2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	16
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS
Regular season
Big 12 tournament
Big 12 men's basketball seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Kansas	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
BYU	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
No. 18 Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
Colorado	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
UCF	0	–	0	–	4	–	0	1.000
No. 5 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	3	–	0	1.000
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
No. 13 Baylor	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
TCU	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Utah	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
No. 17 Arizona	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667
No. 7 Houston	0	–	0	–	2	–	1	.667

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of November 21, 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 Conference 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, plus the departure of Oklahoma and Texas.

Coaches

Coaching changes


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

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 (asst.)	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
UCF	Johnny Dawkins	Stanford	9th	148–103 (.590)	7–11 (.389)	1	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	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	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
Utah	Craig Smith	Utah State	4th	50–50 (.500)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
West Virginia	Darian DeVries	Drake	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	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.

Big 12 media day

Big 12 Men's Basketball Media day will be held on Wednesday, October 23 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri,^[6] with coverage on ESPNU and ESPN+.^[7]

Teams and representatives attending are as follows:

Team	Coach	Player
Arizona	Tommy Lloyd	Jaden Bradley, KJ Lewis & Caleb Love
Arizona State	Bobby Hurley	Basheer Jihad, Alston Mason & Adam Miller
Baylor	Scott Drew	V.J. Edgecombe, Langston Love & Jayden Nunn
BYU	Kevin Young	Dallin Hall, Fousseyni Traore & Trevin Knell
UCF	Johnny Dawkins	Jordan Ivy-Curry, Darius Johnson, Keyshawn Hall^[8]
Cincinnati	Wes Miller	Aziz Bandaogo, Simas Lukosius^[9]
Colorado	Tad Boyle	Julian Hammond III, Andrej Jakimovski & Javon Ruffin
Houston	Kelvin Sampson	LJ Cryer, J’Wan Roberts & Emanuel Sharp
Iowa State	T. J. Otzelberger	Keshon Gilbert, Curtis Jones & Tamin Lipsey
Kansas	Bill Self	KJ Adams Jr., Hunter Dickinson & Dajuan Harris Jr.
Kansas State	Jerome Tang	Coleman Hawkins, Max Jones & David N'Guessan
Oklahoma State	Steve Lutz	Robert Jennings II, Jamyron Keller & Bryce Thompson
TCU	Jamie Dixon	Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds & Ernest Udeh Jr.
Texas Tech	Grant McCasland	Chance McMillian, Kerwin Walton & Darrion Williams
Utah	Craig Smith	Lawson Lovering & Gabe Madsen
West Virginia	Darian DeVries	Tucker DeVries & Javon Small
Reference:^[7]

Preseason

The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released: October 10, 2024. All awards were voted on by the league’s 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas	215 (9)
2.	Houston	211 (5)
3.	Iowa State	194 (1)
4.	Baylor	185
5.	Arizona	179 (1)
6.	Cincinnati	140
7.	Texas Tech	135
8.	Kansas State	133
9.	BYU	116
10.	TCU	90
11.	UCF	83
12.	Arizona State	64
13.	West Virginia	62
14.	Oklahoma State	46
15.	Colorado	37
16.	Utah	30
Reference:^[10] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team

Player	School
Caleb Love	Arizona
LJ Cryer	Houston
J’Wan Roberts	Houston
Tamin Lipsey	Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson†	Kansas
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[10]

Second Team

Player	School
Norchad Omier	Baylor
Jeremy Roach	Baylor
Keshon Gilbert	Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr	Kansas
Coleman Hawkins	Kansas State
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[10]

Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	Rivals^[12]	247 Sports^[13]	On3^[14]	Signees^[13]
Arizona	32	34	26	2
Arizona State	8	9	7	3
Baylor	4	6	4	3
BYU	–	13	22	6
UCF	24	92	65	3
Cincinnati	31	37	21	2
Colorado	42	29	40	3
Houston	28	41	17	2
Iowa State	55	54	38	2
Kansas	17	31	9	2
Kansas State	59	91	66	2
Oklahoma State	–	–	–	0
TCU	57	18	37	2
Texas Tech	63	99	83	2
Utah	62	43	59	2
West Virginia	78	83	87	2

