The 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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. It was played from March 10 to 13, in

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at the

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. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament.

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defeated

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in the championship to earn their first Big 12 Tournament Championship and third Conference tournament Championship overall.

became the first school that was not a member of the

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to win the tournament.

Seeds

All ten teams participated in the tournament. The top six teams earned a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. What tiebreakers were used for each tie is included in the table.

Schedule

All games had limited attendance due to the

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Bracket

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References

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