2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
2024–25 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	16
Total attendance	2,720,565
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, Fox Sports 1, FOX, CBS
Regular season
Regular season champion	Houston (2nd title)
Season MVP	JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Top scorer	Javon Small, West Virginia; Keyshawn Hall, UCF
Big 12 tournament
Venue	T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Houston (1st title)
Tournament MVP	Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Big 12 men's basketball seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Houston †	19	–	1	.950	35	–	5	.875
No. 8 Texas Tech	15	–	5	.750	28	–	9	.757
No. 15 Arizona	14	–	6	.700	24	–	13	.649
No. 13 BYU	14	–	6	.700	26	–	10	.722
No. 17 Iowa State	13	–	7	.650	25	–	10	.714
Kansas	11	–	9	.550	21	–	13	.618
Baylor	10	–	10	.500	20	–	15	.571
West Virginia	10	–	10	.500	19	–	13	.594
TCU	9	–	11	.450	16	–	16	.500
Kansas State	9	–	11	.450	16	–	17	.485
Utah	8	–	12	.400	16	–	17	.485
Oklahoma State	7	–	13	.350	17	–	18	.486
Cincinnati	7	–	13	.350	19	–	16	.543
UCF	7	–	13	.350	20	–	17	.541
Arizona State	4	–	16	.200	13	–	20	.394
Colorado	3	–	17	.150	14	–	21	.400

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball season began with the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play will begin in December 2024 and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was held March 11–15, 2025, at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

This was the first season for the Big 12 Conference with 16 teams after the addition of Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah, plus the departure of Oklahoma and Texas.

Coaches

Coaching changes


Coach	School	Reason	Replacement
Mike Boynton	Oklahoma State	Fired^[1]	Steve Lutz
Josh Eilert	West Virginia	Fired^[2]	Darian DeVries^[3]
Mark Pope	BYU	Left for Kentucky^[4]	Kevin Young^[5]
Craig Smith	Utah	Fired	Josh Eilert^[6]
Darian DeVries	West Virginia	Left for Indiana^[4]	Ross Hodge

Head coaches

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
Arizona	Tommy Lloyd	Gonzaga (asst.)	4th	88–20 (.815)	0–0 (–)	3	0	0
Arizona State	Bobby Hurley	Buffalo	9th	155–131 (.542)	0–0 (–)	3	0	0
Baylor	Scott Drew	Valparaiso	22nd	446–244 (.646)	189–173 (.522)	12	1	1
BYU	Kevin Young	Phoenix Suns (asst.)	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
UCF	Johnny Dawkins	Stanford	9th	148–103 (.590)	7–11 (.389)	1	0	0
Cincinnati	Wes Miller	UNC Greensboro	4th	63–43 (.594)	7–11 (.389)	0	0	0
Colorado	Tad Boyle	Northern Colorado	15th	298–183 (.620)	8–8 (.500)	6	0	0
Houston	Kelvin Sampson	Houston Rockets (asst.)	11th	264–79 (.770)	15–3 (.833)	6	1	0
Iowa State	T. J. Otzelberger	UNLV	4th	70–35 (.667)	29–25 (.537)	3	0	0
Kansas	Bill Self	Illinois	22nd	579–138 (.808)	272–72 (.791)	19†	3†	2
Kansas State	Jerome Tang	Baylor (asst.)	3rd	45–25 (.643)	19–17 (.528)	1	0	0
Oklahoma State	Steve Lutz	Western Kentucky	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
TCU	Jamie Dixon	Pittsburgh	9th	160–110 (.593)	60–81 (.426)	4	0	0
Texas Tech	Grant McCasland	North Texas	2nd	23–11 (.676)	11–7 (.611)	1	0	0
Utah	Craig Smith‡	Utah State	4th	50–50 (.500)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
West Virginia	Darian DeVries#	Drake	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0

† All of the Jayhawks' postseason victories and 7 of their regular-season wins were vacated from the 2017–18 season. Officially, their record for the season 16–8 overall and 3–5 in conference play. The Jayhawks' regular-season Big 12 championship and their Big 12 tournament championship were vacated. The Jayhawks' entire NCAA tournament appearance from the season was vacated including their Final Four appearance.

‡ Craig Smith was fired on February 24, 2025 after 27 games into the 2024−25 season. He finished with a record of 65−62 and zero NCAA tournament appearances. Assistant coach Josh Eilert was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.^[6]

# Darian DeVries took the Indiana job on March 18, 2025 after their season was over. He finished with a record of 19–13 and zero NCAA tournament appearances.^[7]

Big 12 media day

Big 12 Men's Basketball Media day was held on Wednesday, October 23 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri,^[8] with coverage on ESPNU and ESPN+.^[9]

Teams and representatives attending were as follows:

Team	Coach	Player
Arizona	Tommy Lloyd	Jaden Bradley, KJ Lewis & Caleb Love
Arizona State	Bobby Hurley	Basheer Jihad, Alston Mason & Adam Miller
Baylor	Scott Drew	V.J. Edgecombe, Langston Love & Jayden Nunn
BYU	Kevin Young	Dallin Hall, Fousseyni Traore & Trevin Knell
UCF	Johnny Dawkins	Jordan Ivy-Curry, Darius Johnson, Keyshawn Hall^[10]
Cincinnati	Wes Miller	Aziz Bandaogo, Simas Lukosius^[11]
Colorado	Tad Boyle	Julian Hammond III, Andrej Jakimovski & Javon Ruffin
Houston	Kelvin Sampson	LJ Cryer, J’Wan Roberts & Emanuel Sharp
Iowa State	T. J. Otzelberger	Keshon Gilbert, Curtis Jones & Tamin Lipsey
Kansas	Bill Self	KJ Adams Jr., Hunter Dickinson & Dajuan Harris Jr.
Kansas State	Jerome Tang	Coleman Hawkins, Max Jones & David N'Guessan
Oklahoma State	Steve Lutz	Robert Jennings II, Jamyron Keller & Bryce Thompson
TCU	Jamie Dixon	Frankie Collins, Noah Reynolds & Ernest Udeh Jr.
Texas Tech	Grant McCasland	Chance McMillian, Kerwin Walton & Darrion Williams
Utah	Craig Smith	Lawson Lovering & Gabe Madsen
West Virginia	Darian DeVries	Tucker DeVries & Javon Small
Reference:^[9]

Preseason

The Big 12 preseason coaches poll was released: October 10, 2024. All awards were voted on by the league's 16 head coaches, who could not vote for their own team or players.

