2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

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2023–24 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, Longhorn Network, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS
Regular season
Regular season championHouston (1st title)
Season MVPJamal Shead, Houston
Big 12 tournament
ChampionsIowa State (6th title)
Tournament MVPKeshon Gilbert, Iowa State
Big 12 men's basketball seasons
2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No.Houston 15 3   .833 32 5   .865
No. 8 Iowa State 13 5   .722 29 8   .784
No. 16 Baylor 11 7   .611 24 11   .686
Texas Tech 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
BYU 10 8   .556 23 11   .676
No. 19 Kansas 10 8   .556 23 11   .676
Texas 9 9   .500 21 13   .618
TCU 9 9   .500 21 13   .618
Oklahoma 8 10   .444 20 12   .625
Kansas State 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Cincinnati 7 11   .389 22 15   .595
UCF 7 11   .389 17 16   .515
Oklahoma State 4 14   .222 12 20   .375
West Virginia 4 14   .222 9 23   .281
2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball season began with the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play was played from December 2023 and concluded in March 2023, with Houston winning their first regular season title in their first year in the Big 12. The 2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was held March 12–16, 2024, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, with Iowa State winning the conference tournament, their sixth overall.

This was 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[3] Josh Eilert[4]

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

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[7] Rivals[8] 247 Sports[9] On3[10] Signees[9]
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[11] Naismith[12] Cousy[13] West[14] Erving[15] Malone[16] Abdul-Jabbar[17] Olson[18]
Max Abmas Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Jalen Bridges Green tickY
LJ Cryer Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Hunter Dickinson Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Jesse Edwards Green tickY
Johnny Furphy Green tickY
Dajuan Harris Jr. Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Arthur Kaluma Green tickY
Kevin McCullar Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Tylor Perry Green tickY
J'Wan Roberts Green tickY
Jamal Shead Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Fousseyni Traore Green tickY
Ja'Kobe Walter Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY

Preseason All-American teams

Player AP[19]
Hunter Dickinson 1st

Preseason national polls/ratings

247 Sports[20] Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
CBS Sports[22]
Coaches[23]
ESPN[24] Kenpom[25] NCAA Sports[26] Sports
Illustrated
[27]
Baylor 20 18 17 17 7 HM 21
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 matrix

  Baylor BYU Cincinnati Houston Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech UCF West Virginia
vs. Baylor 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1
vs. BYU 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1
vs. Cincinnati 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1
vs. Houston 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1
vs. Iowa State 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
vs. Kansas 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
vs. Kansas State 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2
vs. Oklahoma 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
vs. Oklahoma State 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1
vs. TCU 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–2
vs. Texas 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
vs. Texas Tech 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
vs. UCF 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
vs. West Virginia 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1
Total 11–7 10–8 7–11 15–3 13–5 10–8 8–10 8–10 4–14 9–9 9–9 11–7 7–11 4–14

Thru Mar. 9, 2024.

Big East-Big 12 Battle

Date[28] 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 FieldhouseIndianapolis, IN FS1 7,893 Big East (1–0)
7:00 PM No. 15 Creighton Oklahoma State 79–65 Gallagher-Iba ArenaStillwater, OK ESPN2 6,309 Big East (2–0)
Fri., Dec. 1 5:30 PM Xavier No. 6 Houston 66–60 Cintas CenterCincinnati, OH FS1 10,472 Big East (2–1)
6:00 PM St. John's West Virginia 79–73 WVU ColiseumMorgantown, WV ESPN2 10,781 Big East (3–1)
7:30 PM DePaul Iowa State 99–80 Wintrust ArenaChicago, IL FS1 4,852 Big East (3–2)
8:00 PM No. 4 UConn No. 5 Kansas 69–65 Allen FieldhouseLawrence, KS ESPN2 16,300 Tied (3–3)
Sat., Dec. 2 4:30 PM Georgetown TCU 84–83 Capital One ArenaWashington, D.C. FS1 7,910 Big 12 (4–3)
Tue., Dec. 5 6:00 PM Villanova Kansas State 72–71 OT Bramlage ColiseumManhattan, KS ESPN2 10,140 Big 12 (5–3)
Providence No. 19 Oklahoma 72–51 Lloyd Noble CenterNorman, OK ESPNU 7,234 Big 12 (6–3)
8:00 PM Seton Hall No. 6 Baylor 78–60 Ferrell CenterWaco, TX ESPN2 8,269 Big 12 (7–3)
Wed., Dec. 6 7:00 PM No. 8 Marquette No. 12 Texas 86–65 Fiserv ForumMilwaukee, WI FS1 16,733 Big 12 (7–4)
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

