| Year: | 2019 |
| Conference: | Big 12 |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Sprint Center |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Iowa State |
| Titlecount: | 5th |
| Coach: | Steve Prohm |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Marial Shayok |
| Mvpteam: | Iowa State |
| Attendance: | 94,847 (overall) 19,066 (championship) |
| Topscorer: | Dedric Lawson |
| Topscorerteam: | Kansas |
| Points: | 58 |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU |
The 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 13 to 16, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center.[1] No. 5 seed Iowa State defeated Kansas 78–66 to win the championship and receive the Big 12’s automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. It was Iowa State's fourth Big 12 title in the last six years. They also became the first team lower than a four seed to win the tournament.[2]
The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| 2019 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds | ||||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas State ‡# | 14–4 | 25–9 | 1–1 vs. Texas Tech / 1–1 vs. Kansas / 2–0 vs Baylor | ||||||
| 2 | Texas Tech c# | 14–4 | 31–7 | 1–1 vs. Kansas State / 1–1 vs. Kansas / 1–1 vs Baylor | ||||||
| 3 | Kansas # | 12–6 | 26–10 | |||||||
| 4 | Baylor # | 10–8 | 20–14 | |||||||
| 5 | Iowa State # | 9–9 | 23–12 | |||||||
| 6 | Texas # | 8–10 | 21–16 | |||||||
| 7 | 7–11 | 20–14 | 2–0 vs. TCU | |||||||
| 8 | 7–11 | 23–14 | 0–2 vs. Oklahoma | |||||||
| 9 | 5–13 | 12–20 | ||||||||
| 10 | 4–14 | 15–21 | ||||||||
| ‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament. | ||||||||||
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Wednesday, March 13 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 TCU 73 vs No. 9 Oklahoma State 70 | ESPNU | 18,858 | |
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 10 West Virginia 72 vs No. 7 Oklahoma 71 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:30 am | No. 5 Iowa State 83 vs No. 4 Baylor 66 | ESPN2 | 18,930 | |
| 4 | 2:00 pm | No. 1 Kansas State 70 vs No. 8 TCU 61 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 10 West Virginia 79 vs No. 2 Texas Tech 74 | 18,927 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Kansas 65 vs No. 6 Texas 57 | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Iowa State 63 vs No. 1 Kansas State 59 | ESPN2 | 19,066 | |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Kansas 88 vs No. 10 West Virginia 74 | ||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 5:00 pm | No. 5 Iowa State 78 vs No. 3 Kansas 66 | ESPN | 19,066 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3] [4] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Marial Shayok, Iowa State[3]
| Player | Team | Position | Class | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marial Shayok | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Jacobson | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | |
| Lindell Wigginton | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | |
| Devon Dotson | Kansas | 0 | 0 | |
| Dedric Lawson | Kansas | 0 | 0 |