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[15]	Naismith^[16]	Cousy^[17]	West^[18]	Erving ^[19]	Malone^[20]	Abdul-Jabbar^[21]
KJ Adams Jr.	Y
LJ Cryer	Y	Y		Y
Tucker DeVries	Y	Y			Y
Hunter Dickinson	Y	Y					Y
V. J. Edgecombe	Y	Y		Y
BJ Freeman					Y
Dajuan Harris Jr.	Y	Y	Y
Coleman Hawkins	Y	Y				Y
Elijah Hawkins			Y
Motiejus Krivas							Y
KJ Lewis					Y
Tamin Lipsey	Y	Y	Y
Caleb Love	Y	Y		Y
Zeke Mayo				Y
Milan Momcilovic					Y
Norchad Omier	Y	Y				Y
Jayden Quaintance							Y
Jeremy Roach	Y	Y	Y
J'Wan Roberts	Y	Y				Y
AJ Storr	Y	Y			Y
JT Toppin						Y
Trey Townsend						Y

Preseason All-American teams

	AP^[22]	Blue Ribbon 1st Team^[23]	Blue Ribbon 3rd Team^[23]	Blue Ribbon 4th Team^[23]	SI 1st Team^[24]	SI 2nd Team^[24]	SN 2nd Team^[25]	SN 3rd Team^[25]
LJ Cryer				Y
Hunter Dickinson	Y	Y			Y		Y
V. J. Edgecombe								Y
Caleb Love	Y	Y				Y		Y
Tamin Lipsey			Y			Y	Y
J'Wan Roberts			Y

Preseason national polls/ratings

	AP^[26]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook^[27]	CBS Sports^[28]	Coaches^[29]	ESPN^[30]	FOX Sports^[31]	Lindy's Sports	Sporting News^[32]	Kenpom^[33]	NCAA Sports^[34]	Sports Illustrated^[35]
Arizona	No. 10	No. 13	No. 14	No. 9	No. 9	No. 9	No. 10	No. 18	No. 8	No. 17	No. 11
Arizona State	RV	–	No. 100	–	–	–	–	–	No. 71	–	No. 72
Baylor	No. 8	No. 8	No. 6	No. 8	No. 6	No. 8	No. 9	No. 5	No. 11	No. 8	No. 9
BYU	RV	–	No. 66	RV	–	–	–	–	No. 21	–	No. 39
UCF	–	–	No. 61	–	–	–	–	–	No. 66	–	No. 83
Cincinnati	No. 20	No. 21	No. 30	No. 20	No. 19	No. 19	–	–	No. 17	No. 23	No. 17
Colorado	–	–	No. 98	–	–	–	–	–	No. 80	–	No. 128
Houston	No. 4	No. 7	No. 2	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 12	No. 1	No. 6	No. 2
Iowa State	No. 5	No. 5	No. 21	No. 6	No. 7	No. 6	No. 6	No. 2	No. 7	No. 7	No. 6
Kansas	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 1	No. 1	No. 1	No. 2	No. 19	No. 6	No. 2	No. 3
Kansas State	RV	–	No. 24	RV	No. 27	–	–	–	No. 49	No. 28	–
Oklahoma State	–	–	No. 97	–	–	–	–	–	No. 89	–	No. 98
TCU	–	–	No. 79	–	–	–	–	–	No. 58	–	No. 42
Texas Tech	RV	–	No. 31	RV	No. 26	No. 23	–	–	No. 15	–	No. 15
Utah	–	–	No. 71	–	–	–	–	–	No. 82	–	No. 125
West Virginia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 87	–	No. 56

Regular season

The Conference match ups for each school were announced on June 27, 2024. The full Big 12 schedule on September 26, 2024.^[36]

Key
Schedule	Home & Away Conference Schedule
	Home (H) & Away (A)
	Home Only (H)
	Away Only (A)

