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in November. Regular season conference play will begin in December 2024 and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was held March 11–15, 2025, at the

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. This was the first season for the

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with 16 teams after the addition of

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and

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, plus the departure of

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and

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Coaches

Coaching changes

Head coaches

''Note:'' Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only. ''† 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.'' ''‡ Craig Smith was fired on February 24, 2025 after 27 games into the 2024−25 season. He finished with a record of 65−62 and zero NCAA tournament appearances. Assistant coach Josh Eilert was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.'' ''# Darian DeVries took the

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job on March 18, 2025 after their season was over. He finished with a record of 19–13 and zero NCAA tournament appearances.''

Big 12 media day

Big 12 Men's Basketball Media day was held on Wednesday, October 23 at

, with coverage on

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. Teams and representatives attending were as follows:

Preseason

The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released: October 10, 2024. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players. Big 12 Preseason Poll Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team ;First Team ;Second Team * Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas * Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor &

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, Kansas State * Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Recruiting classes

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Preseason All-American teams

Preseason national polls/ratings

Regular season

The Conference match ups for each school were announced on June 27, 2024. The full Big 12 schedule on September 26, 2024.

Conference matrix

Thru 2024−25 Regular Season.

Points scored

''Note:'' Through 2025 season.

Big East-Big 12 Battle

Multi-Team Events

Big 12 Players of the Week

Team Total

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable Midseason watch lists. Coaching Midseason watch lists.

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable Midseason watch lists.

Rankings

Big 12 vs other conferences

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game): ''† denotes neutral site game''

Record vs other conferences

The Big 12 had a record of 134–38 in non-conference play during the regular season. The Big 12 had a record of 18–11 during tournament play. Regular season Postseason

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

* The 2025 Big 12 Men's Basketball tournament was played March 11–15 2025, at

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Bracket

* Indicates overtime game

NCAA Tournament

NIT

CBC

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Honorable Mention: Tobe Awaka (Arizona), Henri Veesaar (Arizona) Robert Wright (Baylor), Egor Demin (BYU), Darius Johnson (UCF), Jizzle James (Cincinnati), Julian Hammond III (Colorado), Emanuel Sharp (Houston), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), David N’Guessan (Kansas State), Bryce Thompson (Oklahoma State), Noah Reynolds (TCU), Ernest Udeh Jr. (TCU), Gabe Madsen (Utah)

All-Americans

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team. ''Sources:''
Associated Press All-America Team
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NBA draft

The following list includes all Big 12 players who were drafted in the

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