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas	215 (9)
2.	Houston	211 (5)
3.	Iowa State	194 (1)
4.	Baylor	185
5.	Arizona	179 (1)
6.	Cincinnati	140
7.	Texas Tech	135
8.	Kansas State	133
9.	BYU	116
10.	TCU	90
11.	UCF	83
12.	Arizona State	64
13.	West Virginia	62
14.	Oklahoma State	46
15.	Colorado	37
16.	Utah	30
Reference:^[12] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team

Player	School
Caleb Love	Arizona
LJ Cryer	Houston
J’Wan Roberts	Houston
Tamin Lipsey	Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson†	Kansas
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[12]

Second Team

Player	School
Norchad Omier	Baylor
Jeremy Roach	Baylor
Keshon Gilbert	Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr.	Kansas
Coleman Hawkins	Kansas State
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[12]

Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	Rivals^[14]	247 Sports^[15]	On3^[16]	Signees^[15]
Arizona	32	34	26	2
Arizona State	8	9	7	3
Baylor	4	6	4	3
BYU	–	13	22	6
UCF	24	92	65	3
Cincinnati	31	37	21	2
Colorado	42	29	40	3
Houston	28	41	17	2
Iowa State	55	54	38	2
Kansas	17	31	9	2
Kansas State	59	91	66	2
Oklahoma State	–	–	–	0
TCU	57	18	37	2
Texas Tech	63	99	83	2
Utah	62	43	59	2
West Virginia	78	83	87	2

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[17]	Naismith^[18]	Olson^[19]	Cousy^[20]	West^[21]	Erving ^[22]	Malone^[23]	Abdul-Jabbar^[24]
KJ Adams Jr.	Y
LJ Cryer	Y	Y	Y		Y
Tucker DeVries	Y	Y				Y
Hunter Dickinson	Y	Y	Y					Y
V. J. Edgecombe	Y	Y	Y		Y
BJ Freeman						Y
Dajuan Harris Jr.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Coleman Hawkins	Y	Y	Y				Y
Elijah Hawkins				Y
Motiejus Krivas								Y
KJ Lewis						Y
Tamin Lipsey	Y	Y	Y	Y
Caleb Love	Y	Y	Y		Y
Zeke Mayo			Y		Y
Milan Momcilovic						Y
Norchad Omier	Y	Y	Y				Y
Jayden Quaintance								Y
Jeremy Roach	Y	Y	Y	Y
J'Wan Roberts	Y	Y					Y
AJ Storr	Y	Y				Y
JT Toppin			Y				Y
Trey Townsend							Y

Preseason All-American teams

	AP^[25]	Blue Ribbon 1st Team^[26]	Blue Ribbon 3rd Team^[26]	Blue Ribbon 4th Team^[26]	SI 1st Team^[27]	SI 2nd Team^[27]	SN 2nd Team^[28]	SN 3rd Team^[28]
LJ Cryer				Y
Hunter Dickinson	Y	Y			Y		Y
V. J. Edgecombe								Y
Caleb Love	Y	Y				Y		Y
Tamin Lipsey			Y			Y	Y
J'Wan Roberts			Y

Preseason national polls/ratings

	AP^[29]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook^[30]	CBS Sports^[31]	Coaches^[32]	ESPN^[33]	FOX Sports^[34]	Lindy's Sports	Sporting News^[35]	Kenpom^[36]	NCAA Sports^[37]	Sports Illustrated^[38]
Arizona	No. 10	No. 13	No. 14	No. 9	No. 9	No. 9	No. 10	No. 18	No. 8	No. 17	No. 11
Arizona State	RV	–	No. 100	–	–	–	–	–	No. 71	–	No. 72
Baylor	No. 8	No. 8	No. 6	No. 8	No. 6	No. 8	No. 9	No. 5	No. 11	No. 8	No. 9
BYU	RV	–	No. 66	RV	–	–	–	–	No. 21	–	No. 39
UCF	–	–	No. 61	–	–	–	–	–	No. 66	–	No. 83
Cincinnati	No. 20	No. 21	No. 30	No. 20	No. 19	No. 19	–	–	No. 17	No. 23	No. 17
Colorado	–	–	No. 98	–	–	–	–	–	No. 80	–	No. 128
Houston	No. 4	No. 7	No. 2	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 12	No. 1	No. 6	No. 2
Iowa State	No. 5	No. 5	No. 21	No. 6	No. 7	No. 6	No. 6	No. 2	No. 7	No. 7	No. 6
Kansas	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 1	No. 1	No. 1	No. 2	No. 19	No. 6	No. 2	No. 3
Kansas State	RV	–	No. 24	RV	No. 27	–	–	–	No. 49	No. 28	–
Oklahoma State	–	–	No. 97	–	–	–	–	–	No. 89	–	No. 98
TCU	–	–	No. 79	–	–	–	–	–	No. 58	–	No. 42
Texas Tech	RV	–	No. 31	RV	No. 26	No. 23	–	–	No. 15	–	No. 15
Utah	–	–	No. 71	–	–	–	–	–	No. 82	–	No. 125
West Virginia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	No. 87	–	No. 56

Regular season

The Conference match ups for each school were announced on June 27, 2024. The full Big 12 schedule on September 26, 2024.^[39]

Key
Schedule	Home & Away Conference Schedule
	Home (H) & Away (A)
	Home Only (H)
	Away Only (A)

