The 2019–20 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2019, followed by the start of the
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
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
Sprint Center
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in
Kansas City, Missouri
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, but it was cancelled after the first round due to the
coronavirus pandemic
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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:
Udoka Azubuike
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, Kansas
*Newcomer of the Year: Chris Clarke, Texas Tech
*Freshman of the Year:
Oscar Tshiebwe
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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.
Bracket
Honors and awards
All-Big 12 awards and teams
Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Weekly Awards
See also
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2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
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Big 12 Conference
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Big 12/SEC Challenge
References
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