2019–20 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season


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.

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.
TeamHead coachPrevious jobSeasons at schoolOverall recordBig 12 recordNCAA TournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA Championships
BaylorScott DrewValparaiso16th800
Iowa StateSteve ProhmMurray State5th300
KansasBill SelfIllinois17th1631
Kansas StateBruce WeberIllinois8th500
OklahomaLon KrugerUNLV9th710
Oklahoma StateMike BoyntonOklahoma State 3rd000
TCUJamie DixonPittsburgh4th100
TexasShaka SmartVCU5th200
Texas TechChris BeardLittle Rock4th210
West VirginiaBob HugginsKansas State13th910

Preseason

Big 12 Preseason Poll
Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

Regular season

Conference Matrix

Big12/SEC Challenge

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.
SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 4
1Kansas17–1
2Baylor15–3
3Oklahoma9–94–2 vs. Texas/Texas Tech/West Virginia
4Texas9–93–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas Tech/West Virginia0–2 vs. Kansas0–2 vs. Baylor3–1 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State
5Texas Tech9–93–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/West Virginia0–2 vs. Kansas0–2 vs. Baylor2–2 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State
6West Virginia9–92–4 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/Texas Tech
7TCU7–111–1 vs. Oklahoma State0–2 vs. Kansas1–1 vs. Baylor
8Oklahoma State7–111–1 vs. TCU0–2 vs. Kansas0–2 vs. Baylor
9Iowa State5–13
10Kansas State3–15

Bracket

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards

WeekPlayer of the WeekSchoolNewcomer of the WeekSchoolRef.
Nov 11Tyrese HaliburtonIowa StateT. J. HolyfieldTexas Tech
Nov 18Kristian DoolittleOklahomaOscar TshiebweWest Virginia
Nov 25Jared ButlerBaylorJahmi'us RamseyTexas Tech
Dec 2Devon DotsonKansasOscar Tshiebwe West Virginia
Dec 9Freddie GillespieBaylorRasir BoltonIowa State
Dec 16Devon Dotson KansasTerrence Shannon Jr.Texas Tech
Dec 23Kristian Doolittle OklahomaChris ClarkeTexas Tech
Dec 30Cartier DiarraKansas StateMiles McBrideWest Virginia
Jan 6Tyrese Haliburton Iowa StateOscar Tshiebwe West Virginia
Jan 13Jared Butler BaylorMaCio Teague
Miles McBride 		Baylor
West Virginia
Jan 20Kyler EdwardsTexas TechIsaiah MossKansas
Jan 27Udoka AzubuikeKansasRasir Bolton Iowa State
Feb 3Devon Dotson KansasJahmi'us Ramsey Texas Tech
Feb 10Udoka Azubuike KansasMaCio Teague Baylor
Feb 17Kristian Doolittle OklahomaKalib BooneOklahoma State
Feb 24Udoka Azubuike KansasJahmi'us Ramsey Texas Tech
Mar 2Desmond Bane
Andrew Jones		TCU
Texas		P.J. FullerTCU