2025–26 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2025–26 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams16
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2026 NBA draft
Regular season
Big 12 tournament
VenueT-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri
2025–26 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Iowa State 0 – 0   – 11 – 0   1.000
No. 1 Arizona 0 – 0   – 10 – 0   1.000
No. 10 BYU 0 – 0   – 10 – 1   .909
Colorado 0 – 0   – 10 – 1   .909
No. 8 Houston 0 – 0   – 10 – 1   .909
Oklahoma State 0 – 0   – 10 – 1   .909
UCF 0 – 0   – 9 – 1   .900
Baylor 0 – 0   – 7 – 2   .778
Arizona State 0 – 0   – 9 – 3   .750
No. 17 Kansas 0 – 0   – 9 – 3   .750
No. 19 Texas Tech 0 – 0   – 8 – 3   .727
TCU 0 – 0   – 8 – 3   .727
West Virginia 0 – 0   – 8 – 4   .667
Cincinnati 0 – 0   – 7 – 4   .636
Kansas State 0 – 0   – 7 – 4   .636
Utah 0 – 0   – 7 – 4   .636
† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner
As of December 18, 2025
Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Big 12 men's basketball season began with the start of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 3, 2025. Regular season conference play will begin on January 2, 2026 and conclude on March 7, 2026. The 2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament will be held on March 10−14, 2026, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Previous season

Big 12 regular season and tournament champion Houston received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament. They would ultimately lose to Florida in the championship game.

Seven out of the sixteen members were granted bids to the NCAA tournament. Those seven teams were Arizona, Baylor, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas and Texas Tech.

Offseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team ESPN[1] 247 Sports[2] On3[3] Signees[2]
Arizona 4 2 3 7
Arizona State − 53 70 6
Baylor − 21 53 4
BYU 13 18 6 3
Cincinnati − 48 44 3
Colorado − 57 50 6
Houston 2 3 2 4
Iowa State − 24 36 4
Kansas 18 9 27 6
Kansas State − 65 105 4
Oklahoma State − 49 32 3
TCU − 67 64 2
Texas Tech − 88 62 2
UCF − 195 210 1
Utah − 100 117 2
West Virginia − 51 63 4

Coaches

Coaching changes

Coach School Reason Replacement
Josh Eilert (interim) Utah Not renewed Alex Jensen[4][5]
Darian DeVries West Virginia Left for Indiana[6] Ross Hodge

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.) 5th 112–33 (.772) 14–6 (.700) 4 0 0
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Buffalo 10th 168–150 (.528) 4–16 (.200) 3 0 0
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 23rd 466–259 (.643) 199–183 (.521) 13 1 1
BYU Kevin Young Phoenix Suns (asst.) 2nd 26–10 (.722) 14–6 (.700) 1 0 0
Cincinnati Wes Miller UNC Greensboro 5th 81–58 (.583) 32–42 (.432) 0 0 0
Colorado Tad Boyle Northern Colorado 16th 312–203 (.606) 11–25 (.306) 6 0 0
Houston Kelvin Sampson Houston Rockets (asst.) 12th 299–84 (.781) 34–4 (.895) 7 2 0
Iowa State T. J. Otzelberger UNLV 5th 95–45 (.679) 42–32 (.568) 4 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 23rd 609–148 (.804) 283–83 (.773) 20† 3† 2
Kansas State Jerome Tang Baylor (asst.) 4th 61–41 (.598) 28–28 (.500) 1 0 0
Oklahoma State Steve Lutz Western Kentucky 2nd 17–18 (.486) 7–13 (.350) 0 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 10th 176–126 (.583) 69–93 (.426) 4 0 0
Texas Tech Grant McCasland North Texas 3rd 51–20 (.718) 26–12 (.684) 2 0 0
UCF Johnny Dawkins Stanford 10th 165–119 (.581) 14–24 (.368) 1 0 0
Utah Alex Jensen Dallas Mavericks (assistant) 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
West Virginia Ross Hodge North Texas 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.

Preseason

Big 12 media day

Big 12 Men's Basketball Media day was held on October 22, 2025 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, with coverage on ESPNU and ESPN+.

