A complete guide to the future host cities and venues for the Big 12 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, including confirmed sites and potential future locations.
The Big 12 has seen immense success in the NCAA tournament, with seven programs across men’s and women’s basketball cutting down the nets over the years.
However, the journey to a national championship starts earlier than Selection Sunday. In many cases, the jockeying for position during the Big 12 conference tournament is just as important as any regular-season outing.
Here’s where the Big 12 tournaments will be taking place for the foreseeable future.
Confirmed Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Locations for 2026–31
The men’s basketball tournament has been hosted by the Sprint Center/T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, every year since 2008 except for two. In 2009, the event was held in Oklahoma City and in 2020, there was no Big 12 men’s basketball tournament due to COVID-19.
Dating back to 1997, Kansas City has held the event in all but five years.
Why is the conference so loyal to Kansas City?
Frankly, because the city does an excellent job hosting. When the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament was played in other cities, attendance was fine but fans complained about the atmosphere.
Kansas City is a central location for most teams in the conference (this was especially true before the league expanded to include UCF and BYU), which allowed superfans to travel and be there.
The T-Mobile Center is usually electric, with the Big 12 championship feeling more like an NCAA tournament game.
Every Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Winner
Confirmed Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Locations for 2026–31
While many conferences hold their men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in different cities, the Big 12 keeps both in Kansas City.
From 2021 until 2023, the women’s tournament was in Municipal Stadium. But in 2024, the league announced a seven-year agreement with the T-Mobile Center.
The women’s title game is always played on a Sunday, unless BYU advances to the final. In that case, since BYU does not play on Sundays, the finals would be held on a Monday.
Every Big 12 Women’s Basketball Tournament Winner
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Big 12 Tournament Locations for 2026, 2027 and Beyond.
