The 2018–19

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men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the

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in November. Regular season conference play began in December 2018 and concluded in March 2018.

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and

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won a share of the regular season Big 12 Championship, ending the streak of 14 consecutive conference titles for

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. The Big 12 tournament was held from March 13 through 16 at the

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defeated Kansas in the Big 12 tournament championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State,

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, and Texas Tech each received invitations to the NCAA tournament. Texas Tech advanced to the NCAA championship game where they lost to

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Coaches

Coaching changes

There were no head coaching changes following the 2017–18 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 State *Newcomer of the Year:

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, Kansas *Freshman of the Year:

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, Kansas

Rankings

Regular season

Conference matrix

Big 12/SEC Challenge

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

* March 13–16, 2019–Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournament,

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Bracket

NCAA tournament

NIT

College Basketball Invitational

Honors and awards

All-Americans

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the

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All-Big 12 awards and teams

Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards

References

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