2008 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

The 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City from March 13 until March 16, 2008. It was the 12th Big 12 tournament in the series. Texas and Kansas shared the regular season title, with Texas receiving the top seed in the tournament due to its win over Kansas earlier in the season. The top four seeds, including the two regular season champs, Oklahoma, and Kansas State automatically advanced to the quarterfinal round.

2008 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200708
Teams12
SiteSprint Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsKansas (6th title)
Winning coachBill Self (3rd title)
MVPBrandon Rush (Kansas)
Attendance113,254 (overall)
19,047 (championship)
Top scorerD. J. Augustin (Texas)
(62 points)
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Plus, ESPNU
2007–08 Big 12 men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 7 Texas133 .813317  .816
No. 4 Kansas133 .813373  .925
Kansas State106 .6252112  .636
Oklahoma97 .5632312  .657
Baylor97 .5632111  .656
Texas A&M88 .5002511  .694
Nebraska79 .4382013  .606
Texas Tech79 .4381615  .516
Oklahoma State79 .4381716  .515
Missouri610 .3751616  .500
Iowa State412 .2501418  .438
Colorado313 .1881220  .375
2008 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The first round featured several close games, with a combined 29-point margin of victory for the four matchups. Oklahoma State upset Texas Tech in a game that flip-flopped throughout, and the 12-seed Colorado Buffaloes defeated the 5-seed Baylor Bears in double overtime. This was both the first double-overtime game in tournament history and the first 12-seed win in tournament history. Texas A&M and Nebraska both won their games against Iowa State and Missouri, respectively.

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