoma	Oscar Tshiebwe	West Virginia	^[6]
Nov 25	Jared Butler	Baylor	Jahmi'us Ramsey	Texas Tech	^[7]
Dec 2	Devon Dotson	Kansas	Oscar Tshiebwe (2)	West Virginia	^[8]
Dec 9	Freddie Gillespie	Baylor	Rasir Bolton	Iowa State	^[9]
Dec 16	Devon Dotson (2)	Kansas	Terrence Shannon Jr.	Texas Tech	^[10]
Dec 23	Kristian Doolittle (2)	Oklahoma	Chris Clarke	Texas Tech	^[11]
Dec 30	Cartier Diarra	Kansas State	Miles McBride	West Virginia	^[12]
Jan 6	Tyrese Haliburton (2)	Iowa State	Oscar Tshiebwe (3)	West Virginia	^[13]
Jan 13	Jared Butler (2)	Baylor	MaCio Teague Miles McBride (2)	Baylor West Virginia	^[14]
Jan 20	Kyler Edwards	Texas Tech	Isaiah Moss	Kansas	^[15]
Jan 27	Udoka Azubuike	Kansas	Rasir Bolton (2)	Iowa State	^[16]
Feb 3	Devon Dotson (3)	Kansas	Jahmi'us Ramsey (2)	Texas Tech	^[17]
Feb 10	Udoka Azubuike (2)	Kansas	MaCio Teague (2)	Baylor	^[18]
Feb 17	Kristian Doolittle (3)	Oklahoma	Kalib Boone	Oklahoma State	^[19]
Feb 24	Udoka Azubuike (3)	Kansas	Jahmi'us Ramsey (3)	Texas Tech	^[20]
Mar 2	Desmond Bane Andrew Jones	TCU Texas	P. J. Fuller	TCU	^[21]
Mar 9	Austin Reaves	Oklahoma	Oscar Tshiebwe (4)	West Virginia	^[22]

References[]

^ "All Power 5 leagues cancel conference tournaments". ESPN.com.
^ "Nine Straight for Jayhawks in Preseason Poll". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 19, 2019.
^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Preseason Awards Revealed". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 16, 2019.
^ "Men's Basketball All-Big 12 Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 10, 2019.
^ "Haliburton and Holyfield Earn Season's First Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. November 11, 2019.
^ "Doolittle and Tshiebwe Collect Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. November 18, 2019.
^ "Butler and Ramsey Receive Men's Basketball Weekly Honors". Big 12 Conference. November 25, 2019.
^ "Dotson & Tshiebwe Collect Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 2, 2019.
^ "First Time Honorees Receive Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 9, 2019.
^ "Dotson and Shannon Receive Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 16, 2019.
^ "Doolittle and Clarke Receive Men's Basketball Honors". Big 12 Conference. December 23, 2019.
^ "Diarra & McBride Garner Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 30, 2019.
^ "Haliburton and Tshiebwe Earn Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 6, 2020.
^ "Baylor and West Virginia Claim Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 13, 2020.
^ "Edwards and Moss Earn Their First Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 20, 2020.
^ "Azubuike, Bolton Collect Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 27, 2020.
^ "Dotson, Ramsey Claim Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 3, 2020.
^ "Conference Leaders Claim Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 10, 2020.
^ "Doolittle, Boone Collect Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 17, 2020.
^ "Azubuike, Ramsey Earn Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 24, 2020.
^ "TCU, Texas Collect Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. March 2, 2020.
^ "Reaves & Tshiebwe Earn Final Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. March 9, 2020.

[1] "All Power 5 leagues cancel conference tournaments". ESPN.com.

[2] "Nine Straight for Jayhawks in Preseason Poll". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 19, 2019.

[3] "2019-20 Men's Basketball Preseason Awards Revealed". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 16, 2019.

[4] "Men's Basketball All-Big 12 Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. March 10, 2019.

[5] "Haliburton and Holyfield Earn Season's First Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. November 11, 2019.

[6] "Doolittle and Tshiebwe Collect Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. November 18, 2019.

[7] "Butler and Ramsey Receive Men's Basketball Weekly Honors". Big 12 Conference. November 25, 2019.

[8] "Dotson & Tshiebwe Collect Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 2, 2019.

[9] "First Time Honorees Receive Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 9, 2019.

[10] "Dotson and Shannon Receive Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 16, 2019.

[11] "Doolittle and Clarke Receive Men's Basketball Honors". Big 12 Conference. December 23, 2019.

[12] "Diarra & McBride Garner Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. December 30, 2019.

[13] "Haliburton and Tshiebwe Earn Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 6, 2020.

[14] "Baylor and West Virginia Claim Men's Basketball Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 13, 2020.

[15] "Edwards and Moss Earn Their First Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 20, 2020.

[16] "Azubuike, Bolton Collect Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. January 27, 2020.

[17] "Dotson, Ramsey Claim Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 3, 2020.

[18] "Conference Leaders Claim Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 10, 2020.

[19] "Doolittle, Boone Collect Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 17, 2020.

[20] "Azubuike, Ramsey Earn Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. February 24, 2020.

[21] "TCU, Texas Collect Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. March 2, 2020.

[22] "Reaves & Tshiebwe Earn Final Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". Big 12 Conference. March 9, 2020.

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