2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball season will began with the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will begin in December 2023 and conclude in March 2023. The 2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament will be held March 12–16, 2024, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 14 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, Longhorn Network, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS |
Regular season | |
Big 12 tournament |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Baylor | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Houston | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Kansas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Texas | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCF | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of October 27, 2023 Rankings from AP poll |
This will be the first and only season for the Big 12 Conference with 14 teams before expanding to 16 teams in 2024.
Coaches
Coaching changes
Coach | School | Reason | Replacement |
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Mark Adams | Texas Tech | Resigned[1] | Grant McCasland[2] |
Bob Huggins | West Virginia | Resigned[1] | Josh Eilert[3] |
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 as HC | Overall record at School | Big 12 record | NCAA tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
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Baylor | Scott Drew | Valparaiso | 21st | 422–232 (.645) | 178–166 (.517) | 11 | 1 | 1 |
BYU | Mark Pope | Utah Valley | 5th | 85–40 (.680) | 0–0 (–) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cincinnati | Wes Miller | UNC Greensboro | 3rd | 41–28 (.594) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Houston | Kelvin Sampson | Houston Rockets (asst.) | 10th | 232–74 (.758) | 0–0 (–) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Iowa State | T. J. Otzelberger | UNLV | 3rd | 41–27 (.603) | 16–20 (.444) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas | Bill Self | Illinois | 21st | 565–132 (.811) | 266–68 (.796) | 18† | 3† | 2 |
Kansas State | Jerome Tang | Baylor (asst.) | 2nd | 26–10 (.722) | 11–7 (.611) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Oklahoma | Porter Moser | Loyola Chicago | 3rd | 34–33 (.507) | 12–24 (.333) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oklahoma State | Mike Boynton | Oklahoma State (asst.) | 7th | 107–90 (.543) | 47–61 (.435) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TCU | Jamie Dixon | Pittsburgh | 8th | 139–97 (.589) | 51–73 (.411) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Texas | Rodney Terry* | Texas (asst.) | 1st | 22–8 (.733) | 12–6 (.667) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Texas Tech | Grant McCasland | North Texas | 1st | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
UCF | Johnny Dawkins | Stanford | 8th | 131–87 (.601) | 0–0 (–) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
West Virginia | Josh Eilert | West Virginia (asst.) | 1st | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
† All of the Jayhawks postseason victories and 7 of their regular season wins were vacated from the 2017-18 season. Officially, their record for the season 16-8 overall and 3-5 in conference play. The Jayhawks regular season Big 12 championship and their Big 12 Tournament championship were vacated. The Jayhawks entire NCAA Tournament appearance from the season was vacated including their Final Four appearance.
* Terry was named interim coach during the 2022-23 season and officially named head coach at season end.
Preseason
Big 12 Preseason Poll
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Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team
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Recruiting classes
Team | ESPN[6] | Rivals[7] | 247 Sports[8] | On3[9] | Signees[8] |
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Baylor | - | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 |
BYU | - | - | - | - | - |
Cincinnati | - | 21 | 35 | 24 | 3 |
Houston | - | - | 24 | 29 | 3 |
Iowa State | - | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
Kansas | 9 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 4 |
Kansas State | - | 18 | 23 | 25 | 3 |
Oklahoma | - | 28 | 38 | 30 | 2 |
Oklahoma State | - | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 |
TCU | - | - | 53 | 53 | 2 |
Texas | - | 34 | 43 | 43 | 2 |
Texas Tech | - | 54 | 78 | 89 | 2 |
UCF | - | 51 | 93 | - | 2 |
West Virginia | - | - | - | - | - |
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
Player | Wooden | Naismith | Cousy[10] | West[11] | Erving[12] | Malone[13] | Abdul-Jabbar | Olson |
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Arthur Kaluma | ![]() |
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Kevin McCullar | ![]() |
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Fousseyni Traore | ![]() |
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Ja'Kobe Walter | ![]() |
Preseason All-American teams
Player | AP[14] |
Hunter Dickinson | 1st |
Preseason national polls/ratings
247 Sports[15] | AP[16] | Blue Ribbon Yearbook |
CBS Sports[17] | Coaches[18] | ESPN[19] | Kenpom[20] | NCAA Sports[21] | Sports Illustrated[22] | |
Baylor | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 7 | HM | 21 | ||
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BYU | 36 | ||||||||
Cincinnati | 53 | ||||||||
Houston | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 5 | |
Iowa State | RV | 31 | HM | ||||||
Kansas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Kansas State | RV | RV | 25 | HM | |||||
Oklahoma | 48 | ||||||||
Oklahoma State | 68 | ||||||||
TCU | 21 | RV | RV | 30 | HM | ||||
Texas | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 11 | HM | |
Texas Tech | 43 | ||||||||
UCF | 72 | ||||||||
West Virginia | 64 | 25 | 18 |
Regular season
Conference standings
Current as of October 24, 2023
Conference | Overall | |||||
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Rank | Team | Record | Percent | Record | Percent | Tiebreaker |
1 | Baylor | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
2 | BYU | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
3 | Cincinnati | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
4 | Houston | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
5 | Iowa | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
6 | Kansas | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
7 | Kansas State | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
8 | Oklahoma | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
9 | Oklahoma State | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
10 | TCU | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
11 | Texas | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
12 | Texas Tech | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
13 | UCF | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – | |
14 | West Virginia | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | – |
Conference matrix
Baylor | BYU | Cincinnati | Houston | Iowa State | Kansas | Kansas State | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | TCU | Texas | Texas Tech | UCF | West Virginia | |
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vs. Baylor | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. BYU | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Cincinnati | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Houston | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Iowa State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Kansas | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Kansas State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Oklahoma | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Oklahoma State | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. TCU | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
vs. Texas | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. Texas Tech | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 |
vs. UCF | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 |
vs. West Virginia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |
Total | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
At start of regular season.
