The 2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the

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in November. Regular season conference play started in December 2019 and concluded in March 2019. The Big 12 tournament was scheduled to be held from March 11 through 14 and will be played at the

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in Kansas City, Missouri, but it was cancelled after the first round due to the

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Coaches

Coaching changes

There were no head coaching changes following the 2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season.

Head coaches

''Note:'' Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Preseason

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

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, Kansas *Newcomer of the Year: Chris Clarke, Texas Tech *Freshman of the Year:

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, West Virginia

Rankings

Regular season

Conference matrix

Big12/SEC Challenge

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

All 10 conference teams will participate in the tournament. The top six teams earn a first round bye. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Coaches

Coaching changes

Head coaches

Preseason

Rankings

Regular season

Conference matrix

Big12/SEC Challenge

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

Bracket

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards

See also

References