Big 12

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The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. It is a member of the NCAA's Division I.

The conference's offices are located in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.

1 Member Schools
2 History
3 Men's Basketball
4 Women's Basketball
- 4.1 Big 12 Regular Season Champions
- 4.2 National Champions

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Member Schools

Big 12 North

Big 12 South

Although standings in the conference are combined and not split among divisions, the schedule is structured as if the schools were split into two divisions. Teams play a home-and-home against teams within its division and a single game against teams from the opposite division for a total of 16 conference games. This denies Oklahoma SoonersOklahoma and klahoma State CowboysOklahoma State, formerly in the Big Eight, two games a season against their opponents from that former conference, but does allow most of the other traditional rivalries to be played home-and-home.

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History

The conference was officially formed on February 25, 1994, when the former Big Eight Conference merged with four Texas schools that had been members of the Southwest Conference, which had just disbanded. Athletic competition in the conference commenced on August 31, 1996.

According to the Big 12 Conference's website, the use of the alternate names "Big Twelve" and "Big XII" are incorrect; the trademarked name of the conference is "Big 12 Conference" (notwithstanding that the conference logo features the Roman numeral XII).

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Men's Basketball

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Big 12 Regular Season Champions

1997 - Kansas (15-1)
1998 - Kansas (15-1)
1999 - Texas (13-3)
2000 - Iowa State (14-2)
2001 - Iowa State (13-3)
2002 - Kansas (16-0)
2003 - Kansas (14-2)
2004 - Oklahoma State (14-2)
2005 - Oklahoma/Kansas (12-4 apiece)
2006 - Texas/Kansas (13-3 apiece)
2007 - Kansas (14-2)

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Big 12 Tournament Championship Games

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Location
1997	(1) Kansas 87	(10) Missouri 60	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
1998	(1) Kansas 72	(3) Oklahoma 58	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
1999	(3) Kansas 53	(5) Oklahoma State 37	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2000	(1) Iowa State 70	(3) Oklahoma 58	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2001	(3) Oklahoma 54	(4) Texas 45	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2002	(2) Oklahoma 64	(1) Kansas 55	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2003	(3) Oklahoma 49	(5) Missouri 47	American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
2004	(1) Oklahoma State 65	(2) Texas 49	American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
2005	(3) Oklahoma State 72	(4) Texas Tech 68	Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Missouri
2006	(2) Kansas 80	(1) Texas 68	American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
2007†	(1) Kansas 88	(3) Texas 84	Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2008			Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri