Big 12 Men’s Basketball Championship 2025: Bracket, Schedule & How to Watch

The 2025 Big 12 Men’s Basketball is set to feature 16 teams vying for the conference championship in Kansas City, Missouri. The tournament commences on Tuesday, March 11, and will unfold over an exhilarating week of basketball, culminating in the championship match on Saturday, March 15.

Iowa State enters the tournament as the reigning champion, having secured its sixth Big 12 title in 2024 with a hard-fought victory against Houston. Conversely, Houston has earned the No. 1 seed for 2025, with aspirations of capturing the championship this year.

Below is the full bracket for the 2025 Big 12 Tournament, which outlines the matchups, game schedules, and routes to the championship.

2025 Big 12 Tournament Bracket-

2025 Big 12 Men’s Basketball tournament schedule, game times

All times ET

Tuesday, March 11 — First Round

Game 1: No. 12 Oklahoma State vs. No. 13 Cincinnati | 12:30 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 2: No. 9 TCU vs. No. 16 Colorado | 3 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 3: No. 10 Kansas State vs. No. 15 Arizona State | 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 4: No. 11 Utah vs. No. 14 UCF | 9:30 p.m. on ESPN+

Wednesday, March 12 — Second Round

Game 5: No. 5 Iowa State vs. Game 1 winner | 12:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 6: No. 8 West Virginia vs. Game 2 winner | 3 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 7: No. 7 Baylor vs. Game 3 winner | 7 p.m. on ESPN+
Game 8: No. 6 Kansas vs. Game 4 winner | 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2/ESPNU

Thursday, March 13 — Quarterfinals

Game 9: No. 4 BYU vs. Game 5 winner | 12:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 10: No. 1 Houston vs. Game 6 winner | 3 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 11: No. 2 Texas Tech vs. Game 7 winner | 7 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2
Game 12: No. 3 Arizona vs. Game 8 winner | 9:30 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN2

Friday, March 14 — Semifinals

Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner | 7 p.m.
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner | 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 15 — Championship

Semifinal winners | 6 p.m.

Big 12 tournament championship history

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Most Outstanding Player
1997	Kansas	87-60	Missouri	Paul Pierce, Kansas
1998	Kansas	72-58	Oklahoma	Paul Pierce, Kansas
1999	Kansas	53-37	Oklahoma State	Jeff Boschee, Kansas
2000	Iowa State	70-58	Oklahoma	Marcus Fizer, Iowa State
2001	Oklahoma	54-45	Texas	Nolan Johnson, Oklahoma
2002	Oklahoma	64-55	Kansas	Hollis Price, Oklahoma
2003	Oklahoma	49-47	Missouri	Hollis Price, Oklahoma
2004	Oklahoma State	65-49	Texas	Tony Allen, Oklahoma State
2005	Oklahoma State	72-68	Texas Tech	Joey Graham, Oklahoma State
2006	Kansas	80-68	Texas	Mario Chalmers, Kansas
2007	Kansas	88-84 (OT)	Texas	Kevin Durant, Texas
2008	Kansas	84-74	Texas	Brandon Rush, Kansas
2009	Missouri	73-60	Baylor	DeMarre Carroll, Missouri
2010	Kansas	72-64	Kansas State	Sherron Collins, Kansas
2011	Kansas	85-73	Texas	Marcus Morris, Kansas
2012	Missouri	90-75	Baylor	Kim English, Missouri
2013	Kansas	70-54	Kansas State	Jeff Withey, Kansas
2014	Iowa State	74-65	Baylor	DeAndre Kane, Iowa State
2015	Iowa State	70-66	Kansas	Georges Niang, Iowa State
2016	Kansas	81-71	West Virginia	Devonte’ Graham, Kansas
2017	Iowa State	80-74	West Virginia	Monte Morris, Iowa State
2018	Kansas	81-70	West Virginia	Malik Newman, Kansas
2019	Iowa State	78-66	Kansas	Marial Shayok, Iowa State
2021	Texas	91-86	Oklahoma State	Matt Coleman, Texas
2022	Kansas	74-65	Texas Tech	Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
2023	Texas	76-56	Kansas	Dylan Disu, Texas
2024	Iowa State	69-41	Houston	Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State