2021–22 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

2021–22 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	*Ineligible for both the 2022 Big 12 Tournament and the 2022 NCAA Tournament due to postseason ban imposed by the NCAA.
	† 2022 Big 12 Tournament winner ; As of December 13, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

2021–22 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
2021–22 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	CBS, ESPN
NBA Draft
Big 12 Tournament

The 2021–22 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play began in November 2021 and concludes in March 2022. The Big 12 Tournament will be held from March 9–12, 2021 and will be played at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Baylor won their first ever National Championship in 2021, becoming the first Big 12 team to win the National Championship since Kansas in 2008.

Coaches

Coaching changes


Coach	School	Reason	Replacement
Steve Prohm	Iowa State	Fired[1]	T. J. Otzelberger
Lon Kruger	Oklahoma	Retired[2]	Porter Moser
Shaka Smart	Texas	Left for Marquette[3]	Chris Beard
Chris Beard	Texas Tech	Left for Texas[4]	Mark Adams

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
Baylor	Scott Drew	Valparaiso	19th	392–226 (.634))	153–151 (.503)	9	1	1
Iowa State	T. J. Otzelberger	UNLV	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Kansas	Bill Self	Illinois	19th	522–118 (.816)	248–59 (.808)	17	3	1
Kansas State	Bruce Weber	Illinois	10th	170–130 (.567)	76–86 (.469)	5	0	0
Oklahoma	Porter Moser	Loyola Chicago	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Oklahoma State	Mike Boynton	Oklahoma State (asst.)	5th	72–58 (.554)	31–41 (.431)	1	0	0
TCU	Jamie Dixon	Pittsburgh	6th	96–71 (.575)	34–54 (.386)	1	0	0
Texas	Chris Beard	Texas Tech	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Texas Tech	Mark Adams	Texas Tech (asst.)	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
West Virginia	Bob Huggins	Kansas State	15th	310–171 (.644)	140–111 (.558)	10	1	0

Preseason

Recruiting classes

Rankings
Team	ESPN[5]	Rivals[6]	Scout/247 Sports[7]	Signees
Baylor	No. 15	No. 13	No. 15	3
Iowa State	-	No. 61	No. 78	1
Kansas	No. 9	No. 16	No. 11	4
Kansas State	-	No. 82	No. 126	2
Oklahoma	-	No. 37	No. 36	4
Oklahoma State	-	-	-	-
TCU	-	No. 77	No. 98	1
Texas	-	No. 62	No. 76	1
Texas Tech	-	-	No. 115	1
West Virginia	-	No. 35	No. 46	4

Preseason watchlists

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

	Wooden	Naismith	Cousy	West	Erving[9]	Malone	NABC	Abdul-Jabbar
Matthew Mayer, Baylor	Y	Y			Y
Adam Flagler, Baylor	Y	Y		Y
Ochai Agbaji, Kansas	Y	Y		Y			Y
Remy Martin, Kansas	Y	Y	Y				Y
David McCormack, Kansas	Y	Y						Y
Marcus Carr, Texas	Y	Y	Y				Y
Terrence Shannon Jr., Texas Tech	Y	Y		Y
James Akinjo, Baylor		Y
Andrew Jones, Texas		Y		Y
Moussa Cissé, Oklahoma State								Y
Tre Mitchell, Texas						Y
Kendall Brown, Baylor					Y
Jalen Wilson, Kansas					Y
Timmy Allen, Texas					Y
Kevin Obanor, Texas Tech					Y

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas (8)	80
2.	Texas (2)	70
3.	Baylor	67
4.	Texas Tech	51
5.	Oklahoma State	49
5.	West Virginia	49
7.	Oklahoma	29
8.	TCU	24
9.	Kansas State	22
10.	Iowa State	9
Reference:[10] (#) first place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

Big 12 Coaches
Matthew Mayer, G/F Baylor Ochai Agbaji, G Kansas Remy Martin, G Kansas David McCormack, F Kansas Marcus Carr, G Texas Terrence Shannon Jr., G Texas Tech
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:[11]

Player of the Year: Remy Martin, Kansas
Newcomer of the Year: Marcus Carr, Texas
Freshman of the Year: Kendall Brown, Baylor

Preseason national polls

Baylor	8	8	12	14	7	10	4	8	7
	AP[12]	Athlon Sports[13]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook[14]	CBS Sports[15]	Coaches[16]	ESPN[17]	Kenpom[18]	SBNation[19]	Sports Illustrated[20]
Iowa State				148			113		108
Kansas	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	3
Kansas State				86			82		82
Oklahoma				48			52		47
Oklahoma State	RV			26	RV	23	37		25
TCU				120			75		66
Texas	5	4	4	10	5	5	14	5	2
Texas Tech	RV			40	RV	26	12		26
West Virginia				45	RV		46		39

