2017–18 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2017–18 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, FSN
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
2018 Big 12 ChampionsKansas
Season MVPDevonte' Graham
Top scorerTrae Young
Big 12 tournament
ChampionsKansas
  Runners-upWest Virginia
Finals MVPMalik Newman
Big 12 Basketball seasons
2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Kansas † 13 – 5   .722 31 – 8   .795
No. 14 Texas Tech 11 – 7   .611 27 – 10   .730
No. 15 West Virginia 11 – 7   .611 26 – 11   .703
Kansas State 10 – 8   .556 25 – 12   .676
TCU 9 – 9   .500 21 – 12   .636
Baylor 8 – 10   .444 19 – 15   .559
Texas 8 – 10   .444 19 – 15   .559
Oklahoma State 8 – 10   .444 21 – 15   .583
Oklahoma 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Iowa State 4 – 14   .222 13 – 18   .419
† 2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]


The 2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play started on December 29, 2017 and concluded on March 3, 2018. The Big 12 tournament began on March 7, with the championship game on March 10, played at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas won the regular season conference title, their NCAA record 14th consecutive year winning the regular season title.[2]

Coaches

Coaching changes

On March 18, 2017, head coach Brad Underwood left Oklahoma State to accept the head coaching position at Illinois after one year at OSU.[3] The school promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. to head coach on March 24.[4]

Head coaches

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

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Big 12 record NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 14th 298–195 (.604) 115–137 (.456) 7 0 0
Iowa State Steve Prohm Murray State 3rd 60–41 (.594) 26–28 (.481) 2 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 15th 447–96 (.823) 208–46 (.819) 15 3 1
Kansas State Bruce Weber Illinois 6th 125–80 (.610) 55–53 (.509) 4 0 0
Oklahoma Lon Kruger UNLV 7th 140–91 (.606) 65–61 (.516) 6 1 0
Oklahoma State Mike Boynton Oklahoma State (asst.) 1st 21–15 (.583) 8–10 (.444) 0 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 2nd 45–27 (.625) 15–21 (.417) 1 0 0
Texas Shaka Smart VCU 3rd 50–50 (.500) 23–31 (.426) 2 0 0
Texas Tech Chris Beard Little Rock 2nd 45–24 (.652) 25–22 (.532) 1 0 0
West Virginia Bob Huggins Kansas State 11th 255–130 (.662) 62–46 (.574) 9 1 0

Preseason

Big 12 recruits at the 2017 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
Mohamed Bamba, Texas
Billy Preston, Kansas
Trae Young, Oklahoma

Preseason watchlists

Wooden[7] Naismith[8] Robertson[9] Cousy[10] West[11] Erving[12] Malone[13] Abdul-Jabbar[14] Olson[15]
Devonte' Graham - Kansas
Malik Newman - Kansas
Trae Young - Oklahoma
Jeffrey Carroll - Oklahoma State
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia 		DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Malik Newman - Kansas
Jeffrey Carroll - Oklahoma State
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia 		DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Mohamed Bamba - Texas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia 		Manu Lecomte - Baylor
DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Trae Young - Oklahoma
Jevon Carter - West Virginia 		Malik Newman - Kansas
Andrew Jones - Texas
Daxter Miles, Jr - West Virginia 		Jeffrey Carroll - Oklahoma State Dylan Osetkowski - Texas
Zach Smith - Texas Tech 		Vladimir Brodziansky - TCU
Mohamed Bamba - Texas 		DeVonte' Graham - Kansas
Jevon Carter - West Virginia

Tournaments

Team Tournament Finish
Baylor CBE Hall of Fame Classic Champions
Iowa State Puerto Rico Tip-Off Champions
Kansas Miami Invitational Won all 4 games
Kansas State Las Vegas Invitational 3rd Place
Oklahoma Phil Knight Invitational 5th Place
Oklahoma State Legends Classic 3rd Place
TCU Emerald Coast Classic Champions
Texas Phil Knight Invitational 4th Place
Texas Tech Hall of Fame Tip Off Champions
West Virginia AdvoCare Invitational Champions

Rankings

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Main article: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Regular season