Big East-Big 12 Battle
Multi-Team Events
MTE | Place/Finish | |
Baylor | NIT Season Tip-Off | |
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BYU | Vegas Showdown | |
Cincinnati | − | |
Houston | Charleston Classic | |
Iowa State | ESPN Events Invitational | |
Kansas | Maui Invitational* | |
Kansas State | Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship | |
Oklahoma | Rady Children’s Invitational | |
Oklahoma State | Legends Classic | |
TCU | Diamond Head Classic | |
Texas | Empire Classic | |
Texas Tech | Battle 4 Atlantis | |
UCF | Jacksonville Classic | |
West Virginia | Fort Myers Tip-Off |
*Maui Invitational is being played in Honolulu due to the Maui Wildfires
Big 12 Players of the Week
Week | Player of the week | Newcomer of the week |
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November 13, 2023 | ||
November 20, 2023 | ||
November 27, 2023 | ||
December 4, 2023 | ||
December 11, 2023 | ||
December 18, 2023 | ||
December 25, 2023 | ||
January 1, 2024 | ||
January 8, 2024 | ||
January 15, 2024 | ||
January 22, 2024 | ||
January 29, 2024 | ||
February 5, 2024 | ||
February 12, 2024 | ||
February 19, 2024 | ||
February 26, 2024 | ||
March 4, 2024 | ||
March 11, 2024 |
Rankings
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week |
Pre | Wk 1 | 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 | Final | ||
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Baylor | AP | 20 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
C | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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Cincinnati | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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Houston | AP | 7 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
C | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
C | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | AP | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
C | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | AP | RV | - | ||||||||||||||||||
C | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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Oklahoma State | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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TCU | AP | RV | - | ||||||||||||||||||
C | RV | ||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | AP | 18 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
C | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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UCF | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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West Virginia | AP | - | |||||||||||||||||||
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Record vs Other Conferences
The Big 12 has a record of 0–0 in non-conference play.
Power 6 Conferences | |
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Conference | Record |
ACC | 0–0 |
Big East | 0–0 |
Big Ten | 0–0 |
Pac–12 | 0–0 |
SEC | 0–0 |
Combined | 0–0 |
Other Conferences | |
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Conference | Record |
America East | 0–0 |
American | 0–0 |
ASUN | 0–0 |
Atlantic 10 | 0–0 |
Big Sky | 0–0 |
Big South | 0–0 |
Big West | 0–0 |
Colonial | 0–0 |
Conference USA | 0–0 |
Horizon | 0–0 |
Independents/Non-Division I | 0–0 |
Ivy League | 0–0 |
Metro Atlantic | 0–0 |
Mid-American | 0–0 |
Mid-Eastern Athletic | 0–0 |
Missouri Valley | 0–0 |
Mountain West | 0–0 |
Northeast | 0–0 |
Ohio Valley | 0–0 |
Patriot | 0–0 |
Southern | 0–0 |
Southland | 0–0 |
Southwestern Athletic | 0–0 |
Summit | 0–0 |
Sun Belt | 0–0 |
West Coast | 0–0 |
Western Athletic | 0–0 |
Combined | 0–0 |
Postseason
Big 12 tournament
- March 12–16, T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO.
2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | First round March 12 |
Second round March 13 |
Quarterfinals March 14 |
Semifinals March 15 |
Championship March 16 |
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1. | TBD#‡ | ||||||||
2. | TBD‡ | ||||||||
3. | TBD‡ | ||||||||
4. | TBD‡ | ||||||||
5. | TBD† | ||||||||
6. | TBD† | ||||||||
7. | TBD† | ||||||||
8. | TBD† | ||||||||
9. | TBD† | ||||||||
10. | TBD† | ||||||||
11. | TBD | ||||||||
12. | TBD | ||||||||
13. | TBD | ||||||||
14. | TBD | ||||||||
# – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. ‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round. † – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 tournament. | |||||||||
Bracket
First round Wednesday, March 8 | Second round Thursday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Saturday, March 11 | Championship Sunday, March 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
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* denotes overtime period
NCAA Tournament
Seed | Region | School | First round | Second round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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Bids | W-L (%): | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 0–0 – |
NIT
Seed | School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
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W-L (%): | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | TOTAL: 0–0 – |