	Arizona	Arizona State	Baylor	BYU	UCF	Cincinnati	Colorado	Houston	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas Tech	Utah	West Virginia
vs. Arizona	—	H & A	H & A	H & A	A	H	A	A	H & A	H	H	H	A	H & A	A	H
vs. Arizona State	H & A	—	A	H & A	A	H	H & A	A	A	H	H & A	H	A	H & A	H	H
vs. Baylor	H & A	H	—	H	A	H & A	H	H & A	H	A	A	A	H & A	H	H & A	A
vs. BYU	H & A	H & A	A	—	H	H & A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H & A	H & A
vs. UCF	H	H	H	A	—	A	H & A	A	H & A	H & A	A	H & A	H & A	H	A	H
vs. Cincinnati	A	A	H & A	H & A	H	—	H	H	H	A	H & A	H	A	A	H & A	H & A
vs. Colorado	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	A	—	A	H & A	H & A	H	H	H & A	H	H	A
vs. Houston	H	H	H & A	A	H	A	H	—	A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H & A	A	H & A
vs. Iowa State	H & A	H	A	A	H & A	A	H & A	H	—	H & A	H & A	H	A	H	A	H
vs. Kansas	A	A	H	H	H & A	H	H & A	H & A	H & A	—	H & A	A	H	A	H	A
vs. Kansas State	A	H & A	H	H	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	H & A	—	H & A	H	A	H	A
vs. Oklahoma State	A	A	H	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	A	H	H & A	—	H	H & A	H & A	H
vs. TCU	H	H	H & A	A	H & A	H	H & A	H	H	A	A	A	—	H & A	A	H & A
vs. Texas Tech	H & A	H & A	A	H	A	H	A	H & A	A	H	H	H & A	H & A	—	H	A
vs. Utah	H	A	H & A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H	H	A	A	H & A	H	A	—	H & A
vs. West Virginia	A	A	H	H & A	A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H	H	A	H & A	H	H & A	—

Conference matrix

	Arizona	Arizona State	Baylor	BYU	UCF	Cincinnati	Colorado	Houston	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas Tech	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. 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. 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. 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 Dec. 30, 2024.

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Arizona	283	211	72
Arizona State	477	441	36
Baylor	343	276	67
BYU	368	256	112
UCF	319	292	27
Cincinnati	354	219	135
Colorado	337	263	74
Houston	257	159	98
Iowa State	252	152	100
Kansas	418	338	80
Kansas State	305	261	44
Oklahoma State	332	311	21
TCU	383	305	78
Texas Tech	374	239	135
Utah	367	265	102
West Virginia	310	257	53

Note: Through Nov. 21, 2024.^[37]

Big East-Big 12 Battle

Date^[38]	Time	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television
Tue., Dec. 3	6:30 p.m.	Villanova	Cincinnati	–	Finneran Pavilion • Villanova, PA	FS1
Tue., Dec. 3	8:30 p.m.	Providence	BYU	–	Amica Mutual Pavilion • Providence, RI
Wed., Dec. 4	6:30 p.m.	UConn	Baylor	–	Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, CT
	8:30 p.m.	Creighton	Kansas	–	CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, NE
	9:00 p.m.	DePaul	Texas Tech	–	United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX	ESPNU
	9:00 p.m.	Marquette	Iowa State	–	Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA	ESPN+
Thu., Dec. 5	7:00 p.m.	Xavier	TCU	–	Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN+
Fri., Dec. 6	7:00 p.m.	Georgetown	West Virginia	–	WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 7	5:30 p.m.	Butler	Houston	–	Fertitta Center • Houston, TX	ESPN2
Sat., Dec. 7	11:00 a.m.	St. John's	Kansas State	–	UBS Arena • Elmont, NY	Fox
Sun., Dec. 8	12:00 p.m.	Seton Hall	Oklahoma State	–	Prudential Center • Newark, NJ	FS1
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Not participating: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCF and Utah

