2007 Big 12 men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 March 2026 2007 Big 12 I Men's 200 12 Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Kansas 5th Bill Self 2nd Kevin Durant Texas 113,274 (overall)18,879 (championship) Kevin Durant Texas 92 ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Plus, ESPNU The 2007 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was the 2007 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City from March 8 until March 11, 2007. The tournament ended in an 88–84 overtime victory by the #1 seed Kansas Jayhawks over the #3 seed Texas Longhorns, and was the first Big 12 tournament ever to end in an overtime game. Regular season/Tournament seeding In the first preseason poll, Kansas was picked first and received 11 first-place votes. Texas A&M was picked second and received one first-place vote. The rest of the voting was as follows: Oklahoma State was picked third, Texas fourth, Kansas State fifth, Texas Tech sixth, Baylor seventh, Missouri eighth, Oklahoma ninth, Iowa State tenth, Nebraska eleventh, and Colorado twelfth.Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll Announced https://web.archive.org/web/20061106165230/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/101606aaa.html 2006-11-06 Big 12 Sports.com. 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2007-04-09 As preseason polls predicted, Kansas did win the regular-season title, clinching it outright with a 90–86 win over Texas on March 3.Fray, Jessie. Big 12 champs! KUsports.com. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2007-04-10.Kansas Earns Regular Season Big 12 Men's Basketball Title https://web.archive.org/web/20070308114230/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030307aaa.html 2007-03-08 Big 12 Sports.com. Retrieved 2007-04-09. Thus, the seedings for the tournament were earned as follows, with tiebreaker procedures followed in breaking a four-way tie for seventh place between Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Nebraska (see Tie-Breaking Procedures for more information on seeding in the tournament). Standings CONF TOT Post-Tournament PlaySeedSchoolWLWLNCAA/NITEliminated 1Kansas†* 14 2 27 4NCAAElite Eight 2Texas A&M133255NCAASweet Sixteen 3Texas124228NCAASecond Round 4Kansas State1062110NITSecond Round 5Texas Tech972111NCAAFirst Round 6Missouri791811 7Oklahoma State6102011NITFirst Round 8Iowa State6101516 9Oklahoma6101614 10Nebraska6101713 11Baylor4121415 12Colorado313719 Source:Big 12 Conference Standings 2006–2007 ESPN.com. Retrieved 2007-04-10. (Big 12 Tournament W-L records subtracted from totals). † – Denotes Tournament Champion. * – Denotes Regular Season Champion Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendanceFirst Round – Thursday, March 81 1 11:30 am #9 Oklahoma 68 vs #8 Iowa State 63 ESPNU18,879 2 2:00 pm #5 Texas Tech 81 vs #12 Colorado 712 3 6:00 pm #7 Oklahoma State 54 vs #10 Nebraska 39 ESPN Plus18,879 5 8:30 pm #11 Baylor 97 vs #6 Mizzou 83 ESPNUQuarterfinals – Friday, March 93 5 11:30 am #1 Kansas 64 vs #9 Oklahoma 47 ESPNU18,879 6 2:00 pm #4 Kansas State 66 vs #5 Texas Tech 454 7 6:00 pm #7 Oklahoma State 57 vs #2 Texas A&M 56 ESPN Plus18,879 8 8:20 pm #3 Texas 74 vs #11 Baylor, 69Semifinals – Saturday, March 105 9 1:00 pm #1 Kansas 67 vs #4 Kansas State 61 ESPN218,879 10 3:20 pm #3 Texas 69 vs #7 Oklahoma State 64Final – Sunday, March 116 11 2:00 pm #1 Kansas 88 vs #3 Texas 84 OTESPN18,879 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seedhttps://s3.amazonaws.com/big12sports.com/documents/2019/9/25/19_20_MBB_Record_Book_small_file_.pdf 83–86 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book Big 12 Conference PDF June 19, 2020https://static.big12sports.com/custompages/pdfs/alltimeresults/MBB/2006-07.pdf 2007 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament Box Score Big 12 Conference PDF June 18, 2020 Tournament Bracket First Round (March 8) Quarterfinals (March 9) Semifinals (March 10) Championship (March 11) 8 Iowa State 63 9 2006 men Oklahoma Sooners Oklahoma 68 5 Texas Tech 81 12 2006 men Colorado Buffaloes Colorado 71 7 2006 none Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State 54 10 Nebraska 39 6 Missouri 83 11 2006 none Baylor Bears Baylor 97 1 #2 Kansas 64 9 Oklahoma 47 4 Kansas State 66 5 Texas Tech 45 2 #7 Texas A&M 56 7 Oklahoma State 57 3 #15 Texas 74 11 Baylor 69 1 #2 Kansas 67 4 Kansas State 61 7 Oklahoma State 64 3 #15 Texas 69 1 #2 Kansas   (OT) 88 3 #15 Texas 84 Big 12 https://web.archive.org/web/20070311045713/http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/tournaments/conference/BIG12 2007-03-11 Sportsline.com. Retrieved 2007-03-15 Championship game Big 12 ChampionshipNCAA Division I Scoreboard ESPN.com. Retrieved 2007-04-08. Teams 1st Half 2nd Half OT FinalKansas 34 45 9 88Texas 39 