2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

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2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams16
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS
Regular season
Big 12 tournament
Big 12 men's basketball seasons
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2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arizona 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Arizona State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Baylor 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
BYU 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Cincinnati 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Colorado 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Houston 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Iowa State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Kansas 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Kansas State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Oklahoma State 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
TCU 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Texas Tech 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
UCF 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
Utah 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
West Virginia 0 – 0   – 0 – 0   –
† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner
As of April 30, 2024
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball season will begin with the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will begin in December 2024 and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament will be held March, 2025, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

This will be the first season for the Big 12 Conference with 16 teams after the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah.

Coaches[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

Coach School Reason Replacement
Mike Boynton Oklahoma State Fired[1] Steve Lutz
Josh Eilert West Virginia Fired[2] Darian DeVries[3]
Mark Pope BYU Left for Kentucky[4] Kevin Young[5]

Head coaches[edit]

Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school as HC Overall record at School Big 12 record NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA championships
Arizona Tommy Lloyd Gonzaga (assistant) 4th 88–20 (.815) 0–0 (–) 3 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 9th 155–131 (.542) 0–0 (–) 3 0 0
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 22nd 446–244 (.646) 189–173 (.522) 12 1 1
BYU Kevin Young Phoenix Suns (asst.) 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
Cincinnati Wes Miller UNC Greensboro 4th 63–43 (.594) 7–11 (.389) 0 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 15th 298–183 (.620) 8–8 (.500) 6 0 0
Houston Kelvin Sampson Houston Rockets (asst.) 11th 264–79 (.770) 15–3 (.833) 6 1 0
Iowa State T. J. Otzelberger UNLV 4th 70–35 (.667) 29–25 (.537) 3 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 22nd 579–138 (.808) 272–72 (.791) 19† 3† 2
Kansas State Jerome Tang Baylor (asst.) 3rd 45–25 (.643) 19–17 (.528) 1 0 0
Oklahoma State Steve Lutz Western Kentucky 1st 69–35 (.663) 0–0 (–) 3 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 9th 160–110 (.593) 60–81 (.426) 4 0 0
Texas Tech Grant McCasland North Texas 2nd 23–11 (.676) 11–7 (.611) 1 0 0
UCF Johnny Dawkins Stanford 9th 148–103 (.590) 7–11 (.389) 1 0 0
Utah Craig Smith Utah State 4th 47–49 (.490) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
West Virginia Darian DeVries Drake 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 3 0 0

† All of the Jayhawks' postseason victories and 7 of their regular-season wins were vacated from the 2017–18 season. Officially, their record for the season 16–8 overall and 3–5 in conference play. The Jayhawks' regular-season Big 12 championship and their Big 12 tournament championship were vacated. The Jayhawks' entire NCAA tournament appearance from the season was vacated including their Final Four appearance.

Preseason[edit]

Big 12 Preseason Poll

Big 12 Coaches Points
1. Arizona
2. Arizona State
3. Baylor
4. BYU
5. Cincinnati
6. Colorado
7. Houston
8. Iowa State
9. Kansas
10. Kansas State
11. Oklahoma State
12. TCU
13. Texas Tech
14. UCF
15. Utah
16. West Virginia
Reference: (#) first-place votes

Recruiting classes[edit]

Rankings
Team ESPN[6] Rivals[7] 247 Sports[8] On3[9] Signees[8]
Arizona 3 3 6 4
Arizona State 27 17 13 5
Baylor 4 7 4 3
BYU 84 29 48 1
Cincinnati 32 21 2
Colorado 37 25 40 3
Houston 23 34 20 2
Iowa State 42 44 38 2
Kansas 16 27 9 3
Kansas State 59 75 33 1
Oklahoma State 85 86 72 1
TCU 47 16 41 2
Texas Tech
UCF 1
Utah 51 55 59 2
West Virginia 111 1


Regular season[edit]

Conference matrix[edit]

  Arizona Arizona State Baylor BYU Cincinnati Colorado Houston Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma State TCU Texas Tech UCF Utah West Virginia
vs. Arizona — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Arizona State 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Baylor 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. BYU 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Cincinnati 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Colorado 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Houston 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Iowa State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Kansas 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Kansas State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Oklahoma State 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. TCU 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Texas Tech 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. UCF 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0 0–0
vs. Utah 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 0–0
vs. West Virginia 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 —
Total 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0

Thru Mar. 9, 2024.