Multi-Team Events

Team	Event	Place/Finish
Arizona	Battle 4 Atlantis	TBD
Arizona State	Acrisure Classic	TBD
Baylor	Bahamas Championship	1st/2nd
BYU	Rady Children's Invitational	TBD
UCF	Greenbrier Tip-Off	TBD
Cincinnati	−	−
Colorado	Maui Invitational	TBD
Houston	Players Era Festival	TBD
Iowa State	Maui Invitational	TBD
Kansas	−	−
Kansas State	Paradise Jam	TBD
Oklahoma State	Charleston Classic	5th/6th/7th/8th
TCU	Acrisure Invitational	TBD
Texas Tech	Legends Classic	3rd/4th
Utah	−	−
West Virginia	Battle 4 Atlantis	TBD

Big 12 Players of the Week

Week	Player of the week	Team	Newcomer of the week	Team
November 11, 2024^[39]	Hunter Dickinson	Kansas	Egor Demin Zeke Mayo	BYU Kansas
November 18, 2024^[40]	Hunter Dickinson (2)	Kansas	Egor Demin (2) Joson Sanon	BYU Arizona State
November 25, 2024
December 2, 2024
December 9, 2024
December 16, 2024
December 23, 2024
December 30, 2024
January 6, 2025
January 13, 2025
January 20, 2025
January 27, 2025
February 3, 2025
February 10, 2025
February 17, 2025
February 24, 2025
March 3, 2025
March 10, 2025

Team Total

Team	Total
Kansas	3
BYU	2
Arizona State	1
Arizona	0
Baylor	0
UCF	0
Cincinnati	0
Colorado	0
Houston	0
Iowa State	0
Kansas State	0
Oklahoma State	0
TCU	0
Texas Tech	0
Utah	0
West Virginia	0

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
т		Tied with another team in rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2
Arizona	AP	10	9	17
Arizona	C	9	8	17
Arizona State	AP	RV	RV	RV
Arizona State	C
Baylor	AP	8	12	13
Baylor	C	8	14	15
BYU	AP	RV	RV	RV
BYU	C	RV		RV
UCF	AP		RV
UCF	C		RV
Cincinnati	AP	20	17	18
Cincinnati	C	20	17	16
Colorado	AP
Colorado	C
Houston	AP	4	8	7
Houston	C	4	10	7т
Iowa State	AP	5	7	5
Iowa State	C	6	7	5
Kansas	AP	1	1	1
Kansas	C	1	1	1
Kansas State	AP	RV	RV	RV
Kansas State	C	RV	RV
Oklahoma State	AP	RV
Oklahoma State	C
TCU	AP
TCU	C
Texas Tech	AP	RV	RV	RV
Texas Tech	C	RV	RV	22
Utah	AP
Utah	C
West Virginia	AP
West Virginia	C

