Highlighted by the only double round-robin format in the nation among the six major conferences, the Big 12 has announced its men's basketball league schedule for the 2011-12 season. Each squad will face an 18-game conference slate for the first time in Big 12 history.

Currently, a total of 80 conference games will be televised nationally or regionally on an ESPN network, CBS or the regionally-syndicated Big 12 Network. The games are being carried as part of the fourth season of a multi-year agreement with ESPN that runs through the 2015-16 season. Among the league contests not televised on a national or regional basis, many of those will be selected at a later date for local telecast packages and inclusion on ESPN Full Court and ESPN3.com.

This year's Big 12 slate matches the earliest start in league history (1998-99) when Texas A&M travels to Baylor on Monday, January 2. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU - one of five Monday contests scheduled for the network in a new exposure for the Conference. The Big 12 will also continue its spot in ESPN's traditional “Big Monday” lineup on January 16 with two games that include four league squads. During the 2011-12 campaign, every school in the conference will be showcased numerous times on ESPN or ESPN2.

In men's basketball, the Big 12 was the first conference to be guaranteed three weekly telecast windows on ESPN or ESPN2, which each reach approximately 100 million homes, respectively. In addition, 95 games overall (conference and non-conference) will air annually with more than 60 seen on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3.com or another national over-the-air network.

In March, the Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship will continue to be televised on a variety of ESPN platforms including ESPN, ESPN2 and in regional syndication on the Big 12 Network. The Championship will boast a new format, with two first-round games on Wednesday evening, March 7, followed by the quarterfinals, semifinals and title contest in successive days.

The Big 12 Network is in its fourth year, with games seen throughout the conference's geographic footprint and produced by ESPN Regional Television. It has also been distributed in numerous other markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Providence. Among all the televised games, most will be shown as part of ESPN Full Court and available on ESPN3.com.

The Big 12 has had at least eight postseason teams in each of the last four campaigns with a minimum of seven squads with 20 victories or more during that time. The league has sent six different teams to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament the past three campaigns and has had 17 regional finalists since 2002, both totals the most of any conference.

The Big 12 also had the nation's best non-conference winning percentage a year ago and has won 61.7 percent of its NCAA matchups since 2008, the second-best mark of any major conference.

2011-12 Big 12 Men's Basketball Composite Schedule Dates, times and television listings subject to change; All times are Central.
Monday, January 2 Texas A&M at Baylor (ESPNU) TBA   Wednesday, January 4 Kansas State at Kansas (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m. Texas at Iowa State (ESPNU) TBA Oklahoma at Missouri TBA Texas Tech at Oklahoma State TBA   Saturday, January 7 Baylor at Texas Tech (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Missouri at Kansas State (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Kansas at Oklahoma (ESPNU) 1:00 p.m. Iowa State at Texas A&M (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas TBA   Monday, January 9 Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (ESPNU) 6:00 p.m.   Tuesday, January 10 Baylor at Kansas State TBA   Wednesday, January 11 Missouri at Iowa State (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas Tech (ESPNU) 8:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Texas (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m.   Saturday, January 14 Texas at Missouri (ESPN2) Noon Kansas State at Oklahoma (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas A&M (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Oklahoma State at Baylor (ESPN2) 2:00 p.m. Iowa State at Kansas (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m.   Monday, January 16 Texas A&M at Missouri (ESPN) 4:30 p.m. Baylor at Kansas (ESPN) 8:30 p.m.   Tuesday, January 17 Texas Tech at Oklahoma (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m.   Wednesday, January 18 Oklahoma State at Iowa State (ESPNU) 8:00 p.m. Texas at Kansas State (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m.   Saturday, January 21 Kansas State at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Missouri at Baylor (ESPN) 1:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas (CBS) 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas A&M (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Iowa State at Texas Tech (ESPN2) 4:00 p.m.   Monday, January 23 Texas A&M at Kansas (ESPN) 8:00 p.m.   Tuesday, January 24 Baylor at Oklahoma (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m. Iowa State at Texas TBA   Wednesday, January 25 Missouri at Oklahoma State (ESPN2) 6:30 p.m. Kansas State at Texas Tech (ESPNU) 8:00 p.m.   Saturday, January 28 Texas at Baylor (CBS) Noon Texas Tech at Missouri (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Kansas at Iowa State (ESPN or ESPN2) 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas A&M (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas State TBA   Monday, January 30 Missouri at Texas (ESPN) 8:00 p.m.   Tuesday, January 31 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m. Kansas State at Iowa State TBA   Wednesday, February 1 Baylor at Texas A&M (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Kansas (ESPNU) 8:00 p.m.	Saturday, February 4 Baylor at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Kansas State (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Iowa State at Oklahoma (ESPN or ESPN2) 5:00 p.m. Kansas at Missouri (ESPN) TBA Texas Tech at Texas TBA   Monday, February 6 Missouri at Oklahoma (ESPNU) 6:00 p.m. Texas at Texas A&M (ESPN) 8:00 p.m.   Tuesday, February 7 Iowa State at Oklahoma State (ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas State (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m.   Wednesday, February 8 Kansas at Baylor (ESPN or ESPN2) 6:00 p.m.   Saturday, February 11 Baylor at Missouri (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Kansas State at Texas (ESPN) 1:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Kansas (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Iowa State (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas Tech TBA   Monday, February 13 Iowa State at Baylor (ESPNU) 6:00 p.m. Kansas at Kansas State (ESPN) 8:00 p.m.   Tuesday, February 14 Texas A&M at Texas Tech (ESPN2) 6:00 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m.   Wednesday, February 15 Oklahoma State at Missouri (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m.   Saturday, February 18 Kansas State at Baylor (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Iowa State (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Missouri at Texas A&M (ESPN or ESPN2) 1:00 p.m. Texas at Oklahoma State (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Kansas (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m.   Monday, February 20 Baylor at Texas (ESPN) 8:00 p.m.   Tuesday, February 21 Kansas State at Missouri (ESPN2) 6:00 p.m.   Wednesday, February 22 Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Iowa State (ESPNU) 8:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas A&M (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m.   Saturday, February 25 Iowa State at Kansas State (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Oklahoma at Baylor (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Oklahoma State (ESPN) 1:00 p.m. Missouri at Kansas (CBS) 3:00 p.m. Texas at Texas Tech (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m.   Monday, February 27 Kansas at Oklahoma State (ESPN) 8:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Baylor (ESPNU) TBA   Tuesday, February 28 Kansas State at Texas A&M (ESPN2) 6:00 p.m.   Wednesday, February 29 Iowa State at Missouri (Big 12 Network) 7:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Texas (ESPN2) 8:00 p.m.   Saturday, March 3 Oklahoma State at Kansas State (Big 12 Network) 12:30 p.m. Missouri at Texas Tech (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Oklahoma (Big 12 Network) 3:00 p.m. Baylor at Iowa State TBA Texas at Kansas (ESPN) TBA
Big 12 Network telecasts are produced regionally and nationally by ESPN Regional Television. Note: Games not selected as part of the conference television package are subject to date changes for local TV package telecasts.