2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
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

2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Baylor	0	–	0	–	8	–	0	1.000
No. 6 Houston	0	–	0	–	8	–	0	1.000
No. 19 BYU	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
No. 25 Oklahoma	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
TCU	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	7	–	0	1.000
No. 5 Kansas	0	–	0	–	7	–	1	.875
No. 16 Texas	0	–	0	–	6	–	1	.857
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Iowa State	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
UCF	0	–	0	–	5	–	2	.714
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	3	–	4	.429

† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 4, 2023 Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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
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
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

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas (12)	168
2.	Houston (2)	153
3.	Texas	143
4.	Baylor	137
5.	TCU	113
6.	Kansas State	106
7.	Iowa State	95
8.	Texas Tech	80
9.	West Virginia	70
10.	Oklahoma State	57
11.	Cincinnati	55
12.	Oklahoma	54
13.	BYU	29
14.	UCF	14
Reference:^[4] (#) first place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

Big 12 Coaches
L.J. Cryer, G Houston Hunter Dickinson, C Kansas Dejuan Harris Jr., G Kansas Emanuel Miller, F TCU Max Abmas, G Texas
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[5]

Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Newcomer of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Freshman of the Year: Ja’Kobe Walter, Baylor

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	ESPN^[6]	Rivals^[7]	247 Sports^[8]	On3^[9]	Signees^[8]
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^[10]	Naismith^[11]	Cousy^[12]	West^[13]	Erving^[14]	Malone^[15]	Abdul-Jabbar^[16]	Olson
Max Abmas	Y	Y	Y
Jalen Bridges					Y
LJ Cryer	Y	Y		Y
Hunter Dickinson	Y	Y					Y
Jesse Edwards							Y
Johnny Furphy					Y
Dajuan Harris Jr.	Y	Y	Y
Arthur Kaluma					Y
Kevin McCullar	Y	Y		Y
Tylor Perry		Y
J'Wan Roberts						Y
Jamal Shead	Y	Y	Y
Fousseyni Traore						Y
Ja'Kobe Walter	Y			Y

Preseason All-American teams

Player	AP^[17]
Hunter Dickinson	1st

Preseason national polls/ratings

Baylor		20		18	17	17	7	HM	21
	247 Sports^[18]	AP^[19]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook	CBS Sports^[20]	Coaches^[21]	ESPN^[22]	Kenpom^[23]	NCAA Sports^[24]	Sports Illustrated^[25]
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 November 19, 2023^[26]

		Conference		Overall
Rank	Team	Record	Percent	Record	Percent	Tiebreaker
1	Houston	0–0	–	6–0	1.000
2	Baylor	0–0	–	4–0	1.000
3	BYU	0–0	–	4–0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	0–0	–	4–0	1.000
5	Iowa State	0–0	–	4–0	1.000
6	Oklahoma	0–0	–	4–0	1.000
7	TCU	0–0	–	4–0	1.000
8	Texas	0–0	–	4–0	1.000
9	Kansas	0–0	–	3–0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	0–0	–	3–0	1.000
11	UCF	0–0	–	3–1	.750
12	West Virginia	0–0	–	2–1	.667
13	Kansas State	0–0	–	3–2	.600
14	Oklahoma State	0–0	–	1–3	.250

Conference matrix

	Baylor	BYU	Cincinnati	Houston	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech	UCF	West Virginia
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

Date^[27]	Time	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Thu., Nov. 30	5:30 PM	Butler	Texas Tech	103–95 ^OT	Hinkle Fieldhouse • Indianapolis, IN	FS1	7,893	Big East (1–0)
Thu., Nov. 30	7:00 PM	No. 15 Creighton	Oklahoma State	79–65	Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, OK	ESPN2	6,309	Big East (2–0)
Fri., Dec. 1	5:30 PM	Xavier	No. 6 Houston	66–60	Cintas Center • Cincinnati, OH	FS1	10,472	Big East (2–1)
	6:00 PM	St. John's	West Virginia	79–73	WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	10,781	Big East (3–1)
	7:30 PM	DePaul	Iowa State	99–80	Wintrust Arena • Chicago, IL	FS1	4,852	Big East (3–2)
	8:00 PM	No. 4 UConn	No. 5 Kansas	69–65	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS	ESPN2	16,300	Tied (3–3)
Sat., Dec. 2	4:30 PM	Georgetown	TCU	84–83	Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C.	FS1	7,910	Big 12 (4–3)
Tue., Dec. 5	6:00 PM	Marquette	Texas	0–0	Fiserv Forum • Milwaukee, WI	FS1	–	(0–0)
	6:00 PM	Villanova	Kansas State	0–0	Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, KS	ESPN2	–	(0–0)
	6:00 PM	Providence	Oklahoma	0–0	Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, OK	ESPNU	–	(0–0)
	8:00 PM	Seton Hall	Baylor	0–0	Ferrell Center • Waco, TX	ESPN2	–	(0–0)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Central. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: BYU, Cincinnati, UCF