	Arizona	Arizona State	Baylor	BYU	UCF	Cincinnati	Colorado	Houston	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas Tech	Utah	West Virginia
vs. Arizona	—	H & A	H & A	H & A	A	H	A	A	H & A	H	H	H	A	H & A	A	H
vs. Arizona State	H & A	—	A	H & A	A	H	H & A	A	A	H	H & A	H	A	H & A	H	H
vs. Baylor	H & A	H	—	H	A	H & A	H	H & A	H	A	A	A	H & A	H	H & A	A
vs. BYU	H & A	H & A	A	—	H	H & A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H & A	H & A
vs. UCF	H	H	H	A	—	A	H & A	A	H & A	H & A	A	H & A	H & A	H	A	H
vs. Cincinnati	A	A	H & A	H & A	H	—	H	H	H	A	H & A	H	A	A	H & A	H & A
vs. Colorado	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	A	—	A	H & A	H & A	H	H	H & A	H	H	A
vs. Houston	H	H	H & A	A	H	A	H	—	A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H & A	A	H & A
vs. Iowa State	H & A	H	A	A	H & A	A	H & A	H	—	H & A	H & A	H	A	H	A	H
vs. Kansas	A	A	H	H	H & A	H	H & A	H & A	H & A	—	H & A	A	H	A	H	A
vs. Kansas State	A	H & A	H	H	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	H & A	—	H & A	H	A	H	A
vs. Oklahoma State	A	A	H	H	H & A	A	A	H & A	A	H	H & A	—	H	H & A	H & A	H
vs. TCU	H	H	H & A	A	H & A	H	H & A	H	H	A	A	A	—	H & A	A	H & A
vs. Texas Tech	H & A	H & A	A	H	A	H	A	H & A	A	H	H	H & A	H & A	—	H	A
vs. Utah	H	A	H & A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H	H	A	A	H & A	H	A	—	H & A
vs. West Virginia	A	A	H	H & A	A	H & A	H	H & A	A	H	H	A	H & A	H	H & A	—

Conference matrix

	Arizona	Arizona State	Baylor	BYU	UCF	Cincinnati	Colorado	Houston	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas Tech	Utah	West Virginia
vs. Arizona	—	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Arizona State	2–0	—	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Baylor	2–0	0–1	—	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1
vs. BYU	1–1	0–2	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2
vs. UCF	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Cincinnati	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Colorado	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Houston	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	—	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2
vs. Iowa State	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Kansas	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Kansas State	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1
vs. Oklahoma State	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
vs. TCU	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	1–0	1–1
vs. Texas Tech	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–1	0–1
vs. Utah	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	2–0
vs. West Virginia	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	—
Total	14–6	4–16	10–10	14–6	7–13	7–13	3–17	19–1	13–7	11–9	9–11	7–13	9–11	15–5	8–12	10–10

Thru 2024−25 Regular Season.

Points scored

Team	For	Against	Difference
Arizona	3,052	2,711	341
Arizona State	2,444	2,533	-89
Baylor	2,664	2,443	221
BYU	2,931	2,612	319
UCF	2,951	2,974	-23
Cincinnati	2,491	2,318	173
Colorado	2,441	2,515	-74
Houston	2,946	2,346	600
Iowa State	2,812	2,392	420
Kansas	2,587	2,365	222
Kansas State	2,337	2,297	40
Oklahoma State	2,556	2,671	-115
TCU	2,162	2,199	-37
Texas Tech	2,993	2,553	460
Utah	2,493	2,396	97
West Virginia	2,181	2,074	107

Note: Through 2025 season.^[40]

Big East-Big 12 Battle

Date^[41]	Time	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Tue., Dec. 3	6:30 p.m.	*Villanova*	No. 14 Cincinnati	68–60	Finneran Pavilion • Villanova, PA	FS1	6,501	Big East (1–0)
Tue., Dec. 3	8:30 p.m.	*Providence*	BYU	83–64	Amica Mutual Pavilion • Providence, RI	FS1	12,005	Big East (2–0)
Wed., Dec. 4	6:30 p.m.	No. 25 UConn	No. 15 Baylor	76–72	Gampel Pavilion • Storrs, CT	FS1	10,299	Big East (3–0)
	7:00 p.m.	No. 5 Marquette	No. 6 Iowa State	81–70	Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA	ESPN+	14,267	Big East (3–1)
	8:30 p.m.	*Creighton*	No. 1 Kansas	76–63	CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, NE	FS1	17,908	Big East (4–1)
	9:00 p.m.	DePaul	*Texas Tech*	76–62	United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX	ESPNU	11,465	Big East (4–2)
Thur., Dec. 5	8:00 p.m.	Xavier	TCU	72–76	Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN+	5,156	Big East (4–3)
Fri., Dec. 6	7:00 p.m.	Georgetown	*West Virginia*	60–73	WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, WV	ESPN2	11,522	Tied (4–4)
Sat., Dec. 7	11:30 a.m.	*St. John's*	Kansas State	88–71	Carnesecca Arena • Jamaica, NY	Fox	5,602	Big East (5–4)
Sat., Dec. 7	5:30 p.m.	Butler	No. 17 Houston	51–79	Fertitta Center • Houston, TX	ESPN2	7,035	Tied (5–5)
Sun., Dec. 8	12:00 p.m.	Seton Hall	*Oklahoma State*	76–85	Prudential Center • Newark, NJ	FS1	8,791	Big 12 (6–5)
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. All times Eastern. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Not participating: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, UCF and Utah

Multi-Team Events

Team	Tournament	Finish
Arizona	Battle 4 Atlantis	4th
Arizona State	Acrisure Classic	1st
Baylor	Bahamas Championship	2nd
BYU	Rady Children's Invitational	3rd
UCF	Greenbrier Tip-Off	4th
Colorado	Maui Invitational	6th
Houston	Players Era Festival	4th
Iowa State	Maui Invitational	5th
Kansas State	Paradise Jam	3rd
Oklahoma State	Charleston Classic	6th
TCU	Acrisure Invitational	4th
Texas Tech	Legends Classic	3rd
West Virginia	Battle 4 Atlantis	3rd

