2015 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

2015 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2015 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	10
Site	Sprint Center; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Iowa State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Fred Hoiberg (2nd title)
MVP	Georges Niang (Iowa State)
Attendance	94,963 (overall); 19,075 (championship)
Top scorer	Georges Niang (Iowa State); (54 points)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
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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]

2014–15 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Kansas	13	–	5	.722	27	–	9	.750
No. 9 Iowa State †	12	–	6	.667	25	–	9	.735
No. 13 Oklahoma	12	–	6	.667	24	–	11	.686
No. 16 Baylor	11	–	7	.611	24	–	10	.706
No. 20 West Virginia	11	–	7	.611	25	–	10	.714
Oklahoma State	8	–	10	.444	18	–	14	.563
Texas	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	15	–	17	.469
TCU	4	–	14	.222	18	–	15	.545
Texas Tech	3	–	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]

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2015 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	Kansas ‡#	13–5	27–9
2	Iowa State #	12–6	25–9	1–1 vs. OU; 1–1 vs. KU; 3–1 vs. BU/WVU
3	Oklahoma #	12–6	24–11	1–1 vs. ISU; 1–1 vs. KU; 2–2 vs. BU/WVU
4	Baylor #	11–7	24–10	2–0 vs. WVU
5	West Virginia #	11–7	25–10	0–2 vs. WVU
6	Oklahoma State #	8–10	18–14	3–1 vs. UT & KSU
7	Texas	8–10	20–14	2–2 vs. OSU/KSU; 2–0 vs. KSU
8	Kansas State	8–10	15–17	1–3 vs. OSU/UT; 0–2 vs. UT
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]

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
1	2	8:00 pm	#7 Texas 65 vs #10 Texas Tech 53	ESPNU	18,972
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
2	3	11:30 am	#4 Baylor 80 vs #5 West Virginia 70	ESPN2	18,972
2	4	1:30 pm	#1 Kansas 64 vs #9 TCU 59	ESPN2	18,972
3	5	6:00 pm	#2 Iowa State 69 vs #7 Texas 67	ESPNU	18,972
3	6	8:00 pm	#3 Oklahoma 64 vs #6 Oklahoma State 49	ESPNU	18,972
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
4	7	6:00 pm	#1 Kansas 62 vs #4 Baylor 52	ESPN2	18,972
4	8	8:00 pm	#2 Iowa State 67 vs #3 Oklahoma 65	ESPN2	18,972
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]

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

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

^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Amazon S3.
^ "2015 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.