The 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
. It was played from March 13 to 16, in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
at the
Sprint Center
T-Mobile Center (formerly Sprint Center) is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. It is located at the intersection of 14th Street and Grand Boulevard on the east side of the Power & Light District. It has effectively becom ...
. No. 5 seed
Iowa State
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
defeated
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
78–66 to win the championship and receive the Big 12’s automatic bid to the
2019 NCAA tournament. It was Iowa State's fourth Big 12 title in the last six years. They also became the first team lower than a four seed to win the tournament.
Seeding
The Tournament consisted of a 10 team
single-elimination
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Schedule
Bracket
All-Tournament Team
![Lindell Wigginton 2020](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Lindell_Wigginton_2020.jpg)
Most Outstanding Player'' –
Marial Shayok
Marial Makur Shayok ( ; born July 26, 1995) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Maine Celtics of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers and Iowa State Cyclones. Shayok plays with the South Su ...
, ''Iowa State''
See also
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2019 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
The 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from March 8 to 11 in Oklahoma City at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Baylor won the championship game over Iowa State, ...
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2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2018–19 seaso ...
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2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Two human polls made up the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.
Legend
AP Poll
USA Today Coaches Poll
The Coaches Poll is the second o ...
References
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Tournament
A tournament is a competition involving at least three competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:
# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
Big 12 men's basketball tournament
The Big 12 men's basketball tournament (known since its inception in 1997 under sponsorship agreements as the Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament) is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single- ...
Big 12 men's basketball tournament
The Big 12 men's basketball tournament (known since its inception in 1997 under sponsorship agreements as the Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament) is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single- ...
Big 12 men's basketball tournament
College sports tournaments in Missouri