Team Event Place/Finish
Baylor NIT Season Tip-Off 1st
BYU Vegas Showdown 1st
Cincinnati None
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 3rd
Texas Empire Classic 2nd
Texas Tech Battle 4 Atlantis 5th
UCF Jacksonville Classic (Coast Bracket) 1st
West Virginia Fort Myers Tip-Off 4th

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 (2), C, Kansas
November 27, 2023 Kevin McCullar Jr., G, Kansas RayJ Dennis, G, Baylor
Jaylin Sellers, G, UCF
December 4, 2023 Emanuel Miller, F, TCU Chance McMillian, G, Texas Tech
December 11, 2023 Arthur Kaluma, F, Kansas State Keshon Gilbert, G, Iowa State
December 18, 2023 Micah Peavy, G, TCU Max Abmas, G, Texas
December 28, 2023 RaeQuan Battle, G, West Virginia RaeQuan Battle, G, West Virginia
January 2, 2024 Pop Isaacs, G, Texas Tech
RaeQuan Battle (2), G, West Virginia
Keshon Gilbert, G, Iowa State
January 8, 2024 Hunter Dickinson (2), C, Kansas Keshon Gilbert (2), G, Iowa State
January 15, 2024 Emanuel Miller (2), F, TCU Max Abmas (2), G, Texas
January 22, 2024 Jamal Shead, G, Houston Arthur Kaluma, F, Kansas State
January 29, 2024 Emanuel Miller (3), F, TCU Chance McMillian (2), G, Texas Tech
February 5, 2024 Hunter Dickinson (3), C, Kansas Max Abmas (3), G, Texas
February 12, 2024 Dylan Disu, F, Texas Yves Missi, C, Baylor
February 19, 2024 Jayden Nunn, G, Baylor Jayden Nunn, G, Baylor
February 26, 2024 Jamal Shead (2), G, Houston Arthur Kaluma (2), F, Kansas State
March 4, 2024 Tylor Perry, G, Kansas State Chendall Weaver, G, Texas
March 11, 2024 Tyrese Hunter, G, Texas
Darrion Williams, F, Texas Tech
Darrion Williams, F, Texas Tech

Rankings

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Baylor AP 20 15 13 9 6 6 10 17 18 14 9 15 18 13 12 11 15 11 14 14 16
C 17 13 12 9 6 6 10 19 18 14 9 14 18 13 13 11 14 11 13 13 14
BYU AP RV RV 19 14 18 17 14 12 18 20 21 22 21 19 25 RV 20 20 21 RV
C RV RV 19 13т 17 15 12 12 17 19 19 21 19 17 21 RV 23 21 21 RV
Cincinnati AP RV RV RV
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Houston AP 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 3 3 2 5 4 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 2
C 6 6 6 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 5 4 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 2 3
Iowa State AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 23 12 14 10 6 8 6 7 4 8
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20 18 11 14 10 6 6 6 8 4 8
Kansas AP 1 1 1 5 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 7 8 4 6 9 7 14 16 17 19
C 1 1 1 6 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 8 9 4 7 10 9 15 17 20 21
Kansas State AP RV RV RV RV
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Oklahoma AP RV 25 19 11 7 12 11 9 15 11 23 RV 25 RV
C RV 22 12 8 13 11 9 16 13 24 RV 21 RV RV RV RV
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TCU AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 RV 25 RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22 RV 25 RV RV 25 RV RV
Texas AP 18 19 15 16 12 19 19 21 20 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
C 18 17 17 18 16 22 22 24 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV
Texas Tech AP RV 25 20 15 23 RV 23 RV RV 25 22 RV
C RV 25 21 15 23 RV 23 RV RV 23 22 25
UCF AP
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West Virginia AP
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Record vs Other Conferences