Big 12 Players of the Week

Week	Player of the week	Team	Newcomer of the week	Team
November 11, 2024^[42]	Hunter Dickinson	Kansas	Egor Demin Zeke Mayo	BYU Kansas
November 18, 2024^[43]	Hunter Dickinson (2)	Kansas	Egor Demin (2) Joson Sanon	BYU Arizona State
November 25, 2024^[44]	Norchad Omier	Baylor	JT Toppin	Texas Tech
December 2, 2024^[45]	Keshon Gilbert Javon Small	Iowa State West Virginia	Tucker DeVries	West Virginia
December 9, 2024^[46]	Keshon Gilbert (2)	Iowa State	Joshua Jefferson	Iowa State
December 16, 2024^[47]	Hunter Dickinson (3)	Kansas	Joshua Jefferson (2) Zeke Mayo (2)	Iowa State Kansas
December 23, 2024^[48]	Darrion Williams	Texas Tech	Jayden Quaintance	Arizona State
January 6, 2025^[49]	Javon Small (2)	West Virginia	Joshua Jefferson (3) Noah Reynolds	Iowa State TCU
January 13, 2025^[50]	Curtis Jones	Iowa State	Joshua Jefferson (4)	Iowa State
January 20, 2025^[51]	Javon Small (3)	West Virginia	Keyshawn Hall	UCF
January 27, 2025^[52]	Milos Uzan	Houston	V. J. Edgecombe Joshua Jefferson (5)	Baylor Iowa State
February 3, 2025^[53]	Caleb Love	Arizona	Robert Wright III	Baylor
February 10, 2025^[54]	David N'Guessan	Kansas State	Tobe Awaka	Arizona
February 17, 2025^[55]	JT Toppin	Texas Tech	JT Toppin (2)	Texas Tech
February 24, 2025^[56]	Richie Saunders	BYU	JT Toppin (3)	Texas Tech
March 3, 2025^[57]	Richie Saunders (2)	BYU	Abou Ousman	Oklahoma State
March 10, 2025^[58]	JT Toppin (2)	Texas Tech	JT Toppin (4)	Texas Tech

Team Total

Team	Total
Iowa State	8
Kansas	5
Texas Tech	5
BYU	4
West Virginia	4
Baylor	3
Arizona	2
Arizona State	2
Houston	1
Kansas State	1
TCU	1
UCF	1
Oklahoma State	1
Cincinnati	0
Colorado	0
Utah	0

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable Midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[59]	Naismith	Cousy^[60]	West^[61]	Malone^[62]	Abdul-Jabbar^[63]	Robertson^[64]
Hunter Dickinson	Y					Y	Y
V. J. Edgecombe				Y
Keshon Gilbert	Y		Y				Y
Curtis Jones				Y			Y
Caleb Love				Y			Y
Norchad Omier					Y		Y
Emanuel Sharp							Y
Javon Small			Y				Y
JT Toppin					Y
Darrion Williams							Y

Coaching Midseason watch lists.

Player	Naismith^[65]
Grant McCasland	Y
Kelvin Sampson	Y

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable Midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[66]	Naismith	Naismith DPOY^[67]	West^[68]	Malone^[69]	Robertson
V. J. Edgecombe				Y
Tamin Lipsey			Y
Caleb Love				Y
JT Toppin					Y
Joseph Tugler			Y

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
т		Tied with another team in rankings

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19
Arizona	AP	10	9	17	24						RV	RV	RV	RV	20	13	19	22	24	RV	21
Arizona	C	9	8	17	23	RV					RV	RV	RV	RV	20	13	18	21	23	24	20
Arizona State	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Arizona State	C					RV	RV
Baylor	AP	8	12	13	17	15	RV	RV	25	25	RV	25	RV	RV	RV
Baylor	C	8	14	15	18	16	25	RV	23	21	RV	24	RV	RV	RV						RV
BYU	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV												25	23	17	17
BYU	C	RV		RV	RV	RV									RV			RV	22	18	17
UCF	AP		RV
UCF	C		RV
Cincinnati	AP	20	17	18	16	14	22	19	17	16	RV		RV
Cincinnati	C	20	17	16	14	14	23	20	17	17	RV
Colorado	AP
Colorado	C
Houston	AP	4	8	7	6	17	15	15	15	14	12	10	7	6	5	6	5	4	3	2	2
Houston	C	4	10	7т	7	18	13	12	12	14	11	9	5	5	5	6	5	4	3	2	2
Iowa State	AP	5	7	5	5	6	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	8	10	8	9	10	12	15
Iowa State	C	6	7	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	8	10	8	9	10	12	14
Kansas	AP	1	1	1	1	1	10	8	7	7	11	9	12	11	16	17	23	RV	RV	RV	RV
Kansas	C	1	1	1	1	1	10	8	7	7	12	10	11	11	17	20	25	RV	RV	RV	RV
Kansas State	AP	RV	RV	RV
Kansas State	C	RV	RV
Oklahoma State	AP	RV						RV
Oklahoma State	C
TCU	AP
TCU	C
Texas Tech	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	22	13	12	9	10	9	9	9
Texas Tech	C	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	25	19	12	12	10	10	9	9	9
Utah	AP
Utah	C
West Virginia	AP					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	RV	23	RV	RV
West Virginia	C					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	25	23	RV

Big 12 vs other conferences

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll at time of the game):

