Projecting seeds, schedule for 2022 Big 12 Conference Tournament

The Big 12 has established itself as one of the top conferences in college basketball this season. With a slate of marquee games every weekend, the standings have been in flux since the start of the season.

As the Big 12 Conference Tournament approaches in less than a month, the teams are now jockeying for the best spot and a chance to claim an automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament. Kansas is looking to again lift the regular season crown after Baylor slipped up in recent weeks. Oklahoma State is ranked No. 7 now, but is ineligible for the 2022 postseason as a result of an NCAA investigation.

Here is a look at the Big 12 Conference Tournament picture, as things stand today.

Big 12 standings

As of Feb. 15

1) Kansas Jayhawks (10-2)

2) Baylor Bears (9-3)

3) Texas Tech Red Raiders (8-4)

4) Texas Longhorns (7-5)

5) Kansas State Wildcats (6-7)

6) TCU Horned Frogs (5-5)

7) Oklahoma State Cowboys (5-8)

8) Oklahoma Sooners (4-8)

9) West Virginia Mountaineers (3-9)

10) Iowa State (3-9)

2022 Big 12 Conference Tournament schedule

All times Central

First Round: Wednesday, March 9

Game 1: No. 8 seed vs. No. 9 seed | 6 p.m. | TV TBD

Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 10

Game 2: No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed | 11:30 a.m. | TV TBD

Game 3: No. 1 seed vs. Game 1 winner | 2 p.m. | TV TBD

Game 4: No. 2 seed vs. No. 7 seed | 6 p.m. | TV TBD

Game 5: No. 3 seed vs. No. 6 seed | 8:30 p.m. | TV TBD

Semifinals: Friday, March 11

Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner | 6 p.m. | TV TBD

Game 7: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner | 8:30 p.m. | TV TBD

Championship: Saturday, March 11 | 5 p.m. | TV TBD

Tiebreakers

The first criteria in tie breaking in the standings is head-to-head competition of tied teams, according to the Big 12 rules. The following procedure are used to establish the postseason championship seeds when ties exist. 

Each team’s record versus the team occupying the highest position in the final regular season standings, and then continuing down through the standings until one team gains an advantage will be used if the regular season series between teams is also tied.

A comparison of the tied teams Conference-games only road record. Then, a comparison of the tied teams conference games only road record versus the team occupying the highest position in the final conference regular season standings, and then counting down through the standings until one team gains an advantage.

In the event tiebreaking procedures are unsuccessful and a draw is necessary in determining any portion of seeding a draw will be held.