Teams and representatives attending was as follows:

Team Coach Player
Arizona Tommy Lloyd Tobe Awaka, Jaden Bradley, Koa Peat
Arizona State Bobby Hurley Noah Meeusen, Maurice Odum
Baylor Scott Drew Obi Agbim, Dan Skillings Jr., Tounde Yessoufou
BYU Kevin Young AJ Dybantsa, Richie Saunders, Robert Wright III
Cincinnati Wes Miller Kerr Kriisa, Moustapha Thiam, Day Day Thomas
Colorado Tad Boyle Bangot Dak, Sebastian Rancik
Houston Kelvin Sampson Emanuel Sharp, Milos Uzan, Ramon Walker Jr.
Iowa State T. J. Otzelberger Joshua Jefferson, Tamin Lipsey, Milan Momcilovic
Kansas Bill Self Flory Bidunga, Darryn Peterson, Tre White
Kansas State Jerome Tang Abdi Bashir Jr., PJ Haggerty, Mobi Ikegwuruka
Oklahoma State Steve Lutz Parsa Fallah, Robert Jennings II
TCU Jamie Dixon Brock Harding, Jayden Pierre
Texas Tech Grant McCasland Christian Anderson, JT Toppin
UCF Johnny Dawkins Devan Cambridge, Themus Fulks, Riley Kugel
Utah Alex Jensen Keanu Dawes, James Okonkwo
West Virginia Ross Hodge Jasper Floyd, Honor Huff, Brenen Lorient
Reference:[7]

Big 12 preseason coaches poll

The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released on October 16, 2025. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players. The Big 12 preseason media poll was released on October 30, 2025.

Big 12 preseason all-conference

All-Big 12 Preseason First team

Player School Pos. Yr. Ht., Wt. Hometown (Last School)
AJ Dybantsa† BYU F Fr. 6'9", 195 Brockton, MA (Utah Prep)
Richie Saunders G Sr. 6'5", 200 Riverton, UT (Wasatch Academy)
Emanuel Sharp Houston G R-Sr. 6'3", 205 Tampa, FL (Bishop McLaughlin School)
Joseph Tugler F Jr. 6'8", 230 Monroe, LA (Cypress Falls)
Milos Uzan G Sr. 6'4", 195 Las Vegas, NV (Desert Pines)
Tamin Lipsey Iowa State G Sr. 6'1", 200 Ames, IA (Ames)
Darryn Peterson† Kansas G Fr. 6'5", 205 Canton, OH (Napa Christian)
P.J. Haggerty Kansas State G Jr. 6'4", 195 Crosby, TX (Memphis)
Christian Anderson Texas Tech G So. 6'9", 195 Atlanta, GA (Oak Hill Academy)
JT Toppin† F Jr. 6'9", 230 Dallas, TX (New Mexico)
† denotes unanimous selection
Reference:[8]
  • Player of the Year: JT Toppin, Texas Tech
  • Co-Newcomer of the Year: LeJuan Watts, Texas Tech
  • Freshman of the Year: Darryn Peterson, Kansas

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player School Wooden[10] Naismith[11] Olson Robertson[12] Cousy[13] West[14] Erving[15] Malone[16] Abdul-Jabbar[17]
Jaden Bradley Arizona Y
Robert Wright III BYU Y
Milos Uzan Houston Y Y Y
Tamin Lipsey Iowa State Y Y Y Y
Darryn Peterson Kansas Y Y Y Y
Christian Anderson Texas Tech Y Y Y
Brayden Burries Arizona Y
Richie Saunders BYU Y Y Y Y
Emanuel Sharp Houston Y Y Y Y
PJ Haggerty Kansas State Y Y Y Y
Anthony Roy Oklahoma State Y
Tounde Yessoufou Baylor Y
AJ Dybantsa BYU Y Y Y Y
Isiah Harwell Houston Y
Milan Momcilovic Iowa State Y
LeJuan Watts Texas Tech Y
Koa Peat Arizona Y Y Y
Michael Rataj Baylor Y
Joseph Tugler Houston Y Y Y Y
Joshua Jefferson Iowa State Y Y
JT Toppin Texas Tech Y Y Y Y
Moustapha Thiam Cincinnati Y
Chris Cenac Jr. Houston Y
Flory Bidunga Kansas Y

Preseason All-American teams

AP[18] ESPN 1st Team[19] ESPN 2nd Team ESPN 3rd Team SI 1st Team[20] SI 3rd Team Blue Ribbon 1st Team[21] Blue Ribbon 2nd Team Blue Ribbon 3rd Team Blue Ribbon 4th Team
AJ Dybantsa Y Y Y Y
PJ Haggerty Y Y
Darryn Peterson Y Y Y
Emanuel Sharp Y Y Y
JT Toppin Y Y Y Y
Joseph Tugler Y

Preseason national polls/ratings

Main article: 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
AP[22] Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[23] 		CBS Sports[24] Coaches[25] ESPN[26] FOX Sports[27] Lindy's
Sports[28] 		Sporting News[29] Kenpom NCAA Sports[30] Sports
Illustrated[31]
Arizona No. 13 No. 22 No. 11 No. 13 No. 13 No. 14 No. 13 No. 7 No. 15 No. 16 No. 13
Arizona State – – – – – – – – No. 75 – No. 82
Baylor RV – – RV – – – No. 23 No. 17 – No. 30
BYU No. 8 No. 16 No. 3 No. 8 No. 6 No. 17 – No. 10 No. 18 No. 14 No. 9
Cincinnati – – – RV – – – – No. 36 – No. 40
Colorado – – – – – – – – No. 83 – No. 95
Houston No. 2 No. 3 No. 2 No. 2 No. 3 No. 3 No. 2 No. 3 No. 1 No. 2 No. 1
Iowa State No. 16 No. 17 No. 13 No. 18 No. 18 No. 11 No. 16 No. 24 No. 13 No. 18 No. 25
Kansas No. 19 No. 18 No. 18 No. 19 No. 21 No. 19 No. 19 – No. 21 No. 10 No. 11
Kansas State RV – – RV – – – – No. 61 No. 33 No. 55
Oklahoma State – – – RV – – – – No. 69 – No. 63
TCU – – – – – – – – No. 66 – No. 57
Texas Tech No. 10 No. 14 No. 7 No. 11 No. 10 No. 5 No. 10 No. 8 No. 12 No. 9 No. 7
UCF – – – – – – – – No. 64 – No. 89
Utah – – – – – – – – No. 74 – No. 85
West Virginia – – – – – – – – No. 67 – No. 68

Regular season

The Conference match ups for each school have yet to be announced.

Key
Schedule Home & Away Conference Schedule
Home (H) & Away (A)
Home Only (H)
Away Only (A)
  Arizona Arizona State Baylor BYU Cincinnati Colorado Houston Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma State TCU Texas Tech UCF Utah West Virginia
vs. Arizona — H & A H H & A A H H A H & A A A H A H H A
vs. Arizona State H & A — H H A H & A H H A A A H A H H & A A
vs. Baylor A A — A H A H & A H & A H H H H & A A H A H
vs. BYU H & A A H — H A A A H H H A H & A A H & A H
vs. Cincinnati H H A A — A H & A A H H A H H H & A A H & A
vs. Colorado A H & A H H H — H H A A A A H & A A H & A H
vs. Houston A A H & A H H & A A — H H A H H H & A A H A
vs. Iowa State H A H & A H H A A — H & A H H & A H A A H A
vs. Kansas H & A H A A A H A H & A — H & A H A H H A H
vs. Kansas State H H A A A H H A H & A — H H & A H A A H & A
vs. Oklahoma State H H A A H H A H & A A A — H & A H H & A H A
vs. TCU A A H & A H A H A A H H & A H & A — H H H A
vs. Texas Tech H H H H & A A H & A H & A H A A A A — H A H
vs. UCF A A A H H & A H H H A H H & A A A — H H & A
vs. Utah A H & A H H & A H H & A A A H H A A H A — H
vs. West Virginia H H A A H & A A H H A H & A H H A H & A A —

Conference matrix

  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. 2025.

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Arizona 900 674 226
Arizona State 965 900 65
Baylor 799 715 84
BYU 942 718 224
Cincinnati 831 721 110
Colorado 968 843 125
Houston 860 635 225
Iowa State 995 636 359
Kansas 896 762 134
Kansas State 950 848 102
Oklahoma State 898 773 125
TCU 777 692 85
Texas Tech 920 813 107
UCF 873 739 134
Utah 888 869 19
West Virginia 904 731 173

Note: Through Dec. 17, 2025.

Multi-Team Events

Team Tournament Finish
Arizona − −
Arizona State Maui Invitational 2nd
Baylor Players Era Festival Consolation Game
BYU ESPN Events Invitational 1st
Cincinnati − −
Colorado Acrisure Holiday Classic 1st
Houston Players Era Festival Consolation Game
Iowa State Players Era Festival Consolation Game
Kansas Players Era Festival 3rd
Kansas State Hall of Fame Classic 2nd
Oklahoma State − −
TCU Rady Children's Invitational 1st
Texas Tech Baha Mar Championship 2nd
UCF Legends Classic 1st
Utah Acrisure Classic 3rd
West Virginia Charleston Classic 4th

Sources:[32]

Coast to Coast Challenge

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record
Dec. 7, 2025 LSU No. 19 Texas Tech† Dickies Arena • Fort Worth, TX USLBM Coast to Coast Challenge Texas Tech 82−58 Big 12 1−0
North Texas TCU† TCU 65−55 Big 12 2−0

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

Regular season honors

Big 12 Players of the Week

Week Player of the week Team Newcomer of the week Team
November 10, 2025[33] Koa Peat
Christian Anderson 		Arizona
Texas Tech 		Koa Peat Arizona
November 17, 2025[34] Kingston Flemings Houston Kingston Flemings Houston
November 24, 2025[35] PJ Haggerty Kansas State Koa Peat (2) Arizona
December 1, 2025[36] Joshua Jefferson Iowa State Moe Odum Arizona State
December 8, 2025[37] Milan Momcilovic Iowa State Tounde Yessoufou Baylor
December 15, 2025[38] Melvin Council Jr. Kansas Melvin Council Jr. Kansas
December 22, 2025
December 29, 2025
January 5, 2026
January 12, 2026
January 19, 2026
January 26, 2026
February 2, 2026
February 9, 2026
February 16, 2026
February 23, 2026
March 1, 2026
Team Total
Team Total
Arizona 3
Houston 2
Iowa State 2
Kansas 2
Arizona State 1
Baylor 1
Kansas State 1
Texas Tech 1
BYU 0
Cincinnati 0
Colorado 0
Oklahoma State 0
TCU 0
UCF 0
Utah 0
West Virginia 0

Big 12 Starting Five

Starting in the 2025−26 the Big 12 introduced the Conference Starting Five, which highlights other strong performances from across the Conference. Honorees were determined by a panel of media who cover Big 12 basketball.

Rankings

Legend
  Increase in ranking
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  Not ranked previous week
т   Tied with another team in rankings
Main article: 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Arizona AP 13 5 4 2 2 1 1
C 13 6 5 3 3 2 2
Arizona State AP RV RV
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Baylor AP RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV
BYU AP 8 7 8 9 9 10 10
C 8 7 10 11 10 10 10
Cincinnati AP
C RV
Colorado AP RV
C RV RV
Houston AP 2 1 2 3 8 7 8
C 2 2 2 2 7 8 8
Iowa State AP 16 16 16 15 10 4 4
C 18 16 14 13 9 4 4
Kansas AP 19 25 24 RV 21 19 17
C 19 24 23 RV 21 19 17
Kansas State AP RV RV RV
C RV RV
Oklahoma State AP RV RV
C RV RV RV RV
TCU AP RV RV
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Texas Tech AP 10 11 15 20 19 16 19
C 11 11 15 20 19т 16 19
UCF AP
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Utah AP
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West Virginia AP
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Big 12 records vs other conferences

The Big 12 has a record of 140–35 in non-conference play during the regular season. The Big 12 has a record of 0–0 during tournament play.

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. 3 No. 3 Florida No. 13 Arizona† T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV Hall of Fame Series − Las Vegas No. 13 Arizona 93−87 1−0
Nov. 7 No. 19 Kansas No. 25 North Carolina Dean Smith Center ● Chapel Hill, NC − North Carolina 87−74 1−1
Nov. 11 No. 11 Texas Tech No. 14 Illinois State Farm Center ● Champaign, IL Illinois 81−77 1−2
Nov. 14 No. 6 Michigan TCU Schollmaier Arena ● Fort Worth, TX Michigan 67−63 1−3
No. 19 Gonzaga Arizona State Desert Financial Arena ● Tempe, AZ No. 19 Gonzaga 77−65 1−4
Nov. 14 No. 15 UCLA No. 5 Arizona† Intuit Dome ● Inglewood, CA Rivalry/Hall of Fame Series − Los Angeles Arizona 69−65 2−4
Nov. 15 No. 3 UConn No. 7 BYU† TD Garden ● Boston, MA Hall of Fame Series − Boston No. 3 UConn 86−84 2−5
Nov. 16 No. 22 Auburn No. 1 Houston Legacy Arena ● Birmingham, AL The Battleground 2k25 No. 1 Houston 73−72 3−5
Nov. 18 No. 5 Duke No. 24 Kansas† Madison Square Garden ● New York, NY State Farm Champions Classic No. 5 Duke 78−66 3−6
Nov. 19 No. 4 Arizona No. 3 UConn Gampel Pavilion ● Storrs, CT − No. 4 Arizona 71−67 4−6
Nov. 21 No. 23 Wisconsin No. 9 BYU† Delta Center ● Salt Lake City, UT The Bad Boy Mowers Series - Salt Lake City No. 9 BYU 98−70 5−6
Nov. 21 No. 6 Louisvile Cincinnati† Heritage Bank Center ● Cincinnati, OH Rivalry/The Hoops Classic No. 6 Louisville 74−64 5−7
Nov. 24 No. 14 St. John's No. 15 Iowa State† Michelob Ultra Arena ● Paradise, NV Players Era Festival No. 15 Iowa State−82 6−7
Nov. 25 No. 14 St. John's Baylor Michelob Ultra Arena ● Paradise, NV Players Era Festival No. 14 St. John's 96−81 6−8
No. 17 Tennessee No. 3 Houston† MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV No. 17 Tennessee 76−73 6−9
Kansas State No. 25 Indiana Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall ● Bloomington, IN − No. 25 Indiana 86−69 6−10
Nov. 26 No. 17 Tennessee Kansas† MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV Players Era Festival Kansas 81−76 7−10
Nov. 27 No. 9 Florida TCU† Jenny Craig Pavilion ● San Diego, CA Rady Children's Invitational TCU 84−80 8−10
Dec. 1 No. 5 UConn No. 21 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse ● Lawrence, KS − UConn 61−56 8−11
Dec. 6 No. 10 Iowa State No. 1 Purdue Mackey Arena ● West Lafayette, IN − No. 10 Iowa State 81−58 9−11
No. 20 Auburn No. 2 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ No. 2 Arizona 97−68 10−11
Dec. 13 No. 17 Arkansas No. 16 Texas Tech† American Airlines Center ● Dallas, TX Revocruit Rematch No. 17 Arkansas 93−86 10−12
Dec. 13 No. 12 Alabama No. 1 Arizona† Legacy Arena ● Birmingham, AL C.M. Newton Classic No. 1 Arizona 96−75 11−12
Dec. 20 No. 14 Arkansas No. 8 Houston† Prudential Center ● Newark, NJ Never Forget Tribute Classic −
Dec. 20 No. 3 Duke No. 19 Texas Tech† Madison Square Garden ● New York, NY SentinelOne Classic −