Multi-Team Events[edit]

Team Event Place/Finish
Arizona Battle 4 Atlantis TBD
Arizona State TBD
Baylor TBD
BYU Rady Children's Invitational TBD
Cincinnati TBD
Colorado Maui Invitational TBD
Houston TBD
Iowa State Maui Invitational TBD
Kansas TBD
Kansas State TBD
Oklahoma State TBD
TCU TBD
Texas Tech Legends Classic TBD
UCF TBD
Utah TBD
West Virginia Battle 4 Atlantis TBD


Rankings[edit]

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
т   Tied with another team in rankings
Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
  Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Wk
17 		Wk
18 		Final
Arizona AP
C
Arizona State AP
C
Baylor AP
C
BYU AP
C
Cincinnati AP
C
Colorado AP
C
Houston AP
C
Iowa State AP
C
Kansas AP
C
Kansas State AP
C
Oklahoma State AP
C
TCU AP
C
Texas Tech AP
C
UCF AP
C
Utah AP
C
West Virginia AP
C

Record vs other conferences[edit]

The Big 12 had a record of 0–0 in non-conference play.

Postseason[edit]

Big 12 tournament[edit]

Main article: 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First round
March 		Second round
March 		Quarterfinals
March 		Semifinals
March 		Championship
March
1. #‡ – –
2. ‡ – –
3. ‡ – –
4. ‡ – –
5. † – –
6. † – –
7. † – –
8. † – –
9. – –
10. – –
11. – –
12. – –
13. – –
14. – –
15. – –
16. – –
# – 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 Big 12 tournament.

Bracket[edit]

Bracket format has yet to be announced.

NCAA Tournament[edit]

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
− − − − − −
Bids W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

NIT[edit]

Main article: 2025 National Invitation Tournament
Seed School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
− − − − −
W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Home game attendance[edit]

Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,688
Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 14,198
Baylor Foster Pavilion 7,500
BYU Marriott Center 17,978
Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena 12,012
Colorado CU Events Center 11,064
Houston Fertitta Center 7,100
Iowa State Hilton Coliseum 14,267
Kansas Allen Fieldhouse 16,300
Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum 11,000
Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611
TCU Schollmaier Arena 6,700
Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena 15,300
UCF Addition Financial Arena 9,432
Utah Utes Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000
West Virginia WVU Coliseum 14,000
Total 12,509


Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high


References[edit]

  1. ^ Borzello, Jeff (March 14, 2024). "Oklahoma State fires Mike Boynton as coach after 7 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  2. ^ Williams, Justin and Bennett, Brian (March 14, 2024). "West Virginia parts with interim coach Josh Eilert, seeks permanent replacement". theathletic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Antonik, John (March 28, 2024). "DeVries Officially Introduced as WVU's 23rd Men's Basketball Coach". wvusports.com. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
  4. ^ "Mark Pope Named Head Coach of Kentucky Men's Basketball".
  5. ^ "Brigham Young University director of athletics Tom Holmoe has announced Phoenix Suns associate head coach Kevin Young has been hired as head men's basketball coach at BYU".
  6. ^ "2024 men's college basketball recruiting rankings: Updated top 25 classes". ESPN.com. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "2024 Team Rankings". n.rivals.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "2024 Recruit Basketball Team Rankings". 247Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 Industry Ranking Basketball Team Recruiting Rankings". www.on3.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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