Big 12 vs other conferences

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov. 4	No. 13 Texas A&M	UCF	Addition Financial Arena ● Orlando, FL	−	UCF 64−61	1−0
Nov. 4	No. 8 Baylor	No. 6 Gonzaga	Spokane Arena ● Spokane, WA	−	Gonzaga 101−63	1−1
Nov. 8	No. 9 North Carolina	No. 1 Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse ● Lawrence, KS	−	Kansas 92−89	2−1
Nov. 9	No. 16 Arkansas	No. 8 Baylor †	American Airlines Center ● Dallas, Texas	−	Baylor 72−67	3−1
Nov. 9	No. 11 Auburn	No. 4 Houston	Toyota Center ● Houston, TX	The Battleground 2k24	Auburn 74−69	3−2
Nov. 10	Arizona State	No. 6 Gonzaga	McCarthey Athletic Center ● Spokane, WA	−	Gonzaga 88−80	3−3
Nov. 21	No. 22 St. John's	No. 13 Baylor †	Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas	Bahamas Championship	Baylor 99−98 ^2OT	4−3
Nov. 22	No. 19 Wisconsin	UCF†	Colonial Hall ● White Sulphur Springs, WV	Greenbrier Tip-Off	−	−
Nov. 22	No. 11 Tennessee	No. 13 Baylor †	Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas	Bahamas Championship	−	−
Nov. 22	No. 12 Duke	No. 17 Arizona	McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ	−	−	−
Nov. 25	No. 4 Auburn	No. 5 Iowa State†	Lahaina Civic Center ● Lahaina, HI	Maui Invitational	−	−
Nov. 26	No. 7 Alabama	No. 8 Houston†	MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV	Players Era Festival	−	−
Nov. 26	No. 12 Duke	No. 1 Kansas†	T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV	Vegas Showdown	−	−
Nov. 27	No. 3 Gonzaga	West Virginia†	Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	−	−
Dec. 4	No. 13 Baylor	No. 2 UConn	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion ● Storrs, CT	Big East–Big 12 Battle	−	−
Dec. 4	No. 15 Marquette	No. 5 Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA	Big East–Big 12 Battle	−	−
Dec. 4	No. 1 Kansas	No. 14 Creighton	CHI Health Center Omaha ● Omaha, NE	Big East–Big 12 Battle	−	−
Dec. 7	Kansas State	No. 22 St. John's	Carnesecca Arena ● Queens, N.Y.	Big East–Big 12 Battle	−	−
Dec. 8	No. 23 Texas A&M	Texas Tech†	Dickies Arena ● Fort Worth, TX	Coast-to-Coast Challenge	−	−
Dec. 14	No. 21 Florida	Arizona State†	State Farm Center ● Atlanta<GA	Holiday Hoopsgiving	−	−

† denotes neutral site game

Record vs vs other conferences

The Big 12 has a record of 57–10 in non-conference play.

Regular season


Power 6 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	1–1
Big East	1–0
Big Ten	1–2
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	2–3
Combined	5–6

Other conferences
Conference	Record
America East	0–0
American	1–1
ASUN	5–0
Atlantic 10	1–1
Big Sky	4–0
Big South	0–0
Big West	3–0
CAA	1–0
C-USA	1–0
Horizon	7–0
Independents/Non-division I	0–0
Ivy League	1–0
Metro Atlantic	2–0
Mid-American	0–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic	1–0
Missouri Valley	1–0
Mountain West	1–0
Northeast	0–0
Ohio Valley	2–0
Patriot	0–0
Southern	0–0
Southland	3–0
Southwestern Athletic	9–0
Summit	3–0
Sun Belt	3–0
West Coast	1–2
Western Athletic	2–0
Combined	52–4

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

The 2025 Big 12 Men's Basketball tournament is scheduled for March 11–15 2025, at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO^[41]

TV networks

Team	ESPN	ESPN2	ESPNU	Fox	FS1	CBS	CBSSN	TBS	TNT	TruTV	Streaming (ESPN+/Peacock/ACCNX)
Arizona	7	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	12
Arizona State	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	11
Baylor	4	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	7
BYU	0	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	15
UCF	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	15
Cincinnati	0	6	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	15
Colorado	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23
Houston	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	13
Iowa State	3	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	14
Kansas	11	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	8
Kansas State	1	1	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	19
Oklahoma State	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	19
TCU	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	18
Texas Tech	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15
Utah	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	24
West Virginia	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	18

