| Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Conference Basketball Championship | |
| The 2008 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship trophy | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Conference | Big 12 Conference |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Current stadium | Municipal Auditorium |
| Current location | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Played | 1997-present |
| Last contest | 2009 |
| Current champion | Baylor Lady Bears |
| Most championships | Oklahoma Sooners (5) |
| TV partner(s) | FSN |
| Official website | Big12Sports.com Women's Basketball |
| Sponsors | |
| Phillips 66 (1997-present) | |
| Host stadiums | |
| Municipal Auditorium (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010) Cox Convention Center (2007, 2009) Reunion Arena (2003, 2004, 2006) | |
| Host locations | |
| Kansas City, Missouri (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010-2011) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007, 2009) Dallas, Texas (2003, 2004, 2006) | |
The Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament is the championship women's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. It is a single-elimination tournament of four rounds, with the top four seeds getting byes in the first round. Seeding is based on regular season records. The Tournament has been held every year since 1997.
Champions[]
Tournament champions receive an automatic bid to the year's NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. Numbers in parentheses refer to each team's finish/seed in the tournament for that year.[1]
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | (3) Colorado 54 | (5) Kansas State 44 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1998 | (1) Texas Tech 71 | (3) Kansas 53 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1999 | (1) Texas Tech 73 | (2) Iowa State 59 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2000 | (1) Iowa State 75 | (6) Texas 65 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2001 | (3) Iowa State 68 | (1) Oklahoma 65 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2002 | (1) Oklahoma 84 | (2) Baylor 69 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2003 | (1) Texas 67 | (3) Texas Tech 57 | Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas |
| 2004 | (6) Oklahoma 66 | (1) Texas 47 | Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas |
| 2005 | (1) Baylor 68 | (3) Kansas State 55 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2006 | (1) Oklahoma 72 | (2) Baylor 61 | Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas |
| 2007 | (1) Oklahoma 67 | (5) Iowa State 60 | Cox Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2008 | (4) Texas A&M 64 | (3) Oklahoma State 59 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2009 | (2) Baylor 72 | (4) Texas A&M 63 | Cox Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 2010 | (4) Texas A&M 74 | (3) Oklahoma 67 | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 2011 | TBD | TBD | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri |
Championship game results by team[]
| Appearances | School | Wins | Losses | Percent | Last Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 0.800 | 2007 |
| 4 | Baylor | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | 2009 |
| 4 | Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 0.500 | 2007 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.666 | 2003 |
| 3 | Texas | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 2004 |
| 2 | Kansas State | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2005 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 2009 |
| 1 | Colorado | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1997 |
| 1 | Kansas | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 1998 |
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 2008 |
| 0 | Missouri | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| 0 | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship Records" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Sports. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big12/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/08_CHAMPIONSHIP_RECORDBOOK.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
External links[]
Women's Conference Basketball Tournaments
NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Conference Tournaments
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