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.[1]

2019–20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, FSN
NBA Draft
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2020 Big 12 ChampionsKansas
Big 12 Tournament
2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 Kansas17–1 .944  28–3  .903
No. 5 Baylor15–3 .833  26–4  .867
Oklahoma9–9 .500  19–12  .613
Texas9–9 .500  19–12  .613
Texas Tech9–9 .500  18–13  .581
No. 24 West Virginia9–9 .500  21–10  .677
TCU7–11 .389  16–15  .516
Oklahoma State7–11 .389  17–14  .548
Iowa State5–13 .278  12–19  .387
Kansas State3–15 .167  10–21  .323
As of March 11, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll
NOTE: The 2020 Big 12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 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.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Big 12 record NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 16th 318–208 (.605) 124–147 (.458) 8 0 0
Iowa State Steve Prohm Murray State 5th 83–53 (.610) 35–37 (.486) 3 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 17th 473–106 (.817) 222–52 (.810) 16 3 1
Kansas State Bruce Weber Illinois 8th 150–89 (.628) 69–57 (.548) 5 0 0
Oklahoma Lon Kruger UNLV 9th 160–105 (.604) 72–72 (.500) 7 1 0
Oklahoma State Mike Boynton Oklahoma State (asst.) 3rd 33–35 (.485) 13–23 (.361) 0 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 4th 68–41 (.624) 22–32 (.407) 1 0 0
Texas Shaka Smart VCU 5th 71–66 (.518) 31–41 (.431) 2 0 0
Texas Tech Chris Beard Little Rock 4th 76–31 (.710) 31–23 (.574) 2 1 0
West Virginia Bob Huggins Kansas State 13th 270–151 (.641) 66–60 (.524) 9 1 0

Preseason

Rankings
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Baylor AP 16 24 23 19 18 11 10 7 6 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5
C 18 – 23 18 16 11 11 6 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 5
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Kansas AP 3 5 4 4 2 2 1 5 3 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
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West Virginia AP RV RV RV 25 22 16 17 12 14 12 13 14 17 20 RV 22
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Regular season

Conference Matrix
  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor —0–21–10–20–20–21–10–20–21–1
vs. Iowa State 2–0—2–01–11–11–11–11–12–02–0
vs. Kansas 1–10–2—0–20–20–20–20–20–20–2
vs. Kansas State 2–01–12–0—1–12–02–02–02–01–1
vs. Oklahoma 2–01–12–01–1—1–10–21–11–10–2
vs. Oklahoma State 2–01–12–00–21–1—1–11–11–12–0
vs. TCU 1–11–12–00–22–01–1—2–01–11–1
vs. Texas 2–01–12–00–21–11–10–2—1–11–1
vs. Texas Tech 2–00–22–00–21–11–11–11–1—1–1
vs. West Virginia 1–10–22–01–12–00–21–11–11–1—
Total 15–35–1317–13–159–97–117–119–99–99–9

Big12/SEC Challenge
Main article: Big 12/SEC Challenge
Date Time Big 12 team SEC team Location TV Attendance Winner Leader
Sat., Jan. 25 12:00 PM Iowa State 16 Auburn Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL ESPNU 9,121 Auburn (80–76) SEC (1–0)
14 West Virginia Missouri WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV ESPN 14,031 West Virginia (74–51) Tied (1–1)
2:00 PM Texas LSU Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX ESPN 11,287 LSU (69–67) SEC (2–1)
Oklahoma Mississippi State Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, OK ESPN2 6,442 Oklahoma (63–62) Tied (2–2)
4:00 PM 3 Kansas Tennessee Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS ESPN 16,300 Kansas (74–68) Big 12 (3–2)
Oklahoma State Texas A&M Reed Arena • College Station, TX ESPNU 7,622 Oklahoma State (73–62) Big 12 (4–2)
TCU Arkansas Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR ESPN2 19,200 Arkansas (78–67) Big 12 (4–3)
6:00 PM 18 Texas Tech 15 Kentucky United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX ESPN 14,763 Kentucky (76–74OT) Tied (4–4)
Kansas State Alabama Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN2 11,824 Alabama (77–74) SEC (5–4)
8:00 PM 1 Baylor Florida O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL ESPN 11,092 Baylor (72–61) Tied (5–5)
Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt will not participate for the SEC, instead participating in the SEC/American Alliance.
All times Eastern

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament
Main article: 2020 Big 12 Men's Basketball 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.

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 Tiebreaker 4
1 Kansas 17–1
2 Baylor 15–3
3 Oklahoma 9–9 4–2 vs. Texas/Texas Tech/West Virginia
4 Texas 9–9 3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas Tech/West Virginia 0–2 vs. Kansas 0–2 vs. Baylor 3–1 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State
5 Texas Tech 9–9 3–3 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/West Virginia 0–2 vs. Kansas 0–2 vs. Baylor 2–2 vs. TCU/Oklahoma State
6 West Virginia 9–9 2–4 vs. Oklahoma/Texas/Texas Tech
7 TCU 7–11 1–1 vs. Oklahoma State 0–2 vs. Kansas 1–1 vs. Baylor
8 Oklahoma State 7–11 1–1 vs. TCU 0–2 vs. Kansas 0–2 vs. Baylor
9 Iowa State 5–13
10 Kansas State 3–15

Bracket
  First round
Wednesday, March 11		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12		 Semifinals
Friday, March 13		 Championship
Saturday, March 14
                                     
       
  1 Kansas    
         
8 Oklahoma State  
9 Iowa State    
       
       
       
       
  4 Texas  
    5 Texas Tech    
     
       
     
     
       
       
  2 Baylor  
         
7 TCU  
10 Kansas State    
     
       
       
       
  3 Oklahoma  
    6 West Virginia    
     

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams
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