| Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Conference Basketball Championship | |
| Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Logo | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Sprint Center |
| Current location | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Played | 1997-present |
| Last contest | 2010 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament |
| Current champion | Kansas Jayhawks |
| Most championships | Kansas Jayhawks (8) |
| Official website | Big12Sports.com Men's Basketball |
| Sponsors | |
| Phillips 66 (1997-present) | |
| Host stadiums | |
| Sprint Center (2008, 2010-2011) Ford Center (2007, 2009) American Airlines Center (2003-2004, 2006) Kemper Arena (1997-2002, 2005) |
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| Host locations | |
| Kansas City, Missouri (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010-2011) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007, 2009) Dallas, Texas (2003-2004, 2006) |
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The Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament (known since its inception in 1997 under sponsorship agreements as the Phillips 66 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. Starting in 2012, the top six seeds will get byes in the first round.[1] Seeding is based on regular season records.
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The tournament has been held every year since the first full basketball season was completed in 1997. (The Big 12 was formed in 1996) Since that time, it was held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri in early March for every year up until 2003, and also in 2005. 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.[2] In 2008 it was again held in Kansas City, but this time at the Sprint Center.
The 2009 edition of the championship was held in Oklahoma City, and the 2010 and 2011 events will return to Kansas City. [3]
Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Most Outstanding Player | Location |
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| 1997 | (1) Kansas 87 | (10) Missouri 60 | Paul Pierce, Kansas | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1998 | (1) Kansas 72 | (3) Oklahoma 58 | Paul Pierce, Kansas | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1999 | (3) Kansas 53 | (5) Oklahoma State 37 | Jeff Boschee, Kansas | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2000 | (1) Iowa State 70 | (3) Oklahoma 58 | Marcus Fizer, Iowa State | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2001 | (3) Oklahoma 54 | (4) Texas 45 | Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2002 | (2) Oklahoma 64 | (1) Kansas 55 | Hollis Price, Oklahoma | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2003 | (3) Oklahoma 49 | (5) Missouri 47 | Hollis Price, Oklahoma | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas |
| 2004 | (1) Oklahoma State 65 | (2) Texas 49 | Tony Allen, Oklahoma State | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas |
| 2005 | (3) Oklahoma State 72 | (4) Texas Tech 68 | Joey Graham, Oklahoma State | Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2006 | (2) Kansas 80 | (1) Texas 68 | Mario Chalmers, Kansas | American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas |
| 2007† | (1) Kansas 88 | (3) Texas 84 | Kevin Durant, Texas | Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2008 | (2) Kansas 84 | (1) Texas 74 | Brandon Rush, Kansas | Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2009 | (3) Missouri 73 | (9) Baylor 60 | DeMarre Carroll, Missouri | Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2010 | (1) Kansas 72 | (2) Kansas State 64 | Sherron Collins, Kansas | Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2011 | (1) Kansas 85 | (2) Texas 73 | Marcus Morris, Kansas | Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2012 | Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri | |||
| 2013 | Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri | |||
| 2014 | Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri |
† - Denotes Each Overtime Played
Team W/L totals
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Championship Game W/L records
Source: [4] |
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