1998 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

1998 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
1998 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997–98
Teams	12
Site	Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Kansas (2nd title)
Winning coach	Roy Williams (2nd title)
MVP	Paul Pierce (Kansas)
Attendance	89,200 (overall); 16,800 (championship)
Top scorer	Paul Pierce (Kansas); (67 points)
Television	ESPN
	Big 12 men's basketball tournaments ← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 5 to 8, in Kansas City, Missouri at Kemper Arena. Number 1 seed Kansas defeated 3 seed Oklahoma 72–58 to win the championship and receive the conference’s automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament.

1997–98 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Kansas †	15	–	1	.938	35	–	4	.897
Oklahoma State	11	–	5	.688	22	–	7	.759
Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Nebraska	10	–	6	.625	20	–	12	.625
Baylor	8	–	8	.500	14	–	14	.500
Missouri	8	–	8	.500	17	–	15	.531
Texas Tech	7	–	9	.438	13	–	14	.481
Kansas State	7	–	9	.438	17	–	12	.586
Colorado	7	–	9	.438	13	–	14	.481
Texas	6	–	10	.375	14	–	17	.452
Iowa State	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
Texas A&M	1	–	15	.063	7	–	20	.259

† 1998 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[2]

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1998 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	Kansas ‡#	15–1	35–4
2	Oklahoma State #	11–5	22–7	2–0 vs. OU
3	Oklahoma #	11–5	22–11	0–2 vs. OSU
4	Nebraska #	10–6	20–12
5	Baylor	8–8	14–14	1–0 vs. MU
6	Missouri	8–8	17–15	0–1 vs. BU
7	Texas Tech	7–9	13–14	1–0 vs. KSU^[3]
8	Kansas State	7–9	17–12	5–5 vs. division (CU, ISU, KU, MU, NU)
9	Colorado	7–9	13–14	3–7 vs. division (ISU, KU, KSU, MU, NU)
10	Texas	6–10	14–17
11	Iowa State	5–11	12–18
12	Texas A&M	1–15	7–20
‡ – 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.^[2]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 5
1	1	12:00 PM	#8 Kansas State 75 vs #9 Colorado 61	Big 12	9,300
1	2	2:20 PM	#5 Baylor 66 vs #12 Texas A&M 63		9,300
2	3	6:00 PM	#10 Texas 86 vs #7 Texas Tech 83		13,800
2	4	8:20 PM	#6 Missouri 74 vs #11 Iowa State 55		13,800
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
3	5	12:00 PM	#1 Kansas 68 vs #8 Kansas State 61	Big 12	16,800
3	6	2:20 PM	#4 Nebraska 65 vs #5 Baylor 46		16,800
4	7	6:00 PM	#10 Texas 65 vs #2 Oklahoma State 64		15,400
4	8	8:20 PM	#3 Oklahoma 58 vs #6 Missouri 53		15,400
Semifinals – Saturday, March 7
5	9	1:00 PM	#1 Kansas 91 vs #4 Nebraska 59	Big 12	17,100
5	10	3:20 PM	#3 Oklahoma 68 vs #10 Texas 55	Big 12	17,100
Final – Sunday, March 8
6	11	2:00 PM	#1 Kansas 72 vs #3 Oklahoma 58	ESPN	16,800
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4]^[5]

Bracket

First round			Second round			Semifinals			Finals

8	Kansas State	75

9	Colorado	61
			1	No. 3 Kansas	68

			8	Kansas State	61



						1	No. 3 Kansas	91

						4	Nebraska	59



			4	Nebraska	75

			5	Baylor	46
5	Baylor	66

12	Texas A&M	63
									1	No. 3 Kansas	72

									3	Oklahoma	58
10	Texas	86

7	Texas Tech	83
			10	Texas	65

			2	No. 25 Oklahoma St.	62



						3	Oklahoma	68

						10	Texas	55



			3	Oklahoma	58

			6	Missouri	53
6	Missouri	74

11	Iowa State	55

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Paul Pierce, Kansas^[4]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Paul Pierce	Kansas	Jr.	F
Raef LaFrentz	Kansas	Sr.	F
Corey Brewer	Oklahoma	Sr.	G
Evan Wiley	Oklahoma	Sr.	C
Tyronn Lue	Nebraska	Jr.	G

References

^ 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Amazon S3.
^ "Men's Hoops Seventh Seed at Big 12 Tournament". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ "1998 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[Standings-1] 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

[1998Standings-2] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Amazon S3.

[3] "Men's Hoops Seventh Seed at Big 12 Tournament". Texas Tech Red Raiders. Retrieved February 11, 2023.

[Tournament-4] "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.

[1998_Box_Score-5] "1998 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.

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