2016–17 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2016–17 Big 12 men's basketball season is the ongoing 21st season of basketball for the Big 12 Conference. Team practices began in October 2016, and were followed by the start of the regular season on November 11. Conference play began on December 30, 2016 and will conclude with the 2017 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, beginning March 8, 2017 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. During the conference's non-conference schedule, Big 12 teams posted a win percentage of.822, the best non-conference win percentage of any conference in the nation.
Preseason
Big 12 Preseason PollPre-Season All-Big 12 Team
- Player of the Year: Monte Morris, Iowa State
- Newcomer of the Year: Manu Lecomte, Baylor
- Freshman of the Year: Josh Jackson, Kansas
Tournaments
Head coaches
Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Big 12 records are from time at current school.| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Seasons at school | Overall record | Big 12 record | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
| Baylor | Scott Drew | Valparaiso | 14th | 252–172 | 95–121 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa State | Steve Prohm | Murray State | 2nd | 25–12 | 10–8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | Bill Self | Illinois | 14th | 385–83 | 179–39 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Kansas State | Bruce Weber | Illinois | 5th | 79–54 | 37–35 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | Lon Kruger | UNLV | 6th | 111–57 | 52–38 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | Brad Underwood | Stephen F. Austin | 1st | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TCU | Jamie Dixon | Pittsburgh | 1st | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | Shaka Smart | VCU | 2nd | 20–13 | 11–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas Tech | Chris Beard | Little Rock | 1st | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | Bob Huggins | Kansas State | 10th | 201–110 | 39–33 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Rankings
Regular season
Conference Matrix
Points scored
Schedules
[2016–17 [Baylor Bears basketball team|Baylor]]
Baylor Bears Schedule
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[2016–17 [Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team|Iowa State]]
Iowa State Cyclones Schedule
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!colspan=6 style="background:#;"| Big 12 Tournament
[2016–17 [Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team|Kansas]]
Kansas Jayhawks Schedule
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! colspan=6 style="background:#;"| Big 12 Tournament
[2016–17 [Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team|Kansas State]]
Kansas State Wildcats Schedule
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[2016–17 [Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team|Oklahoma]]
Oklahoma Sooners Schedule
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[2016–17 [Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team|Oklahoma State]]
Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule
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!colspan=6 style="background:#; color:#;"| Big 12 Tournament
[2016–17 [TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team|TCU]]
TCU Horned Frogs Schedule
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!colspan=6 style="background:#; color:#;"| Big 12 Tournament
[2016–17 [Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]]
Texas Longhorns Schedule
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!colspan=6 style="background:#"| Big 12 Tournament
[2016–17 [Texas Tech Red Raiders men's basketball team|Texas Tech]]
Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule
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!colspan=6 style="background:#; color:;"| Big 12 Tournament
[2016–17 [West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team|West Virginia]]
West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule
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!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:#;"| Big 12 Tournament
Honors and awards
All-Americans
All-Big 12 awards and teams
Phillips 66 Player of the Week
Postseason
Big 12 Tournament
- March 8–11, 2017–Big 12 Conference Basketball Tournament, Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO.
Bracket
NCAA Tournament
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | First Round | Second Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 1 | Midwest | Kansas | Bye | #16 UC Davis - W, 100–62 | #9 Michigan State - W, 90–70 | #4 Purdue - W, 98–66 | #3 Oregon - L, 60–74 | ||
| 3 | East | Baylor | Bye | #14 New Mexico State - W, 91–73 | #11 USC - W, 82–78 | #7 South Carolina - L, 50–70 | |||
| 4 | West | West Virginia | Bye | #13 Bucknell - W, 86–80 | #5 Notre Dame - W, 83–71 | #1 Gonzaga - L, 58–61 | |||
| 5 | Midwest | Iowa State | Bye | #12 Nevada - W, 84–73 | #4 Purdue - L, 76–80 | ||||
| 10 | South | Oklahoma State | Bye | #7 Michigan - L, 91–92 | |||||
| 11 | South | Kansas State | #11 Wake Forest - W, 95–88 | #6 Cincinnati - L, 61–75 | |||||
| 6 Bids | W-L : | 1–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | TOTAL: 9–6 |
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NIT
| Seed | Region | School | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| 4 | Iowa | TCU | #5 Fresno State - W, 66–58 | #1 Iowa - W, 94–92 | #6 Richmond - W, 86–68 | #4 UCF - W, 68–53 | #6 Georgia Tech - W, 88–56 |
| 1 Bid | W-L : | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | TOTAL: 5–0 |