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Significance	Score	Conference record
Nov. 4	No. 13 Texas A&M	UCF	Addition Financial Arena ● Orlando, FL	−	UCF 64−61	1−0
Nov. 4	No. 8 Baylor	No. 6 Gonzaga	Spokane Arena ● Spokane, WA	−	Gonzaga 101−63	1−1
Nov. 8	No. 9 North Carolina	No. 1 Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse ● Lawrence, KS	−	Kansas 92−89	2−1
Nov. 9	No. 16 Arkansas	No. 8 Baylor †	American Airlines Center ● Dallas, Texas	−	Baylor 72−67	3−1
Nov. 9	No. 11 Auburn	No. 4 Houston	Toyota Center ● Houston, TX	The Battleground 2k24	Auburn 74−69	3−2
Nov. 10	Arizona State	No. 6 Gonzaga	McCarthey Athletic Center ● Spokane, WA	−	Gonzaga 88−80	3−3
Nov. 21	No. 22 St. John's	No. 13 Baylor †	Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas	Bahamas Championship	Baylor 99−98 ^2OT	4−3
Nov. 22	No. 19 Wisconsin	UCF†	Colonial Hall ● White Sulphur Springs, WV	Greenbrier Tip-Off	Wisconsin 86−70	4−4
	No. 11 Tennessee	No. 13 Baylor †	Baha Mar Convention Center ● Nassau, Bahamas	Bahamas Championship	Tennessee 77−62	4−5
	No. 12 Duke	No. 17 Arizona	McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ	−	Duke 69−55	4−6
	No. 4 Auburn	No. 5 Iowa State†	Lahaina Civic Center ● Lahaina, HI	Maui Invitational	Auburn 83−81	4−7
Nov. 26	No. 2 UConn	Colorado†	Lahaina Civic Center ● Lahaina, HI	Maui Invitational	Colorado 73−72	5−7
Nov. 26	No. 9 Alabama	No. 6 Houston†	MGM Grand Garden Arena ● Paradise, NV	Players Era Festival	Alabama 85−80	5−8
Nov. 26	No. 11 Duke	No. 1 Kansas†	T-Mobile Arena ● Paradise, NV	Vegas Showdown	Kansas 75−72	6−8
Nov. 27	No. 3 Gonzaga	West Virginia†	Imperial Arena ● Nassau, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	West Virginia 86−78 ^OT	7−8
Nov. 28	No. 23 Ole Miss	BYU†	LionTree Arena ● San Diego, CA	Rady Children's Invitational	Ole Miss 96−85 ^OT	7−9
Dec. 4	No. 15 Baylor	No. 25 UConn	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion ● Storrs, CT	Big East–Big 12 Battle	UConn 76−72	7−10
Dec. 4	No. 5 Marquette	No. 6 Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum ● Ames, IA	Big East–Big 12 Battle	Iowa State 81−70	8−10
Dec. 8	No. 22 Texas A&M	Texas Tech†	Dickies Arena ● Fort Worth, TX	Coast-to-Coast Challenge	Texas A&M 72−67	8−11
Dec. 14	No. 24 UCLA	Arizona†	Footprint Center ● Phoenix, AZ	Rivalry	UCLA 57−54	8−12
	No. 9 Florida	Arizona State†	State Farm Center ● Atlanta,GA	Holiday Hoopsgiving	Florida 83−66	8−13
	No. 13 Oklahoma	Oklahoma State†	Paycom Center ● Oklahoma City, OK	Bedlam Series	Oklahoma 80−65	8−14
Dec. 20	No. 22 Dayton	No. 19 Cincinnati†	Heritage Bank Center ● Cincinnati, OH	Simple Truth Hoops Classic	Cincinnati 66−59	9−14
Mar. 22	No. 10 Wisconsin	No. 17 BYU †	Ball Arena ● Denver, CO	NCAA tournament	BYU 91−89	10−14
Mar. 22	No. 24 Gonzaga	No. 2 Houston †	Intrust Bank Arena ● Wichita, KS	NCAA tournament	Houston 81−76	11−14
Mar. 23	No. 1 Duke	Baylor †	Lenovo Center ● Raleigh, NC	NCAA tournament	Duke 89−66	11−15
Mar. 23	No. 25 Oregon	No. 21 Arizona †	Climate Pledge Arena ● Seattle, WA	NCAA tournament	Arizona 87−83	12−15
Mar. 27	No. 7 Alabama	No. 17 BYU †	Prudential Center ● Newark, NJ	NCAA tournament	Alabama 113−88	12−16
Mar. 27	No. 1 Duke	No. 21 Arizona †	Prudential Center ● Newark, NJ	NCAA tournament	Duke 100−93	12−17
Mar. 28	No. 22 Purdue	No. 2 Houston †	Lucas Oil Stadium ● Indianapolis, IN	NCAA tournament	Houston 62−60	13−17
Mar. 29	No. 3 Florida	No. 9 Texas Tech †	Chase Center ● San Francisco, CA	NCAA tournament	Florida 84−79	13−18
Mar. 30	No. 6 Tennessee	No. 2 Houston †	Lucas Oil Stadium ● Indianapolis, IN	NCAA tournament	Houston 69−50	14−18
April 5	No. 1 Duke	No. 2 Houston †	Alamodome ● San Antonio, TX	NCAA tournament	Houston 70−67	15−18
April 7	No. 3 Florida	No. 2 Houston †	Alamodome ● San Antonio, TX	NCAA tournament	Florida 65−63	15−19

† denotes neutral site game

Record vs other conferences

The Big 12 had a record of 134–38 in non-conference play during the regular season. The Big 12 had a record of 18–11 during tournament play.

Regular season


Power 6 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	8–3
Big East	9–5
Big Ten	2–6
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	2–14
Combined	21–28

Other conferences
Conference	Record
American	3–2
ASUN	7–0
Atlantic 10	6–1
Big Sky	7–0
Big South	2–0
Big West	3–0
CAA	2–0
C-USA	2–0
Horizon	8–0
Independents/Non-division I	1–0
Ivy League	2–0
Metro Atlantic	2–0
Mid-American	2–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic	5–0
Missouri Valley	1–1
Mountain West	6–2
Northeast	1–0
Ohio Valley	2–0
Southern	2–0
Southland	6–0
Southwestern Athletic	18–0
Summit	7–0
Sun Belt	5–0
West Coast	5–4
Western Athletic	8–0
Combined	113–10

Postseason


Power 6 Conferences
Conference	Record
ACC	2–2
Big East	2–1
Big Ten	2–2
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	3–5
Combined	9–10

Other conferences
Conference	Record
America East	0–0
American	1–1
ASUN	1–0
Atlantic 10	1–0
Big Sky	0–0
Big South	0–0
Big West	0–0
CAA	1–0
C-USA	0–0
Horizon	0–0
Independents/Non-division I	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
Metro Atlantic	0–0
Mid-American	1–0
Mid-Eastern Athletic	0–0
Missouri Valley	1–0
Mountain West	0–0
Northeast	0–0
Ohio Valley	1–0
Patriot	0–0
Southern	0–0
Southland	0–0
Southwestern Athletic	0–0
Summit	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
West Coast	2–0
Western Athletic	0–0
Combined	18–11

Postseason

Big 12 tournament

The 2025 Big 12 Men's Basketball tournament was played March 11–15 2025, at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, MO^[70]

