2021-22_Big_12_Conference_men's_basketball_season

2021–22 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2021–22 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

Sports season


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.

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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

Coaching changes

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Head coaches

Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.

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Preseason

Recruiting classes

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Preseason watchlists

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

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Preseason national polls

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Rankings

Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
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Regular season

Conference matrix

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Through games of March 5, 2022

Multi-Team Events

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Big 12 - Big East Battle

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Big 12/SEC Challenge

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Players of the Week

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Record vs Other Conferences

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

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Postseason

Big 12 tournament

Bracket

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

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.

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Honors and awards

All-Americans

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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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