The Big 12 had a record of 49–7 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

2024 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First round
March 12
Second round
March 13
Quarterfinals
March 14
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 16
1. Houston#‡ 15–3 28–3 Bye Bye W vs. TCU W vs. Texas Tech L vs. Iowa State
2. Iowa State 13–5 24–7 Bye Bye W vs. Kansas State W vs. Baylor W vs. Houston
3. Baylor 11–7 22–9 1–0 vs. Iowa State Bye Bye W vs. Cincinnati L vs. Iowa State
4. Texas Tech 11–7 22–9 0–1 vs. Iowa State Bye Bye W vs. BYU L vs. Houston
5.
BYU
10–8 22–9 1–0 vs. Kansas Bye W vs. UCF L vs. Texas Tech
6.
Kansas
10–8 22–9 0–1 vs. BYU Bye L vs. Cincinnati
7. Texas 9–9 20–11 1–0 vs. TCU Bye L vs. Kansas State
8. TCU 9–9 20–11 0–1 vs. Texas Bye W vs. Oklahoma L vs. Houston
9. Oklahoma 8–10 20–11 1–0 vs. Kansas State Bye L vs. TCU
10. Kansas State 8–10 18–13 0–1 vs. Oklahoma Bye W vs. Texas L vs. Iowa State
11. Cincinnati 7–11 18–13 2–0 vs. UCF W vs. West Virginia W vs. Kansas L vs. Baylor
12. UCF 7–11 16–14 0–2 vs. Cincinnati W vs. Oklahoma State L vs. BYU
13. Oklahoma State 4–14 12–19 1–0 vs. West Virginia L vs. UCF
14. West Virginia 4–14 9–22 0–1 vs. Oklahoma State L vs. Cincinnati
# – 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
1Houston60
8TCU778TCU45
9Oklahoma701Houston82
4Texas Tech59
4Texas Tech81
5BYU875BYU67
12UCF7712UCF731Houston41
13Oklahoma State622Iowa State69
2Iowa State76
7Texas7410Kansas State57
10Kansas State782Iowa State76
3Baylor62
3Baylor68
6Kansas5211Cincinnati56
11Cincinnati9011Cincinnati72
14West Virginia85

* denotes overtime period

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 South Houston Defeated (16) Longwood, 86–46 Defeated (9) Texas A&M, 100–95 (OT) Lost to (4) Duke, 51–54
DNP
2 East Iowa State Defeated (15) South Dakota State, 82–65 Defeated (7) Washington State, 67–56 Lost to (3) Illinois, 69–72
DNP
3 West Baylor Defeated (14) Colgate, 92–67 Lost to (6) Clemson, 64–72
DNP
4 Midwest Kansas Defeated (13) Samford, 93–89 Lost to (5) Gonzaga, 68–89
DNP
6 East BYU Lost to (11) Duquesne, 67–71
DNP
6 South Texas Tech Lost to (11) NC State, 67–80
DNP
7 Midwest Texas Defeated (10) Colorado State, 56–44 Lost to (2) Tennessee, 58–62
DNP
9 Midwest TCU Lost to (8) Utah State, 72–88
DNP
Bids W-L (%): 5–3 (.625) 2–3 (.400) 0–2 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 7–8 (.467)

NIT

Seed School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
2 Cincinnati Defeated San Francisco, 73–72 (OT) Defeated (3) Bradley, 74–57 Lost to (1) Indiana State, 81–85
DNP
4 UCF Lost to South Florida, 77–83
DNP
Kansas State Lost to (3) Iowa, 82–91
DNP
W-L (%): 1–2 (.333) 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 2–3 (.400)

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams