Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
| Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference basketball championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | T-Mobile Center |
| Current location | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Played | 1997–present |
| Last contest | 2026 |
| Current champion | Arizona Wildcats (1st title) |
| Most championships | Kansas Jayhawks (11) |
| TV partner | ESPN |
| Official website | Big12Sports.com Men's Basketball |
| Sponsors | |
| Phillips 66 (1997–present) | |
| Host stadiums | |
| T-Mobile Center (2008, 2010–2031) Ford Center (2007, 2009) American Airlines Center (2003–2004, 2006) Kemper Arena (1997–2002, 2005) | |
| Host locations | |
| Kansas City, Missouri (1997–2002, 2005, 2008, 2010–2031) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007, 2009) Dallas, Texas (2003–2004, 2006) | |
The Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament is the championship men's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament of four rounds, with the top six seeds getting byes in the first round. Seeding is based on regular season records. The winner of the tournament receives the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Between 2005 and 2019, no current Big 12 member besides Iowa State or Kansas won the tournament, and those two schools have won 18 of 27 titles. The remaining current Big 12 schools only account for six additional tournament titles. For its first twenty-three years, no school from outside the original Big Eight Conference had ever won the tournament. This streak ended when the Texas Longhorns won the championship game against Oklahoma State in 2021.
The tournament has been held since 2010 at the T-Mobile Center (formerly Sprint Center) in Kansas City, Missouri, under long-term contracts most recently renewed in 2024.