The 2016–17 Big 12 men's basketball season is the ongoing 21st season of basketball for the

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. Team practices began in October 2016, and were followed by the start of the regular season on November 11. Conference play began on December 30, 2016 and will conclude with the

2017 Big 12 men's basketball tournament The 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 8 to 11, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. Iowa State received the conferenc ...

, beginning March 8, 2017 at the

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in Kansas City. During the conference's non-conference schedule, Big 12 teams posted a win percentage of .822, the best non-conference win percentage of any conference in the nation.

Preseason

Big 12 Preseason Poll Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team *Player of the Year:

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, Iowa State *Newcomer of the Year: Manu Lecomte, Baylor *Freshman of the Year: Josh Jackson, Kansas

Tournaments

Head coaches

''Note:'' Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Big 12 records are from time at current school.

Rankings

Regular season

Conference matrix

Points scored

Schedules

Baylor

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Iowa State

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Oklahoma

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TCU

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Honors and awards

All-Americans

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Phillips 66 Player of the Week

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

* March 8–11, 2017–Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournament,

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