40 5 84 In a flip-flopping game, Texas charged out of the box to gain an early lead of 32–10. Kansas, however, went on a 24–7 run to cut the Texas lead to 39–34 at the half. The lead then switched to Kansas early in the second half, but a rally by Texas pulled them ahead 73–71 in the final minutes. However, one missed free throw by Texas' Craig Winder allowed a Kansas three-pointer by Mario Chalmers to tie the game with 15 seconds left. In overtime, Kansas was up five with 15.3 seconds left, but a Texas three-pointer by A. J. Abrams cut the lead to two. It took two free throws by Kansas' Darnell Jackson with just over five seconds left to seal the win, 88–84. Durant actually had a chance to score for the win in the second half, but missed the jump shot. He, however, led the game with 37 points. Kansas' Sherron Collins followed with 20.https://archive.today/20120713084548/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270702305 Kansas tops Texas in OT to win Big 12 ESPN.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-09.Jayhawks Take Big 12 Title https://web.archive.org/web/20070313213536/http://www.big12sports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031107aaa.html 2007-03-13 Big 12 Sports.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-09. The game is the biggest comeback in Kansas basketball history, eclipsing a 19-point comeback over UCLA in December 1995.Bedore, Gary. 'WE ARE FIGHTERS': Biggest comeback in school history lands KU tourney title KUsports.com. 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2007-04-09. Tournament summary thumb|200px|right|Tournament MVP Kevin Durant. This was the first Big 12 Basketball Tournament to end with an overtime game. With the win, Kansas moved to 5–1 in the championship game, while Texas fell to 0–4.Kansas vs. Kansas State https://web.archive.org/web/20110522193746/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/notes-kanksu-031007.pdf 2011-05-22 CSTV.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-04-10.Texas vs. Oklahoma State https://web.archive.org/web/20110522193750/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/notes-texosu-031007.pdf 2011-05-22 CSTV.com. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-04-10. The 22-point comeback by the Jayhawks in the championship was the biggest in the tournament's history. The second-biggest occurred in the same tournament, when Texas came back from 18 down to defeat the Baylor Bears.Texas vs. Baylor https://web.archive.org/web/20081201072133/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/07-champ-game-8-notes.pdf 2008-12-01 CSTV.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2007-04-10. This tournament was home to the lowest score in tournament history (39 by Nebraska against Oklahoma State), as well as the highest combined score (180 points in the Missouri-Baylor first-round game).Kansas State vs. Texas Tech https://web.archive.org/web/20110522193814/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/3907-kst-text-notes6.pdf 2011-05-22 CSTV.com. 2007-03-09. Retrieved 2007-04-10. The Tournament MVP was Kevin Durant, a freshman from the University of Texas, who was a member of the 2007 Big 12 All-Tournament Team with Brandon Rush (Kansas), A. J. Abrams (Texas), Curtis Jerrells (Baylor), and Julian Wright (Kansas).Championship Notes https://web.archive.org/web/20070313232344/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/31107kan-tex-notes11.pdf 2007-03-13 CSTV.com. Retrieved 2007-04-09. Durant also scored 92 points to surpass the previous Big 12 tournament record of 79 set by Marcus Fizer in 2000. This edition of the tournament was the first to be played in Oklahoma City; previous tournaments had been played in Kansas City, Missouri or Dallas, Texas. The tournament final was televised by ESPN with play-by-play and commentary by Ron Franklin, Fran Fraschilla, and Holly Rowe.Men's Basketball preview: Kansas (Big 12 Championship Game) https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091235/http://www.texassports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=16&url_article_id=6109&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 2007-09-29 TexasSports.com. 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2007-04-10. All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Kevin Durant, Texas Player Team Position ClassKevin DurantTexasFr.F/GCurtis JerrellsBaylorSo.GBrandon RushKansasSo.GJulian WrightKansasSo.FA.J. AbramsTexasSo.G See also 2007 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2006–07 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings References 2 External links Official 2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket Category:Big 12 men's basketball tournament Tournament Big 12 men's basketball tournament Big 12 men's basketball tournament