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
Baylor	AP	8	9	6	4	2
Baylor	C	8	–	5	4	2
Iowa State	AP				19	17
Iowa State	C		–		23	19
Kansas	AP	3	3	4	7	8
Kansas	C	3	–	3	7	7
Kansas State	AP
Kansas State	C		–
Oklahoma	AP					RV
Oklahoma	C		–			RV
Oklahoma State	AP	RV	RV
Oklahoma State	C	RV	–		RV
TCU	AP
TCU	C		–
Texas	AP	5	8	8	7	7
Texas	C	5	–	8	8	11
Texas Tech	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Texas Tech	C	RV	–	RV	RV	RV
West Virginia	AP
West Virginia	C	RV	–	RV	RV

Regular Season

Conference matrix

	Baylor	Iowa State	Kansas	Kansas State	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State	TCU	Texas	Texas Tech	West Virginia
vs. Baylor	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Iowa State	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Kansas	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Kansas State	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Oklahoma	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Oklahoma State	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. TCU	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Texas	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0
vs. Texas Tech	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—	0–0
vs. West Virginia	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	—
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Multi-Team Events

Baylor	Battle 4 Atlantis	1st
	MTE	Place/Finish
Iowa State	NIT Season Tip-Off	1st
Kansas	ESPN Events Invitational	3rd
Kansas State	Hall of Fame Classic	4th
Oklahoma	Myrtle Beach Invitational	2nd
Oklahoma State	Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase	2-0
TCU	SoCal Challenge	2-1
Texas	Abe Lemons Classic	3-0
Texas Tech	Texas Tech/Grand Canyon MTE[21]	2-0
West Virginia	Charleston Classic	3rd

Big 12 - Big East Battle

Date	Big East team	Big 12 team	Score	Location	Television	Attendance	Leader
Wed., Dec. 1	*Providence*	Texas Tech	72–68	Dunkin Donuts Center • Providence, Rhode Island	FS1	10,020	Big East (1–0)
Fri., Dec. 3	St. John's	No. 8 Kansas	95–75	UBS Arena • Elmont, New York	FS1	9,769	Tie (1–1)
Sat., Dec. 4	Creighton	No. 19 Iowa State	64–58	CHI Health Center Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska	FS1	18,294	Big 12 (2–1)
Sun., Dec. 5	Xavier	Oklahoma State	77–71	Gallagher-Iba Arena • Stillwater, Oklahoma	ESPN2	13,611	Tie (2–2)
Tue., Dec. 7	Butler	Oklahoma	66–62	Lloyd Noble Center • Norman, Oklahoma	ESPN2	11,562	Big East (3–2)
Wed., Dec. 8	No. 15 UConn	West Virginia	56–53	WVU Coliseum • Morgantown, West Virginia	ESPN2	12,045	Tie (3–3)
Wed., Dec. 8	Marquette	Kansas State	64–63	Bramlage Coliseum • Manhattan, Kansas	ESPN2	7,184	Big East (4–3)
Thu., Dec. 9	No. 23 Seton Hall	No. 7 Texas	64–60	Prudential Center • Newark, New Jersey	FS1	10,481	Big East (5–3)
Sun., Dec. 12	No. 6 Villanova	No. 2 Baylor		Ferrell Center • Waco, Texas	ABC
Sat., Dec. 18	Georgetown	TCU		Capital One Arena • Washington, D.C.	FS1
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. Did not participate: DePaul

Big 12/SEC Challenge

Date	Big 12 team	SEC team	Location	TV
Sat., Jan. 29	Baylor	Alabama	Coleman Coliseum • Tuscaloosa, AL
	Iowa State	Missouri	Hilton Coliseum • Ames, IA	ESPNU
	Texas	Tennessee	Frank Erwin Center • Austin, TX	ESPN
	Oklahoma	Auburn	Auburn Arena • Auburn, AL
	Kansas	Kentucky	Allen Fieldhouse • Lawrence, KS	ESPN
	Oklahoma State	Florida	O'Connell Center • Gainesville, FL
	TCU	LSU	Schollmaier Arena • Fort Worth, TX	ESPN2
	Texas Tech	Mississippi State	United Supermarkets Arena • Lubbock, TX	ESPN2
	Kansas State	Ole Miss	The Sandy and John Black Pavilion at Ole Miss • Oxford, MS	ESPNU
	West Virginia	Arkansas	Bud Walton Arena • Fayetteville, AR
WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. HOME TEAM IN ITALICS. Georgia, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt will not participate for the SEC. All times Eastern

Postseason

Big 12 Tournament

First round Wednesday, March 9	Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10	Semifinals Friday, March 11	Championship Saturday, March 12

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NCAA Tournament

Seed	Region	School	First Round	Second Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
-	-	-
	- Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	0–0 –	TOTAL: 0–0 –

Honors and awards

All-Americans

Consensus All-Americans
First Team	Second Team	Third Team

Reference:

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.

All-Big 12 awards and teams

Award	Recipient(s)
2022 Big 12 Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Man Award
Newcomer of the Year
Freshman of the Year
Reference:

First Team	Second Team	Third Team	Defensive Team	Newcomer Team	Freshman Team
2022 Big 12 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams

† - denotes unanimous selection

Notes

References

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