† denotes neutral site game


Postseason

Big 12 tournament

Main article: 2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2026 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First round
March 10 		Second round
March 11 		Quarterfinals
March 12 		Semifinals
March 13 		Championship
March 14
1. #‡ 0–0 0–0 Bye Bye vs. TBD
2. ‡ 0–0 0–0 Bye Bye vs. TBD
3. ‡ 0–0 0–0 Bye Bye vs. TBD
4. ‡ 0–0 0–0 Bye Bye vs. TBD
5. † 0–0 0–0 Bye vs. TBD
6. † 0–0 0–0 Bye vs. TBD
7. † 0–0 0–0 Bye vs. TBD
8. † 0–0 0–0 Bye vs. TBD
9. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
10. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
11. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
12. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
13. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
14. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
15. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
16. 0–0 0–0 vs. TBD
# – 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

First round
Tuesday, March 10		Second round
Wednesday, March 11		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12		Semifinals
Friday, March 13		Championship
Saturday, March 14
1  
8    
9      
16    
4  
5    
12      
13    
2  
7    
10      
15    
3  
6    
11    
14  

* Indicates overtime game


2025–26 Big 12 season statistic leaders

Source: [45]

TV networks

Team ESPN ESPN2 ESPNU ABC FOX FS1 CBS CBSSN TBS TNT TruTV Streaming (ESPN+/Peacock/Big12 Now/FloSports)
Arizona 7 3 0 1 0 4 1 1 0 3 0 7
Arizona State 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 5 0 9
Baylor 1 5 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 11
BYU 9 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 7
Cincinnati 1 3 1 0 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 11
Colorado 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 4 1 15
Houston 4 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 0 4 0 8
Iowa State 3 1 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 2 10
Kansas 10 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 0 3 0 6
Kansas State 0 2 1 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 0 13
Oklahoma State 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 2 0 14
TCU 1 8 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 4 0 11
Texas Tech 4 7 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 1 0 9
UCF 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 17
Utah 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 15
West Virginia 0 5 1 0 2 5 1 3 0 0 0 11
Total 43 52 6 4 23 49 13 43 0 33 6 174

Home game attendance

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 Game 19 Total Average % of Capacity
Arizona McKale Center 14,688 14,082 13,740 13,556 13,461 14,688† 13,092 82,619 13,770 93.8%
Arizona State Desert Financial Arena 14,198 7,513 5,862 10,016† 5,925 7,250 36,566 7,331 51.5%
Baylor Foster Pavilion 7,500 6,422 6,542 7,119† 7,082 4,584 31,749 6,350 84.6%
BYU Marriott Center 17,978 17,918 18,299† 17,982 17,936 72,135 18,034 100.3%
Cincinnati Fifth Third Arena 12,012 9,126 10,009 11,815† 9,007 8,774 9,853 8,092 7,757 74,433 9,304 77.5%
Colorado CU Events Center 11,064 5,771 5,289 6,596† 5,047 5,209 4,931 5,229 101 38,173 4,772 43.1%
Houston Fertitta Center 7,100 7,035 7,035 7,035 7,035 7,121† 7,035 7,035 49,331 7,047 99.3%
Iowa State Hilton Coliseum 14,267 13,332 13,609 13,416 13,429 14,267† 13,876 81,929 13,655 95.7%
Kansas Allen Fieldhouse 15,300 15,300† 15,300† 15,300† 15,300† 15,300† 76,500 15,300 100.0%
Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum 11,000 7,765 8,040 7,521 7,123 6,917 9,195† 6,682 53,243 7,606 69.1%
Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena 13,611 6,211 7,501† 5,421 6,251 5,848 4,703 5,906 41,841 5,977 43.9%
TCU Schollmaier Arena 6,700 4,741 4,432 4,567 6,426† 4,484 5,706 4,262 34,618 4,945 73.8%
Texas Tech United Supermarkets Arena 15,300 8,056 13,440† 13,126 10,441 10,018 9,855 64,936 10,823 70.7%
UCF Addition Financial Arena 9,432 6,029† 6,018 5,577 5,559 5,173 4,905 5,346 5,195 43,802 5,475 58.1%
Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center 15,000 5,932 6,214 6,570† 6,299 6,163 6,163 6,077 43,418 6,203 41.4%
West Virginia WVU Coliseum 14,000 10,081 9,251 10,264 12,453† 9,360 10,319 9,713 9,803 81,244 10,156 72.5%
Total 12,447 906,537 8,717 70.0%

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high


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