2013 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 13–16, 2013.^[2] This tournament marked the debut of TCU and West Virginia in the event. First round games were aired on the Big 12 Network, Quarterfinal games were aired on ESPN2 and the Big 12 Network. Semifinal games were available in the conference footprint on the Big 12 Network and outside league markets on ESPNU. All games were carried on WatchESPN, with most also available via ESPN Full Court. The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Kansas State Wildcats 70-54 in the Championship game, which was televised by ESPN, to receive the Big 12's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. All 10 teams qualified for the tournament, with ties broken by using a tiebreaker system.

2013 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	10
Site	Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Kansas (9th title)
Winning coach	Bill Self (6th title)
MVP	Jeff Withey (Kansas)
Attendance	90,687 (overall) 19,256 (championship)
Top scorer	Rodney McGruder (Kansas State) (67 points)
Television	ESPN, ESPNU, Big 12 Network
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2012–13 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Kansas †	14	–	4		.778			31	–	6		.838
No. 12 Kansas State	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 17 Oklahoma State	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
Oklahoma	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Iowa State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Baylor	9	–	9		.500			23	–	14		.622
Texas	7	–	11		.389			16	–	18		.471
West Virginia	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Texas Tech	3	–	15		.167			11	–	20		.355
TCU	2	–	16		.111			11	–	21		.344
† 2013 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]

2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Kansas ‡#	14–4	31–6	2–0 vs. KSU
2	Kansas State c#	14–4	27–8	0–2 vs. KU
3	Oklahoma State #	13–5	24–9
4	Oklahoma #	11–7	20–12	1–1 vs. ISU; 1–3 vs. KU/KSU; 1–1 vs. OSU; 2–0 vs BU; 1–1 vs. UT; 2–0 vs. WV; 2–0 vs. TT
5	Iowa State #	11–7	23–12	1–1 vs. OU; 1–3 vs. KU/KSU; 1–1 vs. OSU; 2–0 vs BU; 1–1 vs UT; 2–0 vs. WV; 1–1 vs. TT
6	Baylor #	9–9	23–14
7	Texas	7–11	16–18
8	West Virginia	6–12	13–19
9	Texas Tech	3–15	11–20
10	TCU	2–16	11–21
‡ – 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.[4]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 13
1	1	6:00 pm	#9 Texas Tech 71 vs #8 West Virginia 69	Big 12 Network	17,018
	2	8:30 pm	#7 Texas 70 vs #10 TCU 57
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
2	3	11:30 am	#5 Iowa State 73 vs #4 Oklahoma 66	Big 12 Network	17,996
	4	2:00 pm	#1 Kansas 91 vs #9 Texas Tech 63
3	5	6:00 pm	#2 Kansas State 66 vs #7 Texas 49		17,257
	6	8:30 pm	#3 Oklahoma State 74 vs #6 Baylor 72
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
4	7	6:30 pm	#1 Kansas 88 vs #5 Iowa State 73	ESPNU	19,160
	8	9:00 pm	#2 Kansas State 68 vs #3 Oklahoma State 57
Final – Saturday, March 16
5	9	5:00 pm	#1 Kansas 70 vs #2 Kansas State 54	ESPN	19,256
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[5][6]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 13					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14					Semifinals Friday, March 15					Championship Saturday, March 16
						1	#3 Kansas	91
	8	West Virginia	69			9	Texas Tech	63
	9	Texas Tech	71								1	#3 Kansas	88
											5	Iowa State	73
						4	Oklahoma	66
						5	Iowa State	73
																1	#3 Kansas	70
																2	#12 Kansas State	54
						3	Oklahoma State	74
	7	Texas	70			6	Baylor	72
	10	TCU	57								3	#17 Oklahoma State	57
											2	#12 Kansas State	68
						2	#12 Kansas State	66
						7	Texas	49

• Rankings (#) refer to AP rankings

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Jeff Withey, Kansas^[5]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Jeff Withey	Kansas	Sr.	C
Perry Ellis	Kansas	Fr.	F
Rodney McGruder	Kansas State	Sr.	G
Angel Rodriguez	Kansas State	So.	G
Marcus Smart	Oklahoma State	Fr.	G

See also

• 2013 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
• 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

1. "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. "2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved October 17, 2012.
3. "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
4. "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
5. "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
6. "2013 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

External links

• Official 2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket
• Official website