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2021–22 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN
Big 12 tournament
Big 12 Basketball seasons
2021–22 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Kansas † 14 – 4   .778 34 – 6   .850
No. 4 Baylor 14 – 4   .778 27 – 7   .794
No. 12 Texas Tech 12 – 6   .667 27 – 10   .730
No. 25 Texas 10 – 8   .556 22 – 12   .647
TCU 8 – 10   .444 21 – 13   .618
Oklahoma State* 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Iowa State 7 – 11   .389 22 – 13   .629
Oklahoma 7 – 11   .389 19 – 16   .543
Kansas State 6 – 12   .333 14 – 17   .452
West Virginia 4 – 14   .222 16 – 17   .485
*Oklahoma State was ineligible for both the 2022 Big 12 Tournament and the 2022 NCAA tournament due to postseason ban imposed by the NCAA.
† 2022 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021–22 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play began in November 2021 and concludes in March 2022. The 2022 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was held March 9–12, 2022, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

Baylor won their first ever National Championship in 2021, becoming the first Big 12 team to win the National Championship since Kansas in 2008. Kansas would make it two straight national championships for the conference, defeating North Carolina, 72-69, in the finals.

Coaches

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Coaching changes

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Coach School Reason Replacement
Steve Prohm Iowa State Fired[1] T. J. Otzelberger
Lon Kruger Oklahoma Retired[2] Porter Moser
Shaka Smart Texas Left for Marquette[3] Chris Beard
Chris Beard Texas Tech Left for Texas[4] Mark Adams

Head coaches

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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
Baylor Scott Drew Valparaiso 19th 392–226 (.634)) 153–151 (.503) 9 1 1
Iowa State T. J. Otzelberger UNLV 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
Kansas Bill Self Illinois 19th 522–118 (.816) 248–59 (.808) 17 3 1
Kansas State Bruce Weber Illinois 10th 170–130 (.567) 76–86 (.469) 5 0 0
Oklahoma Porter Moser Loyola Chicago 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
Oklahoma State Mike Boynton Oklahoma State (asst.) 5th 72–58 (.554) 31–41 (.431) 1 0 0
TCU Jamie Dixon Pittsburgh 6th 96–71 (.575) 34–54 (.386) 1 0 0
Texas Chris Beard Texas Tech 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
Texas Tech Mark Adams Texas Tech (asst.) 1st 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0 0 0
West Virginia Bob Huggins Kansas State 15th 310–171 (.644) 140–111 (.558) 10 1 0

Preseason

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Recruiting classes

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Rankings
Team ESPN[5] Rivals[6] Scout/247 Sports[7] Signees
Baylor No. 15 No. 13 No. 15 3
Iowa State - No. 61 No. 78 1
Kansas No. 9 No. 16 No. 11 4
Kansas State - No. 82 No. 126 2
Oklahoma - No. 37 No. 36 4
Oklahoma State - - - -
TCU - No. 77 No. 98 1
Texas - No. 62 No. 76 1
Texas Tech - - No. 115 1
West Virginia - No. 35 No. 46 4

Preseason watchlists

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Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.[8]

Wooden Naismith Cousy West Erving[9] Malone NABC Abdul-Jabbar
Matthew Mayer, Baylor Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Adam Flagler, Baylor Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Ochai Agbaji, Kansas Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Remy Martin, Kansas Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
David McCormack, Kansas Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Marcus Carr, Texas Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
Terrence Shannon Jr., Texas Tech Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY
James Akinjo, Baylor Green tickY
Andrew Jones, Texas Green tickY Green tickY
Moussa Cissé, Oklahoma State Green tickY
Tre Mitchell, Texas Green tickY
Kendall Brown, Baylor Green tickY
Jalen Wilson, Kansas Green tickY
Timmy Allen, Texas Green tickY
Kevin Obanor, Texas Tech Green tickY

