2015–16 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

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2015–16 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 10
TV partner(s) CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2016 Big 12 Champions Kansas
Season MVP Buddy Hield
Top scorer Buddy Hield
Tournament
Champions Kansas
  Runners-up West Virginia
Finals MVP Devonte' Graham
Basketball seasons
2015–16 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#1 Kansas 15 3   .833     33 5   .868
#8 West Virginia 13 5   .722     26 9   .743
#7 Oklahoma 12 6   .667     29 8   .784
Texas 11 7   .611     20 13   .606
#21 Baylor 10 8   .556     22 12   .647
#22 Iowa State 10 8   .556     23 12   .657
Texas Tech 9 9   .500     19 13   .594
Kansas State 5 13   .278     17 16   .515
Oklahoma State 3 15   .167     12 20   .375
TCU 2 16   .111     12 21   .364
2016 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll


The 2015–16 Big 12 men's basketball season was the 20th season of basketball for the Big 12 Conference. Team practices began in October 2015, followed by the start of the regular season on November 13. Conference play began on January 2, 2016, and concluded on March 5. Kansas won their 12th straight Big 12 regular season championship by finishing 33–5 overall and 15–3 in conference play, two games ahead of second-place West Virginia. The 2016 Big 12 men's basketball tournament took place from March 9–12, 2016 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. Kansas won the tournament for the 10th time in school history.

Buddy Hield of Oklahoma was named Big 12 Player of the Year for the second consecutive year, and became just the third player in conference history to be named the National college player of the year.

Seven schools were awarded a berth to the NCAA tournament. Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa State each reached the Sweet 16, with Oklahoma advancing all the way to the Final four before losing to the eventual champions Villanova.

Preseason

Rankings

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Baylor AP 22 20 RV 25 16 16 23 23 RV 22 13 17 15 21 25 19 19 22 21
C 21 21 25 23 15 14 22 21 25 22 15 18 13 19 22 16 17 20 18 24
Iowa State AP 7 7 4 5 4 5 11 11 13 17 19 14 13 14 13 17 21 21 22
C 7 7 5 4 2 2 9 9 14 18 21 16 14 15 15 17 20 19 19 15
Kansas AP 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 7 6 2 2 1 1 1
C 5 5 7 6 7 5 3 3 2 1 3 3 6 6 2 2 1 1 1 3
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Oklahoma AP 8 8 7 6 7 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 6 7
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West Virginia AP RV RV RV 20 14 20 19 19 17 11 6 9 14 10 10 14 10 9 8
C 23 22 22 15 14 16 18 17 15 10 7 9 12 10 11 12 9 8 8 14

Regular season

Conference matrix

  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
vs. Iowa State 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–0
vs. Kansas 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 1–1
vs. Kansas State 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0
vs. Oklahoma 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Oklahoma State 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0
vs. TCU 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0
vs. Texas 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
vs. Texas Tech 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 2–0
vs. West Virginia 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–2
Total 10–8 10–8 15–3 5–13 12–6 3–15 2–16 11–7 9–9 13–5

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Baylor 1424 1323 101
Iowa State 1448 1392 56
Kansas 1401 1194 207
Kansas State 1251 1293 -42
Oklahoma 1393 1307 86
Oklahoma State 1123 1248 -125
TCU 1129 1370 -241
Texas 1238 1227 11
Texas Tech 1275 1314 -39
West Virginia 1365 1242 123

Baylor

Iowa State

Kansas

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Oklahoma

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TCU

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West Virginia

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards[3]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Buddy Hield, G, Oklahoma
Coach of the Year Tubby Smith, Texas Tech
Defensive Player of the Year Prince Ibeh, C, Texas
Sixth Man Award Jaysean Paige†, G, West Virginia
Newcomer of the Year Deonte Burton†, G, Iowa State
Freshman of the Year Jawun Evans, G, Oklahoma State
2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[3]
First Team Second Team Third Team Defensive Team
Isaiah Taylor, Jr., G, Texas
Buddy Hield†, Sr., G, Oklahoma
Georges Niang†, Sr., F, Iowa State
Taurean Prince, Sr., F, Baylor
Perry Ellis†, Sr., F, Kansas
Jaysean Paige, Sr., G, West Virginia
Monte Morris, Jr., G, Iowa State
Frank Mason III, Jr., G, Kansas
Wayne Selden, Jr., Jr., G, Kansas
Devin Williams, Jr., F, West Virginia
Isaiah Cousins, Sr., G, Oklahoma
Wesley Iwundu, Jr., F, Kansas State
Rico Gathers, Sr., F, Baylor
Johnathan Motley, So., F, Baylor
Ryan Spangler, Sr., F, Oklahoma
Devonte' Graham, So., G, Kansas
Frank Mason III, Jr., G, Kansas
Jevon Carter, So., G, West Virginia
Wesley Iwundu, Jr., F, Kansas State
Khadeem Lattin, So., F, Oklahoma
Prince Ibeh†, Sr., C, Texas
- denotes unanimous selection