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker	First round March 11	Second round March 12	Quarterfinals March 13	Semifinals March 14	Championship March 15
2025 Big 12 men's basketball tournament seeds and results
1.	Houston #‡	19–1	35–4		Bye	Bye	W vs. Colorado	W vs. BYU	W vs. Arizona
2.	Texas Tech‡	15–5	28–9		Bye	Bye	W vs. Baylor	L vs. Arizona	–
3.	Arizona‡	14–6	24–13	1–1 vs BYU, 1–1 vs Texas Tech	Bye	Bye	W vs. Kansas	W vs. Texas Tech	L vs. Houston
4.	BYU‡	14–6	26–10	1–1 vs Arizona, 0–1 vs Texas Tech	Bye	Bye	W vs. Iowa State	L vs. Houston	–
5.	Iowa State†	13–7	24–10		Bye	W vs. Cincinnati	L vs. BYU	–	–
6.	Kansas†	11–9	21–13		Bye	W vs. UCF	L vs. Arizona	–	–
7.	Baylor†	10–10	20–15	1–0 vs West Virginia	Bye	W vs. Kansas State	L vs. Texas Tech	–	–
8.	West Virginia†	10–10	19–13	0–1 vs Baylor	Bye	L vs. Colorado	–	–	–
9.	TCU	9–11	16–16	1–0 vs Kansas State	L vs. Colorado	–	–	–	–
10.	Kansas State	9–11	16–17	0–1 vs TCU	W vs. Arizona State	L vs. Colorado	–	–	–
11.	Utah	8–12	16–17		L vs. UCF	–	–	–	–
12.	Oklahoma State	7–13	17–18	2–1 vs Cincinnati/UCF	L vs. Cincinnati	–	–	–	–
13.	Cincinnati	7–13	19–16	1–1 vs Oklahoma State/UCF	W vs. Oklahoma State	L vs. Iowa State	–	–	–
14.	UCF	7–13	19–17	1–2 vs Oklahoma State/Cincinnati	W vs. Utah	L vs. Kansas	–	–	–
15.	Arizona State	4–16	13–20		L vs. Kansas State	–	–	–	–
16.	Colorado	3–17	14–21		W vs. TCU	W vs. West Virginia	L vs. Houston	–	–
# – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed ‡ – Received a double-bye into the conference tournament quarterfinal round † – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 tournament.

Bracket


First round Tuesday, March 11			Second round Wednesday, March 12			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13			Semifinals Friday, March 14			Championship Saturday, March 15



						1	Houston	77

			8	West Virginia	60	16	Colorado	68

9	TCU	67	16	Colorado	67				1	Houston	74

16	Colorado	69							4	BYU	54

						4	BYU	96

			5	Iowa State	76	5	Iowa State	92

12	Oklahoma State	68	13	Cincinnati	56							1	Houston	72

13	Cincinnati	87										3	Arizona	64

						2	Texas Tech	76

			7	Baylor	70	7	Baylor	74

10	Kansas State	71	10	Kansas State	56				2	Texas Tech	80

15	Arizona State	66							3	Arizona	86

						3	Arizona	88

			6	Kansas	98*	6	Kansas	77

11	Utah	72	14	UCF	94

14	UCF	87

* Indicates overtime game

NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
1	Midwest	Houston	defeated No. 16 SIU Edwardsville, 78–40	defeated No. 8 Gonzaga, 81–76	defeated No. 4 Purdue, 62–60	defeated No. 2 Tennessee, 69–50	defeated No. 1 Duke, 70–67	lost to No. 1 Florida, 63–65
3	South	Iowa State	defeated No. 14 Lipscomb, 82–55	lost to No. 6 Ole Miss, 78–91
3	West	Texas Tech	defeated No. 14 UNC Wilmington, 82–72	defeated No. 11 Drake, 77–64	defeated No. 10 Arkansas, 85–83^OT	lost to No. 1 Florida, 79–84
4	East	Arizona	defeated No. 13 Akron, 93–65	defeated No. 5 Oregon, 87–83	lost to No. 1 Duke, 93–100
6	East	BYU	defeated No. 11 VCU, 80–69	defeated No. 3 Wisconsin, 91–89	lost to No. 2 Alabama, 88–113
7	West	Kansas	lost to No. 10 Arkansas, 72–77
9	East	Baylor	defeated No. 8 Mississippi State, 75–72	lost to No. 1 Duke, 66–89
	Bids	W–L (%):	6–1 (.857)	4–2 (.667)	2–2 (.500)	1–1 (.500)	1–0 (1.000)	TOTAL: 14–7 (.667)

NIT

Seed	School	First round	Second round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
4	Oklahoma State	defeated Wichita State, 89−79	defeated No. 1 SMU, 85−83	lost to No. 2 North Texas, 59−61
	W−L (%):	1–0 (1.000)	1–0 (1.000)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 2–1 (.667)

CBC

Seed	School	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
−	Utah	lost to Butler, 84–86
−	Cincinnati	defeated DePaul, 83–61	lost to UCF, 80–88
−	Colorado	lost to Villanova, 64−85
−	Arizona State	lost to Nebraska, 78–86
−	UCF	defeated Oregon State, 76–75	defeated Cincinnati, 88–80	defeated Villanova, 104−98^OT	lost to Nebraska, 66–77
	W−L (%):	2–3 (.400)	1–1 (.500)	1–0 (1.000)	TOTAL: 4–5 (.444)

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2025 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Player of the Year	JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Coach of the Year	Kelvin Sampson, Houston
Defensive Player of the Year	Joseph Tugler, Houston
Sixth Man Award	Curtis Jones, Iowa State
Newcomer of the Year	JT Toppin, Texas Tech
Freshman of the Year	V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor
Most Improved Player	Richie Saunders, BYU
Reference:^[71]

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Defensive Team	Newcomer Team	Freshman Team
2025 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
Caleb Love, Arizona Norchad Omier, Baylor Richie Saunders, BYU LJ Cryer, Houston J’Wan Roberts, Houston Curtis Jones, Iowa State Hunter Dickinson, Kansas JT Toppin, Texas Tech Darrion Williams, Texas Tech Javon Small, West Virginia	V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor Keyshawn Hall, UCF Milos Uzan, Houston Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State Chance McMillian, Texas Tech	Joseph Tugler, Houston Zeke Mayo, Kansas Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State	Jayden Quaintance, Arizona State J’Wan Roberts, Houston Joseph Tugler, Houston Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State Sencire Harris, West Virginia	Norchad Omier, Baylor Keyshawn Hall, UCF Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State Zeke Mayo, Kansas JT Toppin, Texas Tech	Jayden Quaintance, Arizona State V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor Robert Wright, Baylor Egor Demin, BYU Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
† - denotes unanimous selection

Honorable Mention: Tobe Awaka (Arizona), Henri Veesaar (Arizona) Robert Wright (Baylor), Egor Demin (BYU), Darius Johnson (UCF), Jizzle James (Cincinnati), Julian Hammond III (Colorado), Emanuel Sharp (Houston), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), David N’Guessan (Kansas State), Bryce Thompson (Oklahoma State), Noah Reynolds (TCU), Ernest Udeh Jr. (TCU), Gabe Madsen (Utah)

All-Americans

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.^[72]

Player	School	Position	Selector	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
JT Toppin	Texas Tech	PF	AP, SN, NABC, USBWA	Y
Third Team All-Americans
LJ Cryer	Houston	PG	AP, SN, NABC, USBWA	Y
Hunter Dickinson	Kansas	C	AP, USBWA

Sources:
*Associated Press All-America Team
*National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Team
*Sporting News All-America Team
*USBWA All-America Team

NBA draft

The following list includes all Big 12 players who were drafted in the 2025 NBA draft.