Preseason national polls

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Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season polls
AP[12] Athlon
Sports[13] 		Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[14] 		CBS Sports[15] Coaches[16] ESPN[17] Kenpom[18] SBNation[19] Sports
Illustrated[20]
Baylor 8 8 12 14 7 10 4 8 7
Iowa State 148 113 108
Kansas 3 3 3 4 3 2 3 3 3
Kansas State 86 82 82
Oklahoma 48 52 47
Oklahoma State RV 26 RV 23 37 25
TCU 120 75 66
Texas 5 4 4 10 5 5 14 5 2
Texas Tech RV 40 RV 26 12 26
West Virginia 45 RV 46 39

Rankings

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
Main article: 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Baylor AP 8 9 6 4 2 1 (61) 1 (60) 1 (61) 1 (61) 1 (61) 5 4 8 10 7 10 3 3 -
C 8 – 5 4 2 1 (30) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 1 (32) 6 4 8 10 8 11 4 3 9
Iowa State AP 19 17 11 9 8 11 15 15 23 20 RV RV -
C – 23 19 11 8 8 11 16 14 24 22 RV RV RV RV 23
Kansas AP 3 3 4 8 8 7 7 6 6 9 7 5 10 8 6 5 6 6 -
C 3 – 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 10 7 5 10 8 6 5 7 6 1 (32)
Kansas State AP -
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Oklahoma AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV -
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Oklahoma State AP RV RV RV -
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TCU AP RV RV RV -
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Texas AP 5 8 8 7 7 17 16 17 14 21 23 RV 23 20 20 20 21 22 -
C 5 – 8 8 11 17 17 18 16 22 22 25 21 20 20 22 21 22 RV
Texas Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 25 25 19 18 13 14 9 11 9 12 14 -
C RV – RV RV RV 24 25 25 25 19 19 14 14 9 11 9 12 14 12
West Virginia AP RV RV RV RV RV RV RV -
C RV – RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV

Regular season

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Conference matrix

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  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor — 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2
vs. Iowa State 2–0 – 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Kansas 1–1 0–2 — 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Kansas State 2–0 1–1 2–0 — 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. Oklahoma 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2
vs. Oklahoma State 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
vs. TCU 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 – 2–0 1–1 1–1
vs. Texas 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 — 2–0 0–2
vs. Texas Tech 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 — 0–2
vs. West Virginia 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 —
Total 14–4 7–11 14–4 6–12 7–11 8–10 8–10 10–8 12–6 4–14

Through games of March 5, 2022

Multi-Team Events

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MTE Place/Finish
Baylor Battle 4 Atlantis 1st
Iowa State NIT Season Tip-Off 1st
Kansas ESPN Events Invitational 3rd
Kansas State Hall of Fame Classic 4th
Oklahoma Myrtle Beach Invitational 2nd
Oklahoma State Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase 2-0
TCU SoCal Challenge 2-1
Texas Abe Lemons Classic 3-0
Texas Tech Texas Tech/Grand Canyon MTE[21] 2-0
West Virginia Charleston Classic 3rd

Big 12 - Big East Battle

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Date Big East team Big 12 team Score Location Television Attendance Leader
Wed., Dec. 1 Providence Texas Tech 72–68 Dunkin Donuts Center • Providence, Rhode Island FS1 10,020 Big East (1–0)
Fri., Dec. 3 St. John's No. 8 Kansas 95–75 UBS Arena • Elmont, New York FS1 9,769 Tie (1–1)
Sat., Dec. 4 Creighton No. 19 Iowa State 64–58 CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska FS1 18,294 Big 12 (2–1)
Sun., Dec. 5 Xavier Oklahoma State 77–71 Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma ESPN2 13,611 Tie (2–2)
Tue., Dec. 7 Butler Oklahoma 66–62 Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma ESPN2 11,562 Big East (3–2)
Wed., Dec. 8 No. 15 UConn West Virginia 56–53 WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, West Virginia ESPN2 12,045 Tie (3–3)
Marquette Kansas State 64–63 Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kansas ESPN2 7,184 Big East (4–3)
Thu., Dec. 9 No. 23 Seton Hall No. 7 Texas 64–60 Prudential Center • Newark, New Jersey FS1 10,481 Big East (5–3)
Sun., Dec. 12 No. 6 Villanova No. 2 Baylor 57–36 Ferrell Center • Waco, Texas ABC 10,264 Big East (5–4)
Sat., Dec. 18 Georgetown TCU 80–73 Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C. FS1 5,053 Tie (5–5)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS.

Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: DePaul

Big 12/SEC Challenge

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Date Time Big 12 team SEC team Location TV Attendance Winner Leader
Sat., Jan. 29 12:00 PM TCU 19 LSU Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX ESPN2 6,539 TCU (77-68) Big 12 (1-0)
2:00 PM Oklahoma 1 Auburn Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL ESPN 9,121 Auburn (86-68) Tied (1-1)
West Virginia Arkansas Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR ESPN2 19,200 Arkansas (77-66) SEC (2-1)
23 Iowa State Missouri Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA ESPNU 13,612 Iowa State (67-50) Tied (2-2)
4:00 PM 4 Baylor Alabama Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL ESPN 14,474 Alabama (87-78) SEC (3-2)
Oklahoma State Florida O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL ESPN2 10,056 Florida (81-72) SEC (4-2)
Kansas State Ole Miss The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss • Oxford, MS ESPNU 7,135 Ole Miss (67-56) SEC (5-2)
6:00 PM 5 Kansas 12 Kentucky Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS ESPN 16,300 Kentucky (80-62) SEC (6-2)
13 Texas Tech Mississippi State United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX ESPN2 15,098 Texas Tech (76-50) SEC (6-3)
8:00 PM Texas 18 Tennessee Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX ESPN 16,540 Texas (52-51) SEC (6-4)
Georgia, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt did not participate for the SEC.
All times Eastern

Players of the Week

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Week Player of the week Newcomer of the week
November 15, 2021 Ochai Agbaji, Kansas Tanner Groves, Oklahoma
November 22, 2021 Taz Sherman, West Virginia Tre Mitchell, Texas
November 29, 2021 Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State
December 6, 2021 Christian Braun, Kansas Tanner Groves, Oklahoma (2)
December 13, 2021 Taz Sherman, West Virginia (2) Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State
December 20, 2021 Mike Miles, TCU Kendall Brown, Baylor
December 27, 2021 Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State (2)
Sean McNeil, West Virginia
January 3, 2022 James Akinjo, Baylor Mark Smith, Kansas State
January 10, 2022 Adam Flagler, Baylor James Akinjo, Baylor
January 17, 2022 Ochai Agbaji, Kansas (2) Gabe Kalscheur, Iowa State (2)
January 24, 2022 Ochai Agbaji, Kansas (3) Kevin Obanor, Texas Tech
Nijel Pack, Kansas State
January 31, 2022 Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State (2) Bryson Williams, Texas Tech
February 7, 2022 Nijel Pack, Kansas State (2) Damion Baugh, TCU
February 14, 2022 Jalen Wilson, Kansas James Akinjo, Baylor (2)
February 21, 2022 Ochai Agbaji, Kansas (4) Bryson Williams, Texas Tech (2)
Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State (3)
February 28, 2022 Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State (4) Timmy Allen, Texas
March 7, 2022 James Akinjo, Baylor (2) Kendall Brown, Baylor (2)
Tanner Groves, Oklahoma (3)

Record vs Other Conferences

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The Big 12 had record of 119–28 in non-conference play.

Power 6 Conferences
Conference Record
ACC 7–3
Big East 10–6
Big Ten 5–2
Pac–12 6–1
SEC 10–7
Combined 38–19
Other Conferences
Conference Record
America East 3–0
American 4–2
ASUN 5–0
Atlantic 10 2–2
Big Sky 3–0
Big South 1–0
Big West 0–0
Colonial 2–0
Conference USA 5–0
Horizon 4–1
Independents/Non-Division I 0–0
Ivy League 0–0
Metro Atlantic 1–0
Mid-American 1–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic 1–0
Missouri Valley 2–0
Mountain West 2–1
Northeast 0–0
Ohio Valley 1–0
Patriot 0–0
Southern 0–0
Southland 12–0
Southwestern Athletic 16–0
Summit 5–0
Sun Belt 3–0
West Coast 1–3
Western Athletic 7–0
Combined 81–9

