2020–21 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2020–21 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 will start in December 2020 and conclude in March 2020. The Big 12 Tournament is scheduled to be held from March 11–14, 2021 and will be played at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
| 2020–21 Big 12 Men's Basketball Season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| TV partner(s) | CBS, ESPN, FSN |
| NBA Draft | |
| Big 12 Tournament | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Baylor | 9 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 17 | – | 0 | 1.000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Texas | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 West Virginia | 5 | – | 3 | .625 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Oklahoma | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23 Kansas | 6 | – | 4 | .600 | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Texas Tech | 5 | – | 4 | .556 | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State* | 4 | – | 5 | .444 | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 3 | – | 5 | .375 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 9 | .100 | 5 | – | 14 | .263 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 0 | – | 7 | .000 | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| † 2021 Big 12 Tournament winner As of February 3, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaches
Coaching changes
There were no head coaching changes following the 2019–20 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season.
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 | Overall record | Big 12 record | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships |
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| Baylor | Scott Drew | Valparaiso | 18th | 342–213 (.616) | 140–150 (.483) | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa State | Steve Prohm | Murray State | 6th | 95–73 (.565) | 40–50 (.444) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | Bill Self | Illinois | 18th | 501–109 (.821) | 236–53 (.817) | 16 | 3 | 1 |
| Kansas State | Bruce Weber | Illinois | 9th | 161–110 (.594) | 72–72 (.500) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | Lon Kruger | UNLV | 10th | 179–117 (.605) | 81–81 (.500) | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma State | Mike Boynton | Oklahoma State (asst.) | 4th | 51–49 (.510) | 20–34 (.370) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TCU | Jamie Dixon | Pittsburgh | 5th | 84–57 (.596) | 29–43 (.403) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | Shaka Smart | VCU | 6th | 90–78 (.536) | 40–50 (.444) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas Tech | Chris Beard | Little Rock | 5th | 94–44 (.681) | 40–32 (.556) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| West Virginia | Bob Huggins | Kansas State | 13th | 289–158 (.647) | 127–102 (.555) | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Preseason
Recruiting classes
| Team | ESPN[1] | Rivals[2] | Scout/247 Sports[3] | Signees |
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| Baylor | No. 22 | No. 42 | No. 28 | 3 |
| Iowa State | No. 18 | No. 37 | No. 29 | 4 |
| Kansas | No. 25 | No. 17 | No. 22 | 4 |
| Kansas State | - | No. 19 | No. 35 | 7 |
| Oklahoma | - | No. 86 | No. 85 | 2 |
| Oklahoma State | No.8 | No. 4 | No. 13 | 6 |
| TCU | - | No. 66 | No. 52 | 3 |
| Texas | - | No. 57 | No. 96 | 1 |
| Texas Tech | No. 14 | No. 10 | No. 10 | 5 |
| West Virginia | - | No. 61 | No. 51 | 4 |
Preseason watchlists
Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.
| Wooden[4] | Naismith[5] | Cousy[6] | West[7] | Erving[8] | Malone[9] | Abdul-Jabbar[10] | |
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| Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State | |
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| Greg Brown III, Texas | |
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| Oscar Tshiebwe, West Virginia | |
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| Matt Coleman III, Texas | |
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| Ochai Agbaji, Kansas | |
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| Terrence Shannon Jr., Texas Tech | |
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| Mark Vital, Baylor | |
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| Brady Manek, Oklahoma | |
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| Derek Culver, West Virginia | | ||||||
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Big 12 Preseason Poll
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Preseason national polls
| AP[13] | Athlon Sports[14] |
Blue Ribbon Yearbook[15] |
CBS Sports[16] | Coaches[17] | ESPN[18] | Kenpom[19] | SBNation[20] | Sports Illustrated[21] | |
| Baylor | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| Iowa State | 67 | ||||||||
| Kansas | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Kansas State | 113 | ||||||||
| Oklahoma | 17 | 38 | 31 | ||||||
| Oklahoma State | 35 | RV | 33 | ||||||
| TCU | 53 | ||||||||
| Texas | 19 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 22 | |
| Texas Tech | 14 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| West Virginia | 15 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 15 | 17 |
Rankings
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| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week |
| Pre | 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 | Final | |
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| Baylor | AP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| C | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
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| Kansas | AP | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | |||||||
| C | 5 | – | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 22 | ||||||||
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| Oklahoma | AP | RV | RV | 24 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| C | – | RV | RV | RV | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||
| C | RV | – | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | ||||||||
| TCU | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | AP | 19 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| C | 22 | – | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| Texas Tech | AP | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | |||||||
| C | 13 | – | 17 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
| West Virginia | AP | 15 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 17 | |||||||
| C | 15 | – | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 18 |
Regular Season
Conference matrix
| Baylor | Iowa State | Kansas | Kansas State | Oklahoma | Oklahoma State | TCU | Texas | Texas Tech | West Virginia | |
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| vs. Baylor | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| vs. Iowa State | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| vs. Kansas | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| vs. Kansas State | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Oklahoma | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Oklahoma State | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. TCU | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Texas | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| vs. Texas Tech | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| vs. West Virginia | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — |
| Total | 9–0 | 0–7 | 6–4 | 1–9 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
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