1997 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

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1997 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1996–97
Teams12
Site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Kansas (1st title)
Winning coach Roy Williams (1st title)
MVP Paul Pierce (Kansas)
Attendance114,420 (overall)
19,310 (championship)
Top scorer Corey Brewer (Oklahoma)
(73 points)
Television CBS
1998  →
1996–97 Big 12 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Kansas †15–1 .93834–2  .944
No. 24 Colorado 11–5 .68822–10  .688
Texas 10–6 .62518–12  .600
No. 18 Iowa State 10–6 .62522–9  .710
Texas Tech 10–6 .62519–9  .679
Oklahoma 9–7 .56319–11  .633
Nebraska 7–9 .43818–15  .545
Oklahoma State 7–9 .43817–15  .531
Baylor 6–10 .37518–12  .600
Missouri 5–11 .31316–17  .485
Texas A&M 3–13 .1889–18  .333
Kansas State 3–13 .18810–17  .370
† 1997 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

The 1997 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 6 to 9 in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. Kansas won the tournament for the 1st time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeding

The tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye. [3]

1997 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
1 Kansas ‡#15–134–2
2 Texas #10–618–12
3 Colorado #11–522–10
4 Iowa State #10–622–91–0 vs. Texas Tech
5 Texas Tech 10–619–90–1 vs. Iowa State
6 Oklahoma 9–719–11
7 Nebraska 7–918–151–0 vs. Oklahoma State
8 Oklahoma State 7–917–150–1 vs. Nebraska
9 Baylor 6–1018–12
10 Missouri 5–1116–17
11 Texas A&M 3–139–181–0 vs. Kansas State
12 Kansas State 3–1310–170–1 vs. Texas A&M
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament. [3]

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance
First Round – Thursday, March 6
1112:00 PM#8 Oklahoma State 80 vs #9 Baylor 66Creative Sports19,100
22:20 PM#5 Texas Tech 73 vs #12 Kansas State 57
236:00 PM#10 Missouri 78 vs #7 Nebraska 7218,800
48:20 PM#6 Oklahoma 67 vs #11 Texas A&M 58
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7
3512:00 PM#1 Kansas 74 vs #8 Oklahoma State 59Creative Sports18,800
62:20 PM#4 Iowa State 72 vs #5 Texas Tech 70
476:00 PM#10 Missouri 80 vs #2 Texas 7519,100
88:20 PM#6 Oklahoma 55 vs #3 Colorado 41
Semifinals – Saturday, March 8
591:00 PM#1 Kansas 72 vs #4 Iowa State 48Creative Sports19,310
103:20 PM#10 Missouri 89 vs #6 Oklahoma 80
Final – Sunday, March 9
61112:00 PM#1 Kansas 87 vs #10 Missouri 60 CBS 19,310
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed [2] [4]

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 6 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 7 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 8 		Championship
Sunday, March 9
            
8 Oklahoma State80
9 Baylor 66
1 No. 1 Kansas74
8 Oklahoma St. 59
1 No. 1 Kansas72
4 No. 16 Iowa State 48
4 No. 16 Iowa St72
5 Texas Tech 70
5 Texas Tech73
12 Kansas State 57
1 No. 1 Kansas87
10 Missouri 60
10 Missouri78
7 Nebraska 72
10 Missouri80
2 Texas 75
10 Missouri89
6 Oklahoma 80
6 Oklahoma55
3 No. 18 Colorado 41
6 Oklahoma67
11 Texas A&M 58

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Paul Pierce, Kansas [2]

PlayerTeamPositionClass
Paul Pierce KansasSo.F
Raef LaFrentz KansasJr.F
Jacque Vaughn KansasSr.G
Jason SutherlandMissouriSr.G
Corey Brewer OklahomaJr.G

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References

  1. ↑ 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "1997 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
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