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. It was played from March 7 to 10, in

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at the

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defeated

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in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 10 team

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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. These are the tiebreakers (5–8 involve both ties with two teams and ties with multiple teams): # If two teams have an identical conference record, then the team with the better head-to-head record gets the higher seed # If a tie can't be broken by the tiebreaker above, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed # If those records are the same, then the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed # If multiple teams are tied, and you can't use the 1st tiebreaker, then the team with the better head-to-head record against the other tied teams gets the higher seed. # If tiebreaker number 4 can't break the tie between multiple teams, then the team with the better record against the 1 seed gets the higher seed # If those records are the same, the team with the better road record gets the higher seed # If those records are the same, the team with the better road record against the top seed gets the higher seed # If those records are the same, a public draw will be held to determine the top seed

Schedule

Bracket

* Indicates overtime game

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player –

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References

External links

Official 2018 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket
{{2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox

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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