Player	Position	School	Round	Pick	Team
V. J. Edgecombe	Shooting guard	Baylor	1st	3	Philadelphia 76ers
Egor Demin	Shooting guard	BYU		8	Brooklyn Nets
Carter Bryant	Small forward	Arizona		14	San Antonio Spurs
Javon Small	Point guard	West Virginia	2nd	48	Memphis Grizzlies

TV networks

Team	ESPN	ESPN2	ESPNU	FOX	FS1	CBS	CBSSN	TBS	TNT	TruTV	Streaming (ESPN+/Peacock/ACCNX/FloSports)
Arizona	14	7	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	10
Arizona State	2	4	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	18
Baylor	7	5	2	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	14
BYU	3	9	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	15
UCF	1	1	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	24
Cincinnati	1	7	2	0	4	1	4	0	0	0	17
Colorado	1	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26
Houston	8	6	1	0	0	3	2	4	2	0	13
Iowa State	6	6	2	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	14
Kansas	15	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	8
Kansas State	1	2	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	21
Oklahoma State	1	3	5	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	21
TCU	1	5	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	19
Texas Tech	5	7	4	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	15
Utah	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	26
West Virginia	1	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	21
Total	68	83	28	4	16	20	39	7	5	7	282

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Game 13	Game 14	Game 15	Game 16	Game 17	Game 18	Game 19	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	McKale Center	14,688	13,597	13,982	14,634	13,747	12,847	13,903	13,650	13,039	14,034	14,688†	14,688†	14,688†	14,688†	14,688†	14,264	14,688†				225,825	14,114	96.10%
Arizona State	Desert Financial Arena	14,198	6,966	6,057	6,294	6,633	7,998	9,449	8,337	12,762	13,544†	6,868	9,026	8,315	9,383	8,895						120,527	8,609	60.63%
Baylor	Foster Pavilion	7,500	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†	7,500†				120,000	7,500	100.00%
BYU	Marriott Center	17,978	16,941	17,381	16,789	16,456	16,954	15,950	15,544	16,926	17,307	16,457	17,483	17,297	17,274	17,228	17,978†	17,978†	17,978†			289,921	17,054	94.86%
UCF	Addition Financial Arena	9,432	8,808	7,768	8,302	7,522	6,027	5,817	5,859	6,155	9,669†	8,204	9,014	8,003	9,152	7,421	8,614	6,379	7,003	7,116		136,833	7,602	80.89%
Cincinnati	Fifth Third Arena	12,012	10,290	10,604	10,485	10,970	10,913	12,513†	11,175	11,212	12,003	11,090	10,790	11,085	12,217	10,510	10,648	10,598	10,814			187,917	11,054	92.14%
Colorado	CU Events Center	11,064	5,679	6,152	5,358	6,288	5,235	9,143†	5,942	7,684	9,157	6,975	6,576	6,166	6,189	7,485	7,212	7,431	11,042	7,057		126,771	7,043	63.65%
Houston	Fertitta Center	7,100	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,035	7,324	7,035	7,035	7,377†	7,035	7,231			120,422	7,084	99.76%
Iowa State	Hilton Coliseum	14,267	13,616	13,464	13,615	14,267†	13,658	14,267†	14,267†	14,267†	13,496	14,267†	14,267†	14,267†	14,267†	14,267†	14,267†	14,267†	14,267†			239,053	14,062	98.56%
Kansas	Allen Fieldhouse	15,300	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†	15,300†			260,100	15,300	100.00%
Kansas State	Bramlage Coliseum	11,000	9,155	9,928	9,507	8,416	7,971	9,970	8,332	8,019	9,018	8,542	11,010†	8,914	9,121	8,832	8,720					135,455	9,030	82.09%
Oklahoma State	Gallagher-Iba Arena	13,611	7,251	5,447	5,804	5,188	6,349	7,365	5,540	7,247	6,355	7,040	5,639	7,702†	5,122	5,903	6,597					94,549	6,303	46.30%
TCU	Schollmaier Arena	6,700	5,127	5,026	4,815	4,707	5,156	4,781	5,135	6,108	4,752	5,459	6,055	5,029	4,878	5,424	6,339	5,477	6,621†			90,889	5,346	79.79%
Texas Tech	United Supermarkets Arena	15,300	12,034	13,610	11,456	9,847	13,274	11,465	9,967	10,013	12,767	14,263	15,098†	13,794	14,114	15,098†	13,290	14,466	15,098†	15,098†		234,752	13,042	84.45%
Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	15,000	6,785	6,722	6,757	6,969	6,604	7,064	7,435	7,370	6,699	7,798	7,922	15,558†	8,311	7,570	7,581	11,056	7,537	8,760	7,763	152,261	8,013	53.42%
West Virginia	WVU Coliseum	14,000	9,229	10,017	8,591	11,522	8,711	9,651	10,777	11,753†	10,566	14,444†	10,528	12,083	13,166	10,879	10,683	10,167	12,523			185,290	10,899	77.85%
Total		12,447																				2,720,565	10,151	81.55%

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

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[2] Williams, Justin and Bennett, Brian (March 14, 2024). "West Virginia parts with interim coach Josh Eilert, seeks permanent replacement". theathletic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

[3] Antonik, John (March 28, 2024). "DeVries Officially Introduced as WVU's 23rd Men's Basketball Coach". wvusports.com. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

[:0-4] "Indiana targeting West Virginia HC Darian DeVries".

