The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was a postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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. It was played from March 11–15, 2025, in

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at the

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received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, it was the first tournament with 16 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2024–25 season,

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, and

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joined the conference for the first time, and

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rejoined after a 13-year absence. The tournament will be sponsored by

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Seeds

All sixteen teams participated in the tournament, which became the first with the 16-team bracket format. The top eight teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye into the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference. Ties were broken by head-to-head results, then results vs. the top seed in the conference and going down the standings until the tie was broken. ''Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round
† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round
Overall records include all games played in the 2025 Big 12 tournament.''

Schedule

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Bracket

Awards and honors

Team and tournament leaders

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All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player

References

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