The 2007

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Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2007 edition of the

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's championship tournament held at the Ford Center in

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from March 8 until March 11, 2007. The tournament ended in an 88–84 overtime victory by the #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks over the #3 seed Texas Longhorns, and was the first Big 12 tournament ever to end in an overtime game.

Regular season/Tournament seeding

In the first preseason poll, Kansas was picked first and received 11 first-place votes. Texas A&M was picked second and received one first-place vote. The rest of the voting was as follows: Oklahoma State was picked third, Texas fourth, Kansas State fifth, Texas Tech sixth, Baylor seventh, Missouri eighth, Oklahoma ninth, Iowa State tenth, Nebraska eleventh, and Colorado twelfth. As preseason polls predicted, Kansas did win the regular-season title, clinching it outright with a 90–86 win over Texas on March 3. Thus, the seedings for the tournament were earned as follows, with tiebreaker procedures followed in breaking a four-way tie for seventh place between Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Nebraska (se
Tie-Breaking Procedures
for more information on seeding in the tournament). Source: † – Denotes Tournament Champion. * – Denotes Regular Season Champion

Schedule

Tournament

Bracket

Championship game

In a flip-flopping game, Texas charged out of the box to gain an early lead of 32–10. Kansas, however, went on a 24–7 run to cut the Texas lead to 39–34 at the half. The lead then switched to Kansas early in the second half, but a rally by Texas pulled them ahead 73–71 in the final minutes. However, one missed free throw by Texas' Craig Winder allowed a Kansas three-pointer by Mario Chalmers to tie the game with 15 seconds left. In overtime, Kansas was up five with 15.3 seconds left, but a Texas three-pointer by A. J. Abrams cut the lead to two. It took two free throws by Kansas' Darnell Jackson with just over five seconds left to seal the win, 88–84. Durant actually had a chance to score for the win in the second half, but missed the jump shot. He, however, led the game with 37 points. Kansas' Sherron Collins followed with 20.Kansas tops Texas in OT to win Big 12
ESPN.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-09. The game is the biggest comeback in Kansas basketball history, eclipsing a 19-point comeback over

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in December 1995.

Tournament summary

This was the first Big 12 Basketball Tournament to end with an

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game. With the win, Kansas moved to 5–1 in the championship game, while Texas fell to 0–4. The 22-point comeback by the Jayhawks in the championship was the biggest in the tournament's history. The second-biggest occurred in the same tournament, when Texas came back from 18 down to defeat the Baylor Bears. This tournament was home to the lowest score in tournament history (39 by Nebraska against Oklahoma State), as well as the highest combined score (180 points in the Missouri-Baylor first-round game). The Tournament MVP was

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, a freshman from the University of Texas, who was a member of the 2007 Big 12 All-Tournament Team with

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(Kansas), A. J. Abrams (Texas), Curtis Jerrells (Baylor), and

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(Kansas).Championship Notes
CSTV.com. Retrieved 2007-04-09. Durant also scored 92 points to surpass the previous Big 12 tournament record of 79 set by

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in 2000. This edition of the tournament was the first to be played in

; previous tournaments had been played in

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. The tournament final was televised by

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with play-by-play and commentary by

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, and

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.Men's Basketball preview: Kansas (Big 12 Championship Game)
TexasSports.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-10.

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player –

, ''Texas''

References

External links

Official 2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket
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