The 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship was held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri from March 13–16, 2013.
[2] This tournament marked the debut of TCU and West Virginia in the event.
Semifinal games were available in the conference footprint on the Big 12 Network and outside league markets on ESPNU.
The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Kansas State Wildcats 70-54 in the Championship game, which was televised by ESPN, to receive the Big 12's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.
All 10 teams qualified for the tournament, with ties broken by using a tiebreaker system.