2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 11 to 14 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Iowa State won the tournament for the 3rd time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Tournament.[2]

2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams10
SiteSprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsIowa State (3rd title)
Winning coachFred Hoiberg (2nd title)
MVPGeorges Niang (Iowa State)
Attendance94,963 (overall)
19,075 (championship)
Top scorerGeorges Niang (Iowa State)
(54 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
2014–15 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 10 Kansas13–5 .722  27–9  .750
No. 9 Iowa State †12–6 .667  25–9  .735
No. 13 Oklahoma12–6 .667  24–11  .686
No. 16 Baylor11–7 .611  24–10  .706
No. 20 West Virginia11–7 .611  25–10  .714
Oklahoma State8–10 .444  18–14  .563
Texas8–10 .444  20–14  .588
Kansas State8–10 .444  15–17  .469
TCU4–14 .222  18–15  .545
Texas Tech3–15 .167  13–19  .406
† 2015 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.[3]

2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Kansas ‡# 13–5 27–9
2 Iowa State # 12–6 25–9
3 Oklahoma # 12–6 24–11
4 Baylor # 11–7 24–10
5 West Virginia # 11–7 25–10
6 Oklahoma State # 8–10 18–14
7 Texas 8–10 20–14
8 Kansas State 8–10 15–17
9 TCU 4–14 18–15
10 Texas Tech 3–15 13–19
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference Tournament.[1]

Schedule

Session Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 11
1 1 6:00 pm #9 TCU 67 vs #8 Kansas State 65 ESPNU 18,972
2 8:00 pm #7 Texas 65 vs #10 Texas Tech 53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
2 3 11:30 am #4 Baylor 80 vs #5 West Virginia 70 ESPN2 18,972
4 1:30 pm #1 Kansas 64 vs #9 TCU 59
3 5 6:00 pm #2 Iowa State 69 vs #7 Texas 67 ESPNU 18,972
6 8:00 pm #3 Oklahoma 64 vs #6 Oklahoma State 49
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4 7 6:00 pm #1 Kansas 62 vs #4 Baylor 52 ESPN2 18,972
8 8:00 pm #2 Iowa State 67 vs #3 Oklahoma 65
Final – Saturday, March 14
5 9 5:00 pm #2 Iowa State 70 vs #1 Kansas 66 ESPN 19,075
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2][4]

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, March 11
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Championship
Saturday, March 14
                                     
       
  1 #9 Kansas 64  
    9 TCU 59  
8 Kansas State 65
9 TCU 67  
  1 #9 Kansas 62  
  4 #16 Baylor 52  
       
       
  4 #16 Baylor 80
    5 #18 West Virginia 70  
     
       
  1 #9 Kansas 66
  2 #13 Iowa State 70
       
       
  2 #13 Iowa State 69
    7 Texas 67  
7 Texas 65
10 Texas Tech 53  
  2 #13 Iowa State 67
  3 #15 Oklahoma 65  
       
       
  3 #15 Oklahoma 64
    6 Oklahoma State 49  
     

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Georges Niang, Iowa State[2]

Player Team Position Class
Georges Niang Iowa State Jr. F
Monte Morris Iowa State So. G
Rico Gathers Baylor Jr. F
Wayne Selden Kansas So. G
Buddy Hield Oklahoma Jr. G

See also

References

  1. "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Amazon S3.
  4. "2015 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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