Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

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The Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament of four rounds, with the top four seeds getting byes in the first round. Seeding is based on regular season records. The Tournament has been held every year since 1997. Since that time, it has been held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri in early March for all of its years except four: in 2003, 2004, and 2006 it was held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, and in 2007 it was held in the Ford Center at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[1] In 2008 it will be held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. The 2009 edition of the event will move back to Oklahoma City.

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[edit] Tournament champions

Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year.

† - Denotes Each Overtime Played

Year Champion Runner-up Location
1997 (1) Kansas 87 (10) Missouri 60 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
1998 (1) Kansas 72 (3) Oklahoma 58 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 (3) Kansas 53 (5) Oklahoma State 37 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2000 (1) Iowa State 70 (3) Oklahoma 58 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2001 (3) Oklahoma 54 (4) Texas 45 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2002 (2) Oklahoma 64 (1) Kansas 55 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2003 (3) Oklahoma 49 (5) Missouri 47 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
2004 (1) Oklahoma State 65 (2) Texas 49 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
2005 (3) Oklahoma State 72 (4) Texas Tech 68 Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2006 (2) Kansas 80 (1) Texas 68 American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
2007 (1) Kansas 88 (3) Texas 84 Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2008 (2) Kansas 84 (1) Texas 74 Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
2009 Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2010 Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
2011 Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

[edit] Results by team

As of the end of the 2008 tournament

[edit] Team W/L totals

School W L Pct
Kansas 25 6 .806
Oklahoma 19 9 .679
Oklahoma State 16 10 .615
Texas 15 12 .556
Missouri 12 12 .500
Texas Tech 10 12 .455
Iowa State 7 11 .389
Colorado 7 12 .368
Kansas State 7 12 .368
Baylor 5 11 .313
Nebraska 5 12 .294
Texas A&M 3 12 .200

Source: [2]

[edit] Championship W/L records

Appearances School W L Pct
7 Kansas 6 1 0.857
5 Oklahoma 3 2 0.600
5 Texas 0 5 0.000
3 Oklahoma State 2 1 0.666
2 Missouri 0 2 0.000
1 Iowa State 1 0 1.000
1 Texas Tech 0 1 0.000
0 Baylor 0 0 N/A
0 Colorado 0 0 N/A
0 Kansas State 0 0 N/A
0 Nebraska 0 0 N/A
0 Texas A&M 0 0 N/A

Source: [2]

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