Conference matrix

  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor — 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 2–0
vs. Iowa State 1–1 — 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. Kansas 1–1 0–2 — 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2
vs. Kansas State 0–2 0–2 2–0 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0
vs. Oklahoma 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Oklahoma State 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 — 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. TCU 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 1–1
vs. Texas 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 — 1–1 1–1
vs. Texas Tech 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 — 1–1
vs. West Virginia 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 —
Total 8–10 4–14 13–5 10–8 8–10 8–10 9–9 8–10 11–7 11–7

Big 12 vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of the power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Pac-12 and SEC) the Big 12 plays in the non-conference (Rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Conference Score
November 10, 2017 No. 25 Texas A&M No. 11 West Virginia Ramstein Air Base • Ramstein, GER SEC L, 88–65
November 10, 2017 Iowa State Missouri Mizzou Arena • Columbia, MO SEC L, 74–59
November 14, 2017 No. 4 Kansas No. 7 Kentucky United Center • Chicago SEC W, 65–61
November 18, 2017 Texas Tech Boston College Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, CT ACC W, 75–64
November 19, 2017 No. 20 Northwestern Texas Tech Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, CT Big Ten W, 85–49
November 20, 2017 Oklahoma State No. 16 Texas A&M Barclays Center • Brooklyn, NY SEC L, 72–55
November 20, 2017 No. 22 Baylor Wisconsin Sprint Center • Kansas City, MO Big Ten W, 70–65
November 21, 2017 Pittsburgh Oklahoma State Barclays Center • Brooklyn, NY ACC W, 73–67
November 23, 2017 Oklahoma Arkansas Moda Center • Portland, OR SEC W, 92–83
November 23, 2017 Kansas State Arizona State Orleans Arena • Las Vegas, NV Pac-12 L, 92–90
November 24, 2017 No. 1 Duke Texas Moda Center • Portland, OR ACC L, 85–78
November 25, 2017 Missouri No. 23 West Virginia HP Field House • Lake Buena Vista, FL SEC W, 83–79
November 26, 2017 Oregon Oklahoma Moda Center • Portland, OR Pac-12 W, 90–80
December 2, 2017 No. 2 Kansas Syracuse American Airlines Arena • Miami, FL ACC W, 76–60
December 3, 2017 Kansas State Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN SEC W, 84–79
December 5, 2017 No. 18 Virginia West Virginia WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV ACC W, 68–61
December 6, 2017 Washington No. 2 Kansas Sprint Center • Kansas City, MO Pac-12 L, 74–65
December 7, 2017 Iowa Iowa State Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA Big Ten W, 84–78
December 8, 2017 Oklahoma No. 25 USC Staples Center • Los Angeles, CA Pac-12 W, 85–83
December 9, 2017 No. 18 West Virginia Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, PA ACC W, 69-60
December 10, 2017 No. 16 Arizona State No. 2 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS Pac-12 L, 95-85
December 12, 2017 Michigan Texas Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX Big Ten L, 59-52
December 16, 2017 Oklahoma State No. 24 Florida State BB&T Center • Sunrise, FL ACC W, 71-70
December 16, 2017 No. 13 Kansas Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena • Lincoln, NE Big Ten W, 73-72
December 20, 2017 Kansas State Washington State Veterans Memorial Arena • Spokane, WA Pac-12 W, 68-65
December 21, 2017 No. 14 Kansas Stanford Golden 1 Center • Sacramento, CA Pac-12 W, 75-54
December 22, 2017 Northwestern No. 17 Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, OK Big Ten W, 104-78
December 22, 2017 Texas Alabama Legacy Arena • Birmingham, AL SEC W, 66-50
January 27, 2018 Texas A&M No. 5 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS SEC W, 79–68
January 27, 2018 Kentucky No. 7 West Virginia WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV SEC L, 83–76
January 27, 2018 Baylor No. 22 Florida O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL SEC L, 81–60
January 27, 2018 No. 14 Texas Tech South Carolina Colonial Life Arena • Columbia, SC SEC W, 70–63
January 27, 2018 Georgia Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, KS SEC W, 56–51
January 27, 2018 Ole Miss Texas Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX SEC W, 85–72
January 27, 2018 No. 12 Oklahoma Alabama Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL SEC L, 80–73
January 27, 2018 No. 22 Tennessee Iowa State Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA SEC L, 68–45
January 27, 2018 TCU Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN SEC L, 81–78
January 27, 2018 Oklahoma State Arkansas Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR SEC L, 66–65

