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
Big 12 tournament
2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Kansas31 .750152  .882
No. 9 Baylor31 .750143  .824
No. 25 Texas Tech31 .750143  .824
Kansas State31 .750134  .765
No. 5 Houston22 .500152  .882
No. 20 BYU22 .500143  .824
No. 16 Oklahoma22 .500143  .824
Cincinnati22 .500134  .765
No. 24 Iowa State22 .500134  .765
No. 19 TCU22 .500134  .765
UCF22 .500115  .688
Texas13 .250125  .706
West Virginia13 .250611  .353
Oklahoma State04 .00089  .471
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner
As of January 17, 2024
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

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 Green tick Green tick Green tick
Jalen Bridges Green tick
LJ Cryer Green tick Green tick Green tick
Hunter Dickinson Green tick Green tick Green tick
Jesse Edwards Green tick
Johnny Furphy Green tick
Dajuan Harris Jr. Green tick Green tick Green tick
Arthur Kaluma Green tick
Kevin McCullar Green tick Green tick Green tick
Tylor Perry Green tick
J'Wan Roberts Green tick
Jamal Shead Green tick Green tick Green tick
Fousseyni Traore Green tick
Ja'Kobe Walter Green tick Green tick

Preseason All-American teams

Player AP[17]
Hunter Dickinson1st

Preseason national polls/ratings

247 Sports[18] AP[19] Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
CBS Sports[20] Coaches[21] ESPN[22] Kenpom[23] NCAA Sports[24] Sports
Illustrated
[25]
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 standings

Current as of December, 3 2023[26]

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

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 PMButlerTexas Tech103–95 OTHinkle FieldhouseIndianapolis, INFS17,893Big East (1–0)
7:00 PMNo. 15 CreightonOklahoma State79–65Gallagher-Iba ArenaStillwater, OKESPN26,309Big East (2–0)
Fri., Dec. 1 5:30 PMXavierNo. 6 Houston66–60Cintas CenterCincinnati, OHFS110,472Big East (2–1)
6:00 PMSt. John'sWest Virginia79–73WVU ColiseumMorgantown, WVESPN210,781Big East (3–1)
7:30 PMDePaulIowa State99–80Wintrust ArenaChicago, ILFS14,852Big East (3–2)
8:00 PMNo. 4 UConnNo. 5 Kansas69–65Allen FieldhouseLawrence, KSESPN216,300Tied (3–3)
Sat., Dec. 24:30 PMGeorgetownTCU84–83Capital One ArenaWashington, D.C.FS17,910Big 12 (4–3)
Tue., Dec. 56:00 PMVillanovaKansas State72–71 OTBramlage ColiseumManhattan, KSESPN210,140Big 12 (5–3)
ProvidenceNo. 19 Oklahoma72–51Lloyd Noble CenterNorman, OKESPNU7,234Big 12 (6–3)
8:00 PMSeton HallNo. 6 Baylor78–60Ferrell CenterWaco, TXESPN28,269Big 12 (7–3)
Wed., Dec. 67:00 PMNo. 8 MarquetteNo. 12 Texas86–65Fiserv ForumMilwaukee, WIFS116,733Big 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

MTE Place/Finish
Baylor NIT Season Tip-Off 1st
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 3rd
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 was 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 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, G, West Virginia
Keshon Gilbert, G, Iowa State
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
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  Not ranked previous week
т   Tied with another team in rankings
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Final
Baylor AP 20 15 13 9 6 6 10 17 18 14 9 -
C 17 13 12 9 6 6 10 19 18 14 9
BYU AP RV RV 19 14 18 17 14 12 18 20 -
C RV RV 19 13т 17 15 12 12 17 19
Cincinnati AP RV RV RV -
C RV RV RV RV
Houston AP 7 6 6 6 3 4 3 3 3 2 5 -
C 6 6 6 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 5
Iowa State AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 -
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20
Kansas AP 1 1 1 5 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 -
C 1 1 1 6 3 2 2 2 2 3 4
Kansas State AP RV RV RV -
C RV RV
Oklahoma AP RV 25 19 11 7 12 11 9 15 -
C RV 22 12 8 13 11 9 16
Oklahoma State AP -
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TCU AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 19 -
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 22
Texas AP 18 19 15 16 12 19 19 21 20 25 RV -
C 18 17 17 18 16 22 22 24 22 RV RV
Texas Tech AP RV 25 -
C RV 25
UCF AP -
C
West Virginia AP -
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

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. 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
1  
8    
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

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