[5] Jex, Tyson (April 16, 2024). "Brigham Young University director of athletics Tom Holmoe has announced Phoenix Suns associate head coach Kevin Young has been hired as head men's basketball coach at BYU". byucougars.com.

[Harlan-6] "Change in Leadership of Utah Men's Basketball Program Announced by Mark Harlan". utahutes.com. February 24, 2025.

[7] "New Indiana Basketball Coach Profile: Darian DeVries".

[8] "Men's Basketball Picked Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll". gobearcats.com. October 10, 2024.

[Big_12_Media_Day-9] "Player Attendees Revealed for 2024 Big 12 Basketball Media Days Presented by Sprouts Farmers Market". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 17, 2024.

[10] Stephen Leonard [@SLeonard247] (October 21, 2024). "Keyshawn Hall and Jordan Ivy-Curry added to UCF's Big 12 Media Day lineup. Knights initially announced DJ and Jaylin Sellers would head to Vegas, but Sellers sustained a back injury" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[11] Scott Springer [@sspringersports] (October 23, 2024). "UC hoops here in KC. Aziz Bandaogo and Simas Lukosius here. Day Day Thomas didn't make trip as a precaution. Aggravated foot injury yesterday. Early indications are he'll be OK. @CoachWesMiller will speak more on it today @Big12Conference media days #Bearcats" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[Big_12_Preseason_Poll/Honors-12] "Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU's Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 10, 2024.

[13] "2024 men's college basketball recruiting rankings: Updated top 25 classes". ESPN.com. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[14] "2024 Team Rankings". n.rivals.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[dupref1-15] "2024 Recruit Basketball Team Rankings". 247Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[16] "2024 Industry Ranking Basketball Team Recruiting Rankings". www.on3.com. Retrieved January 2, 2023.

[17] "JOHN R. WOODEN AWARD PRESEASON MEN'S TOP 50 WATCHLIST". WoodenAward.com. November 7, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

[18] "2024-25 Jersey Mike's Naismith Men's Player of the Year Watch List, Presented by Axia Time". Atlanta Tipoff Club.

[19] "2024-25 LUTE OLSON AWARD EARLY SEASON WATCH LIST".

[20] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist". October 28, 2024. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[21] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist".

[22] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist".

[23] "The Preseason Watch list".

[24] "Preseason Top 20 Watchlist".

[25] Marshall, John. "Duke's Cooper Flagg makes preseason AP All-America team as ACC, Big 12, SEC each place 2 players". apnews.com. The Associated Press.

[blue_ribbon-26] Pascoe, Bruce. "Arizona's Caleb Love named to five-player Blue Ribbon Yearbook preseason All-America team". Tucson.com. Tucson.com.

[SI-27] Sweeney, Kevin. "Sports Illustrated's 2024–25 Men's College Basketball Preseason All-American List". SI.com. Sports Illustrated.

[SN-28] DeCourcy, Mike (November 11, 2024). "Sporting News 2024-25 college basketball Preseason All-America team: RJ Davis, Mark Sears lead shining stars". Sporting News. Sporting News.

[29] "AP Top 25 Men's College Basketball Poll".

[30] Dortch, Chris (September 28, 2024). "Blue Ribbon's Preseason Top 25". Blue Ribbon Report.

[31] Norlander, Matt (October 17, 2024). "College basketball rankings: CBS Sports Top 100 And 1 best teams for the 2024-25 season". CBS Sports.

[32] Timanus, Eddie (October 23, 2024). "Kansas repeats as No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports preseason men's basketball poll ahead of Alabama, UConn". USAToday.com. USA Today. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[33] Borzello, Jeff (September 9, 2024). "2024-25 men's NCAA basketball rankings: Way-Too-Early Top 25". ESPN.com.

[34] Fanta, John (October 13, 2024). "College basketball rankings: Kansas, UConn, Alabama sit atop preseason top 25". FoxSports.com. Fox Sports.

[35] Decourcy, Mike (April 8, 2024). "College basketball rankings: Alabama, Iowa State, Duke lead way-too-early Top 25 for 2024-25 season". Sporting News.

[36] "2025 Pomeroy College Basketball Ratings".

[37] "Alabama leads Andy Katz's preseason Power 37 rankings".

[38] Sweeney, Kevin (October 28, 2024). "Sports Illustrated's Complete Men's College Basketball Rankings, From No. 1 Alabama to No. 364 Miss. Valley State". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 28, 2024.

[39] "Big 12 Unveils 2024-25 Men's Basketball Conference Slate".

[40] "2024-2025 Men's Basketball Overall Statistics".

[41] "Matchups set for 2024 Big East-Big 12 Battle".

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[43] "KU's Dickinson, BYU's Demin and ASU's Sanon Voted For Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards". big12sports.com. November 18, 2024.

[44] "BU's Omier, TTU's Toppin Snag Big 12 MBB Weekly Honors". big12sports.com. November 25, 2024.

[45] "ISU's Gilbert, WVU's Small and DeVries Selected For Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards". big12sports.com. December 2, 2024.

[46] "ISU's Gilbert and Jefferson Sweep Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[47] "KU's Dickinson, Mayo, ISU's Jefferson Selected For Big 12 MBB Weekly Honors". big12sports.com. December 16, 2024. Retrieved December 17, 2024.

[48] "TTU's Williams, ASU's Quaintance Collect Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards". big12sports.com. December 23, 2024.

[49] "WVU's Small, ISU's Jefferson, TCU's Reynolds Earn Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[50] "ISU's Jones & Jefferson Sweep Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[51] "WVU's Small, UCF's Hall Capture Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[52] "UH's Uzan, BU's Edgecombe, ISU's Jefferson Nab Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[53] "ARIZ's Love, BU's Wright III Capture Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards". big12sports.com. February 3, 2024.

[54] "K-State's N'Guessan, ARIZ's Awaka Selected For Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[55] "TTU's Toppin Sweeps Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[56] "BYU's Saunders, TTU's Toppin Selected For Big 12 MBB Weekly Awards".

[57] "BYU's Saunders, OSU's Ousmane Capture Penultimate Big 12 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards". big12sports.com. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 3, 2025.

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[61] "2025 Top Ten Finalists".

[62] "Mid Season Top 10".

[63] "Mid Season Top 10".

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