Big 12/SEC Challenge

Main article: Big 12/SEC Challenge
Date [16] Time Big 12 team SEC team Location TV Attendance Winner Leader
Sat., Jan. 27 12:00 pm Baylor No. 20 Florida O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL ESPN
10,623
 Florida (81–60) SEC (1–0)
No. 14 Texas Tech South Carolina Colonial Life Arena • Columbia, SC ESPN2
14,142
 Texas Tech (70–63) Tied (1–1)
2:00 pm Texas Ole Miss Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX ESPN2
10,913
 Texas (85–72) Big 12 (2–1)
Kansas State Georgia Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, KS ESPNU
10,314
 Kansas State (56–51) Big 12 (3–1)
2:15 pm No. 12 Oklahoma Alabama Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN
15,383
 Alabama (80–73) Big 12 (3–2)
4:00 pm TCU Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium • Nashville, TN ESPN2
9,755
 Vanderbilt (81–78)
Tied (3–3)
Iowa State No. 22 Tennessee Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA ESPNU
14,384
 Tennessee (68–45)
SEC (4–3)
4:30 pm No. 5 Kansas Texas A&M Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS ESPN
16,300
 Kansas (79–68)
Tied (4–4)
6:00 pm Oklahoma State Arkansas Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR ESPN2
18,057
 Arkansas (66–65)
SEC (5–4)
7:00 pm No. 7 West Virginia Kentucky WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV ESPN
15,835
 Kentucky (83–76)
SEC (6–4)
Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Missouri did not participate for the SEC.
All times Eastern

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

Main article: 2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2018 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 7 		Quarterfinals
March 8 		Semifinals
March 9 		Championship
March 10
1. ‡† Kansas 13–5 27–7 Bye #8 Oklahoma State #4 Kansas State #3 West Virginia
2. † Texas Tech 11–7 24–9 1–1 vs. WVU; 1–1 vs. KU Bye #7 Texas #3 West Virginia
3. † West Virginia 11–7 24–10 1–1 vs. TTU; 0–2 vs. KU Bye #6 Baylor #2 Texas Tech #1 Kansas
4. † Kansas State 10–8 22–11 Bye #5 TCU #1 Kansas
5. † TCU 9–9 21–11 Bye #4 Kansas State
6. † Baylor 8–10 18–14 5–1 vs. UT, OSU, & OU Bye #3 West Virginia
7. Texas 8–10 19–14 3–3 vs. BU, OSU, & OU #10 Iowa State #2 Texas Tech
8. Oklahoma State 8–10 19–14 2–4 vs. BU, UT, & OU; 2–0 vs. KU #9 Oklahoma #1 Kansas
9. Oklahoma 8–10 18–13 2–4 vs. BU, UT, & OSU; 1–1 vs. KU #8 Oklahoma State
10. Iowa State 4–14 13–18 #7 Texas
‡ – Big 12 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 tournament.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, March 7 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8 		Semifinals
Friday, March 9 		Championship
Saturday, March 10
            
1 Kansas 82
8 Oklahoma State 68
8 Oklahoma State 71
9 Oklahoma 60
1 Kansas 83
4 Kansas State 67
4 Kansas State 66OT
5 TCU 64
1 Kansas 81
3 West Virginia 70
2 Texas Tech 73
7 Texas 69
7 Texas 68
10 Iowa State 64
2 Texas Tech 63
3 West Virginia 66
3 West Virginia 78
6 Baylor 65

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Seed Region School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 Midwest Kansas #16 Penn W, 76–60 #8 Seton Hall W, 83–79 #5 Clemson W, 80–76 #2 Duke W, 85–81OT #1 Villanova L, 79–95
3 East Texas Tech #14 Stephen F. Austin W, 70–60 #6 Florida W, 69–66 #2 Purdue W, 78–65 #1 Villanova L, 59–71
5 East West Virginia #12 Murray State W, 85–68 #13 Marshall W, 94–71 #1 Villanova L, 78–90
6 Midwest TCU #11 Syracuse L, 52–57
9 South Kansas State #8 Creighton W, 69–59 #16 UMBC W, 50–43 #5 Kentucky W, 61–58 #11 Loyola–Chicago L, 62–78
10 South Texas #7 Nevada L, 83–87OT
10 Midwest Oklahoma #7 Rhode Island L, 78–83OT
7 Bids W-L (%): 4–3 .571 4–0 1.000 3–1 .750 1–2 .333 0–1 .000 TOTAL: 12–7 .632