Multi-Team Events

Baylor	NIT Season Tip-Off	1st
	MTE	Place/Finish
BYU	Vegas Showdown	1st
Cincinnati	−
Houston	Charleston Classic	1st
Iowa State	ESPN Events Invitational	4th
Kansas	Maui Invitational*	3rd
Kansas State	Baha Mar Hoops Bahamas Championship	2nd
Oklahoma	Rady Children’s Invitational	1st
Oklahoma State	Legends Classic	4th
TCU	Diamond Head Classic
Texas	Empire Classic	2nd
Texas Tech	Battle 4 Atlantis	5th
UCF	Jacksonville Classic (Coast Bracket)	1st
West Virginia	Fort Myers Tip-Off	4th

*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
November 13, 2023	Ja'Kobe Walter, G, Baylor	Hunter Dickinson, C, Kansas
November 20, 2023	Hunter Dickinson, C, Kansas	Hunter Dickinson, C, Kansas
November 27, 2023	Kevin McCullar Jr., G, Kansas	RayJ Dennis, G, Baylor Jaylin Sellers, G, UCF
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

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Final
Baylor	AP	20	15	13	9	-
Baylor	C	17	13	12	9
BYU	AP		RV	RV	19	-
BYU	C		RV	RV	19
Cincinnati	AP				RV	-
Cincinnati	C				RV
Houston	AP	7	6	6	6	-
Houston	C	6	6	6	5
Iowa State	AP		RV	RV	RV	-
Iowa State	C	RV	RV	RV	RV
Kansas	AP	1	1	1	5	-
Kansas	C	1	1	1	6
Kansas State	AP	RV			RV	-
Kansas State	C	RV		RV
Oklahoma	AP			RV	25	-
Oklahoma	C				RV
Oklahoma State	AP					-
Oklahoma State	C
TCU	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	-
TCU	C	RV	RV	RV	RV
Texas	AP	18	19	15	16	-
Texas	C	18	17	17	18
Texas Tech	AP					-
Texas Tech	C
UCF	AP					-
UCF	C
West Virginia	AP					-
West Virginia	C

Record vs Other Conferences

The Big 12 has a record of 48–7 in non-conference play.


Power 6 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	1–3
Big East	1–0
Big Ten	0–0
Pac–12	1–1
SEC	2–0
Combined	5–4

Other Conferences
Conference	Record
America East	0–0
American	1–0
ASUN	2–0
Atlantic 10	1–1
Big Sky	2–0
Big South	1–0
Big West	1–0
CAA	1–1
Conference USA	3–0
Horizon	3–0
Independents/Non-Division I	1–0
Ivy League	0–0
Metro Atlantic	1–0
Mid-American	1–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic	3–0
Missouri Valley	2–0
Mountain West	2–0
Northeast	0–0
Ohio Valley	1–0
Patriot	0–0
Southern	0–0
Southland	6–0
Southwestern Athletic	4–0
Summit	4–0
Sun Belt	2–0
West Coast	0–0
Western Athletic	1–1
Combined	44–3

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

March 12–16, T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO.

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First round March 12	Second round March 13	Quarterfinals March 14	Semifinals March 15	Championship March 16
2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
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 Tuesday, March 12	Second round Wednesday, March 13	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14	Semifinals Friday, March 15	Championship Saturday, March 16



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	9



		4

	5

12

13

		2

	7

	10



		3

	6

11

14

* denotes overtime period

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship

	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

	W-L (%):	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 0–0 –

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2024 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Man Award
Newcomer of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Most Improved Player
Reference:

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Defensive Team	Newcomer Team	Freshman Team
2024 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams

† - denotes unanimous selection

Honorable Mention:

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