Postseason

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Big 12 tournament

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Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, March 9 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10 		Semifinals
Friday, March 11 		Championship
Saturday, March 12
            
1 Kansas 87
9 West Virginia 63
8 Kansas State 67
9 West Virginia 73
1 Kansas 75
5 TCU 62
4 Texas 60
5 TCU 65
1 Kansas 74
3 Texas Tech 65
2 Baylor 67
7 Oklahoma 72
7 Oklahoma 55
3 Texas Tech 56
3 Texas Tech 72
6 Iowa State 41

NCAA tournament

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Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The winner of the Big 12 tournament, Kansas, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Six Big 12 teams received bids to the NCAA tournament.

Seed Region School First round Second round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 Midwest Kansas defeated (16) Texas Southern 83–56 defeated (9) Creighton 79–72 defeated (4) Providence 88–61 defeated (10) Miami (FL) 76–50 defeated (S 2) Villanova 81–65 defeated (E 8) North Carolina 72–69
1 East Baylor defeated (16) Norfolk State 85–49 lost to (8) North Carolina 93–86
3 West Texas Tech defeated (14) Montana St 97–62 defeated (14) Montana State 97–62 lost to (2) Duke 78–73
6 East Texas defeated (11) Virginia Tech 81–73 lost to (2) Purdue 81–71
9 South TCU defeated (8) Seton Hall 69–42 lost to (1) Arizona 85–80
11 Midwest Iowa State defeated (6) LSU 59–54 defeated (3) Wisconsin 54–49 lost to (10) Miami (FL) 70–56
W–L (%): 6–0 (1.000) 3–3 (.500) 1–2 (.333) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) Total: 13–5 (.722)

Honors and awards

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All-Americans

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Main article: 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
First Team
G Ochai Agbaji, KU
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.

James Akinjo also received third team All-American honors from the AP, ISBWA, Sporting News and NABC.

All-Big 12 awards and teams

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2022 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Ochai Agbaji, KU†
Coach of the Year Scott Drew, BU
Co-Defensive Players of the Year Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, BU
Moussa Cisse, OSU
Gabe Osabuohien, WVU
Sixth Man Award Jeremy Sochan, Baylor
Newcomer of the Year Izaiah Brockington, ISU
Freshman of the Year Tyrese Hunter, ISU
Most Improved Player Nijel Pack, KSU
Reference:
2022 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team Defensive Team Newcomer Team Freshman Team
James Akinjo, BU
Izaiah Brockington, ISU
Ochai Agbaji, KU†
Nigel Pack, KSU
Bryson Williams, TTU† 		Adam Flagler, BU
Christian Braun, KU
Mike Miles Jr., TCU
Timmy Allen, UT
Taz Sherman, WVU 		David McCormack, KU
Jalen Wilson, KU
Mark Smith, KSU
Avery Anderson III, OSU
Marcus Carr, UT 		Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, BU
Dajuan Harris Jr., KU
Markquis Nowell, KSU
Moussa Cisse, OSU
Gabe Osabuohien, WVU 		James Akinjo, BU
Izaiah Brockington, ISU
Mark Smith, KSU
Timmy Allen, UT
Bryson Williams, TTU† 		Jeremy Sochan, BU†
Kendall Brown, BU†
KJ Adams Jr., KU
Tyrese Hunter, ISU†
C.J. Noland, OU
† - denotes unanimous selection

Honorable Mention: Matthew Mayer (Baylor), Jeremy Sochan (Baylor), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), Markquis Nowell (Kansas State), Umoja Gibson (Oklahoma), Jordan Goldwire (Oklahoma), Tanner Groves (Oklahoma), Elijah Harkless (Oklahoma), Damion Baugh (TCU), Emanuel Miller (TCU), Christian Bishop (Texas), Andrew Jones (Texas), Courtney Ramey (Texas), Adonis Arms (Texas Tech), Kevin McCullar (Texas Tech), Kevin Obanor (Texas Tech), Marcus Santos-Silva (Texas Tech), Sean McNeil (West Virginia) [22]

Notes

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