NIT

Main article: 2018 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Region School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Baylor Baylor #8 Wagner W, 80–59 #4 Mississippi State L, 77–78
2 USC Oklahoma State #7 Florida Gulf Coast W, 80–68 #3 Stanford W, 71–65 #4 Western Kentucky L, 84–92
2 Bids W-L (%): 2–0 1.000 1–1 .500 0–1 .000 0–0 – TOTAL: 3–2 .600

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Main article: 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
First Team Second Team
Devonte' Graham, G, Kansas
Trae Young, G, Oklahoma 		Jevon Carter, G, West Virginia
Keenan Evans, G, Texas Tech
Reference:

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, Sporting News, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Phillips 66 Player of the Week

Lindell Wigginton
Week Player of the Week School Newcomer of the Week School Ref.
Nov 13 Trae Young Oklahoma Mo Bamba
Marcus Garrett 		Texas
Kansas 		[18]
Nov 20 Nick Weiler-Babb Iowa State Trae Young Oklahoma [19]
Nov 27 Trae Young (2) Oklahoma Jarrett Culver Texas Tech [20]
Dec 4 Devonte' Graham Kansas Trae Young (2) Oklahoma [21]
Dec 11 Keenan Evans Texas Tech Lindell Wigginton Iowa State [22]
Dec 18 Trae Young (3) Oklahoma Brady Manek Oklahoma [23]
Dec 27 Trae Young (4) Oklahoma Brady Manek (2) Oklahoma [24]
Jan 1 Trae Young (5) Oklahoma Mo Bamba (2) Texas [25]
Jan 8 Keenan Evans (2) Texas Tech Teddy Allen West Virginia [26]
Jan 15 Trae Young (6) Oklahoma Lindell Wigginton (2) Iowa State [27]
Jan 22 Dean Wade Kansas State Cameron Lard
Malik Newman 		Iowa State
Kansas 		[28]
Jan 29 Keenan Evans (3) Texas Tech Mo Bamba (3) Texas [29]
Feb 5 Keenan Evans (4) Texas Tech Kendall Smith Oklahoma State [30]
Feb 12 Manu Lecomte Baylor Cameron Lard (2) Iowa State [31]
Feb 19 Terry Maston Baylor Mo Bamba (4) Texas [32]
Feb 26 Devonte' Graham (2) Kansas Malik Newman (2)
Lindell Wigginton (3) 		Kansas
Iowa State 		[33]
Mar 5 Kendall Smith Oklahoma State Jericho Sims Texas [34]

See also

References

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  21. ^ Conference, Big 12. "These guys brought the .pic.twitter.com/NO0wM4ZSOf".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  29. ^ Conference, Big 12. ""@K3VANS12 amassed 43 of his 57 points of the week in the second half ..." "Bamba converted .789 of his field goal attempts including 3-of-3 from three-point range ..." Safe to say the [fire] was brought in week 12. pic.twitter.com/YhvpGYFBNK".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ Conference, Big 12. "Huge upset. Huge win. Huge numbers. The #Big12MBB POW's showed out in week 13. pic.twitter.com/TQhJccpS47".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ Conference, Big 12. "When your teams take down a top-25 opponent ... for @BaylorMBB's @ManuLecomte20 & @CycloneMBB's Cameron Lard are in order. pic.twitter.com/ZF7dIZO1UF".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ Conference, Big 12. "double-double machine and determined off the bench earn #Big12MBB POW honors this week. @TexasMBB @BaylorMBB pic.twitter.com/6Ud13SfdMS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ Conference, Big 12. "History was made in week 16. Player of the Week | @Devonte_Graham4 Co-Newcomer of the Week | @iammaliknewman Co-Newcomer of the Week | @Lwigginton5 pic.twitter.com/QxuwGBKILG".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  34. ^ Conference, Big 12. "Ending the #Big12MBB regular season with a bang ... Player of the Week | @OSUMBB's @Ken2Smoove Newcomer of the Week | @TexasMBB's Jerico Sims pic.twitter.com/5jr9i8E73z".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)