2015–16 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season

The 2015–16 Big 12 men's basketball season was the 20th season of basketball for the Big 12 Conference. Team practices began in October 2015, followed by the start of the regular season on November 13. Conference play began on January 2, 2016, and concluded on March 5. Kansas won their 12th straight Big 12 regular season championship by finishing 33–5 overall and 15–3 in conference play, two games ahead of second-place West Virginia. The 2016 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 9–12, 2016 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. Kansas won the tournament for the 10th time in school history.

2015–16 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)CBS, ESPN, FSN
Regular Season
2016 Big 12 ChampionsKansas
Season MVPBuddy Hield
Top scorerBuddy Hield
Tournament
ChampionsKansas
  Runners-upWest Virginia
Finals MVPDevonte' Graham
2015–16 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 Kansas153 .833  335  .868
No. 8 West Virginia135 .722  269  .743
No. 7 Oklahoma126 .667  298  .784
Texas117 .611  2013  .606
No. 21 Baylor108 .556  2212  .647
No. 22 Iowa State108 .556  2312  .657
Texas Tech99 .500  1913  .594
Kansas State513 .278  1716  .515
Oklahoma State315 .167  1220  .375
TCU216 .111  1221  .364
2016 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Buddy Hield of Oklahoma was named Big 12 Player of the Year for the second consecutive year, and became just the third player in conference history to be named the National college player of the year.

Seven schools were awarded a berth to the NCAA Tournament. Kansas, Oklahoma, and Iowa State each reached the Sweet 16, with Oklahoma advancing all the way to the Final four before losing to the eventual champions Villanova.

Preseason

Rankings

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  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
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Final
Baylor AP 22 20 RV 25 16 16 23 23 RV 22 13 17 15 21 25 19 19 22 21
C 21 21 25 23 15 14 22 21 25 22 15 18 13 19 22 16 17 20 18 24
Iowa State AP 7 7 4 5 4 5 11 11 13 17 19 14 13 14 13 17 21 21 22
C 7 7 5 4 2 2 9 9 14 18 21 16 14 15 15 17 20 19 19 15
Kansas AP 4 4 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 4 7 6 2 2 1 1 1
C 5 5 7 6 7 5 3 3 2 1 3 3 6 6 2 2 1 1 1 3
Kansas State AP
C RV
Oklahoma AP 8 8 7 6 7 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 6 6 7
C 8 8 6 8 8 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 4 6 6 7 4
Oklahoma State AP RV RV
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TCU AP
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Texas AP RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 24 25 23 23 RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 25 22 22 22 RV
Texas Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV RV RV RV
West Virginia AP RV RV RV 20 14 20 19 19 17 11 6 9 14 10 10 14 10 9 8
C 23 22 22 15 14 16 18 17 15 10 7 9 12 10 11 12 9 8 8 14

Regular season

Conference matrix

  Baylor Iowa State Kansas Kansas State Oklahoma Oklahoma State TCU Texas Texas Tech West Virginia
vs. Baylor 0–22–00–22–00–20–21–11–12–0
vs. Iowa State 2–01–10–21–10–20–21–11–12–0
vs. Kansas 0–21–10–20–21–10–20–20–21–1
vs. Kansas State 2–02–02–01–11–10–22–01–12–0
vs. Oklahoma 0–21–12–01–10–20–21–11–10–2
vs. Oklahoma State 2–02–01–11–12–01–12–02–02–0
vs. TCU 2–02–02–02–02–01–11–12–02–0
vs. Texas 1–11–12–00–21–10–21–11–10–2
vs. Texas Tech 1–11–12–01–11–10–20–21–12–0
vs. West Virginia 0–20–21–10–22–00–20–22–00–2
Total 10–810–815–35–1312–63–152–1611–79–913–5

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Baylor 1424 1323 101
Iowa State 1448 1392 56
Kansas 1401 1194 207
Kansas State 1251 1293 -42
Oklahoma 1393 1307 86
Oklahoma State 1123 1248 -125
TCU 1129 1370 -241
Texas 1238 1227 11
Texas Tech 1275 1314 -39
West Virginia 1365 1242 123

Baylor

Iowa State

Kansas

Kansas State

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State

TCU

Texas

Texas Tech

West Virginia

Honors and awards

All-Big 12 awards and teams

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