2006_Big_12_men's_basketball_tournament Knowpia

2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	12
Site	American Airlines Center; Dallas, Texas
Champions	Kansas (4th title)
Winning coach	Bill Self (1st title)
MVP	Mario Chalmers (Kansas)
Attendance	109,428 (overall); 17,458 (championship)
Top scorer	P. J. Tucker (Texas); (52 points)
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU
	Big 12 men's basketball tournaments ← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Big 12 men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 9 to 12 in Dallas, Texas at the American Airlines Center. Kansas won the tournament for the 4th time and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.^[2]

2005–06 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Texas	13	–	3	.813	30	–	7	.811
No. 12 Kansas †	13	–	3	.813	25	–	8	.758
No. 24 Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	20	–	9	.690
Texas A&M	10	–	6	.625	22	–	9	.710
Colorado	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Nebraska	7	–	9	.438	19	–	14	.576
Oklahoma State	6	–	10	.375	17	–	16	.515
Texas Tech	6	–	10	.375	15	–	17	.469
Kansas State	6	–	10	.375	15	–	13	.536
Iowa State	6	–	10	.375	16	–	14	.533
Missouri	5	–	11	.313	12	–	16	.429
Baylor	4	–	12	.250	4	–	13	.235

† 2006 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Seeding edit

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[3]

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.
2006 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
1	Texas ‡#	13–3	30–7
2	Kansas c#	13–3	25–8
3	Oklahoma #	11–5	20–9
4	Texas A&M #	10–6	22–9
5	Colorado	9–7	20–10
6	Nebraska	7–9	19–14
7	Oklahoma State	6–10	17–16
8	Texas Tech	6–10	15–17
9	Kansas State	6–10	15–13
10	Iowa State	6–10	16–14
11	Missouri	5–11	12–16
12	Baylor	4–12	4–13
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.^[3]

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 9
1	1	11:30 am	#8 Texas Tech 73 vs #9 Kansas State 65	ESPNU	17,799
1	2	2:00 pm	#5 Colorado 65 vs #12 Baylor 61		17,799
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Oklahoma State 79 vs #10 Iowa State 70		17,816
2	5	11:30 am	#1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70		17,816
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 10
3	5	11:30 am	#1 Texas 77 vs #8 Texas Tech 70	ESPNU	18,464
3	6	2:00 pm	#4 Texas A&M 86 vs #5 Colorado 53		18,464
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 Kansas 63 vs #7 Oklahoma State 62		18,892
4	8	8:20 pm	#6 Nebraska 69 vs #3 Oklahoma 63		18,892
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
5	9	1:00 pm	#1 Texas 74 vs #4 Texas A&M 70	ESPN2	18,999
5	10	3:20 pm	#2 Kansas 79 vs #6 Nebraska 65	ESPN2	18,999
Final – Sunday, March 12
6	11	2:00 pm	#2 Kansas 80 vs #1 Texas 68	ESPN	17,458
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[2]^[4]

[1]

Most Outstanding Player – Mario Chalmers, Kansas^[2]

Player	Team	Position	Class
Mario Chalmers	Kansas	Fr.	G
Julian Wright	Kansas	Fr.	F
LaMarcus Aldridge	Texas	So.	F
P. J. Tucker	Texas	Jr.	F
Acie Law	Texas A&M	Jr.	G

^ "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 83–86. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
^ "2006 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 18, 2020.