Phillips 66 Player of the Week

Week Player of the Week School Newcomer of the Week School Ref.
Nov. 9–15 Rico Gathers Baylor Vladimir Brodziansky TCU [4]
Wesley Iwundu Kansas State
Nov. 16–22 Buddy Hield Oklahoma Chris Olivier Oklahoma State [5]
Nov. 23–29 Monte Morris Iowa State Eric Davis Jr. Texas [6]
Wayne Selden Jr. Kansas
Nov. 30 – Dec.6 Taurean Prince Baylor Dean Wade Kansas State [7]
Dec. 7–13 Jameel McKay Iowa State Eric Davis Jr. (2) Texas [8]
Javan Felix Texas
Dec. 14–20 Cameron Ridley Texas Jawun Evans Oklahoma State [9]
Dec. 21–27 Buddy Hield (2) Oklahoma Deonte Burton Iowa State [10]
Dec. 28 – Jan. 3 Jaysean Paige West Virginia Deonte Burton (2) Iowa State [11]
Jan. 4–10 Buddy Hield (3) Oklahoma Barry Brown Kansas State [12]
Jan. 11–17 Isaiah Taylor Texas Jawun Evans (2) Oklahoma State [13]
Jan. 18–24 Monte Morris (2) Iowa State Jawun Evans (3) Oklahoma State [14]
Jan. 25–31 Buddy Hield (4) Oklahoma Kerwin Roach Jr. Texas [15]
Feb. 1–7 Jaysean Paige (2) West Virginia Dean Wade (2) Kansas State [16]
Feb. 8–14 Devonte' Graham Kansas Deonte Burton (3) Iowa State [17]
Feb. 15–21 Johnathan Motley Baylor Deonte Burton (4) Iowa State [18]
Feb. 22–28 Jaysean Paige (3) West Virginia Malique Trent TCU [19]
Feb. 29 – Mar. 6 Perry Ellis Kansas Kerwin Roach Jr. (2) Texas [20]

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

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2016 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker First Round
March 9
Quarterfinals
March 10
Semifinals
March 11
Championship
March 12
1. ‡† Kansas 15–3 30–4 Bye #8 Kansas State #5 Baylor #2 West Virginia
2. West Virginia 13–5 26–8 Bye #10 TCU #3 Oklahoma #1 Kansas
3. Oklahoma 12–6 25–7 Bye #6 Iowa State #2 West Virginia
4. Texas 11–7 20–12 Bye #5 Baylor
5. Baylor 10–8 22–11 2–0 vs ISU Bye #4 Texas #1 Kansas
6. Iowa State 10–8 21–11 0–2 vs BU Bye #3 Oklahoma
7. Texas Tech 9–9 19–12 #10 TCU
8. Kansas State 5–13 17–16 #9 Oklahoma State #1 Kansas
9. Oklahoma State 3–15 12–20 #8 Kansas State
10. TCU 2–16 12–21 #7 Texas Tech #2 West Virginia
‡ – 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 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
Semifinals
Friday, March 11
Championship
Saturday, March 12
                                     
        
  1  Kansas 85  
    8  Kansas State 63  
8  Kansas State 75
9  Oklahoma State 71  
  1  Kansas 70  
  5  Baylor 66  
        
        
  4  Texas 61
    5  Baylor 75  
      
        
  1  Kansas 81
  2  West Virginia 71
        
        
  2  West Virginia 86
    10  TCU 66  
7  Texas Tech 62
10  TCU 67  
  2  West Virginia 69
  3  Oklahoma 67  
        
        
  3  Oklahoma 79
    6  Iowa State 76  
      

NCAA tournament

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Seed Region School First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four
1 South Kansas #16 Austin Peay - March 17, Des Moines - W, 105–79 #9 Connecticut - March 19, Des Moines - W, 73–61 #5 Maryland - March 24, Louisville - W, 79–63 #2 Villanova - March 26, Louisville - L, 59–64
2 West Oklahoma #15 Cal State Bakersfield - March 18, Oklahoma City - W, 82–68 #10 VCU - March 20, Oklahoma City - W, 85–81 #3 Texas A&M - March 24, Anaheim - W, 77–63 #1 Oregon - March 26, Anaheim - W, 80–68 #2 Villanova - April 2, Houston - L, 51–95
3 East West Virginia #14 Stephen F. Austin - March 18, Brooklyn - L, 56–70
4 Midwest Iowa State #13 Iona - March 17, Denver - W, 94–81 #12 Little Rock - March 19, Denver - W, 78–61 #1 Virginia - March 25, Chicago - L, 71–84
5 West Baylor #12 Yale - March 17, Providence - L, 75–79
6 West Texas #11 Northern Iowa - March 18, Oklahoma City - L, 72–75
8 Midwest Texas Tech #9 Butler - March 17, Raleigh - L, 61–71
7 Bids W-L (%): 3–4 .429 3–0 1.000 2–1 .667 1–1 .500 TOTAL: 9–7 .563

See also

References

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