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	McKale Center	14,688	13,597	13,982†			27,579	13,790	93.88%
Arizona State	Desert Financial Arena	14,198	6,966†	6,057	6,294		19,317	6,439	45.35%
Baylor	Foster Pavilion	7,500	7,500†	7,500†			15,000	7,500	100.00%
BYU	Marriott Center	17,978	16,941	17,381†	16,789	16,456	67,567	16,892	93.95%
UCF	Addition Financial Arena	9,432	8,808†	7,768	8,302	7,522	32,400	8,100	85.87%
Cincinnati	Fifth Third Arena	12,012	10,290	10,604†	10,485		31,379	10,460	87.07%
Colorado	CU Events Center	11,064	5,679	6,152	5,358	6,288†	23,477	5,869	53.04%
Houston	Fertitta Center	7,100	7,035†	7,035†			14,070	7,035	99.08%
Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum	14,267	13,616†	13,464	13,615		40,695	13,565	95.07%
Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse	15,300	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	61,200	15,300	100.00%
Kansas State	Bramlage Coliseum	11,000	9,155	9,928†	9,507	8,416	37,006	9,252	84.10%
Oklahoma State	Gallagher-Iba Arena	13,611	7,251†	5,447	5,804		18,502	6,167	45.31%
TCU	Schollmaier Arena	6,700	5,127†	5,026	4,815	4,707	19,675	4,919	73.41%
Texas Tech	United Supermarkets Arena	15,300	12,034	13,610†	11,456	9,847	46,947	11,737	76.71%
Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	15,000	6,785†	6,722	6,757		20,264	6,755	45.02%
West Virginia	WVU Coliseum	14,000	9,229	10,017†			19,246	9,623	68.73%
Total		12,447					494,324	9,693	77.87%

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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[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] Jex, Tyson (April 16, 2024). "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". byucougars.com.

[6] "Men's Basketball Picked Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll". gobearcats.com. October 10, 2024.

[Big_12_Media_Day-7] "Player Attendees Revealed for 2024 Big 12 Basketball Media Days Presented by Sprouts Farmers Market". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 17, 2024.

[8] Stephen Leonard [@SLeonard247] (October 21, 2024). "Keyshawn Hall and Jordan Ivy-Curry added to UCF's Big 12 Media Day lineup. Knights initially announced DJ and Jaylin Sellers would head to Vegas, but Sellers sustained a back injury" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[9] Scott Springer [@sspringersports] (October 23, 2024). "UC hoops here in KC. Aziz Bandaogo and Simas Lukosius here. Day Day Thomas didn't make trip as a precaution. Aggravated foot injury yesterday. Early indications are he'll be OK. @CoachWesMiller will speak more on it today @Big12Conference media days #Bearcats" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[Big_12_Preseason_Poll/Honors-10] "Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU's Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 10, 2024.

[11] "2024 men's college basketball recruiting rankings: Updated top 25 classes". ESPN.com. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[12] "2024 Team Rankings". n.rivals.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[dupref1-13] "2024 Recruit Basketball Team Rankings". 247Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[14] "2024 Industry Ranking Basketball Team Recruiting Rankings". www.on3.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[15] "JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON MEN'S TOP 50 WATCHLIST". WoodenAward.com. November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

[16] "2024-25 Jersey Mike's Naismith Men's Player of the Year Watch List, Presented by Axia Time". Atlanta Tipoff Club.

[17] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist". October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[18] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist".

[19] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist".

[20] "The Preseason Watch list".

[21] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist".

[22] Marshall, John. "Duke's Cooper Flagg makes preseason AP All-America team as ACC, Big 12, SEC each place 2 players". apnews.com. The Associated Press.

[blue_ribbon-23] Pascoe, Bruce. "Arizona's Caleb Love named to five-player Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason All-America team". Tucson.com. Tucson.com.

[SI-24] Sweeney, Kevin. "Sports Illustrated's 2024–25 Men's College Basketball Preseason All-American List". SI.com. Sports Illustrated.

[SN-25] DeCourcy, Mike (November 11, 2024). "Sporting News 2024-25 college basketball Preseason All-America team: RJ Davis, Mark Sears lead shining stars". Sporting News. Sporting News.

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v t e Big 12 Conference men's basketball
Current teams	Arizona Wildcats Arizona State Sun Devils Baylor Bears BYU Cougars Cincinnati Bearcats Colorado Buffaloes Houston Cougars Iowa State Cyclones Kansas Jayhawks Kansas State Wildcats Oklahoma State Cowboys TCU Horned Frogs Texas Tech Red Raiders UCF Knights Utah Utes West Virginia Mountaineers
Championships & awards	Big 12 men's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year
Conference challenges	Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (2007–2010) Big 12/SEC Challenge (2013–2023) Big East–Big 12 Battle (2019–2024) Coast-to-Coast Challenge (2021–present)
Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25