Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
The Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Championship logo
SportBasketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Number of teams16
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumT-Mobile Center
Current locationKansas City, Missouri
Played1997-present
Last contest2024
Current championTexas Longhorns
Most championshipsBaylor Bears (10)
TV partner(s)ESPN+, ESPN2
Official websiteBig12Sports.com Women's Basketball
Sponsors
Phillips 66 (1997-present)
Host stadiums
Municipal Auditorium (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010-2012, 2020-2023)
Cox Convention Center (2007, 2009)
Reunion Arena (2003, 2004, 2006)
American Airlines Center (2013, 2015)
Chesapeake Energy Arena (2014, 2016–2019)
T-Mobile Center (2024–2031)
Host locations
Kansas City, Missouri (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010-2012, 2020-2031)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007, 2009, 2014, 2016-2019)
Dallas, Texas (2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015)
Former logo

The Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament is the championship women's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. The tournament is set to be held at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri until 2031.[1] Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, the 2025 women's tournament will be the first tournament with 16 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2024–25 season, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah joined the conference. The tournament is sponsored by Phillips 66. The Tournament has been held every year since 1997, except in 2020 when it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

All sixteen teams will participate in the tournament. The top eight teams will receive a first round bye and the top four teams will receive a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.[2] Seeding is based on regular season records, ties will be broken using a tiebreaker system, with the first tiebreaker being best record in head-to-head matchups then the 2nd tiebreaker being head-to-head record against each team in the conference beginning with the first place team and working down.[3]

The championship game will be played on a Sunday, unless BYU advances to the final thus pushing the championship game to a Monday finish[4]

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.[5]

Year Champion Runner-up Most Outstanding Player Location Attendance
1997 (3) Colorado 54 (5) Kansas State 44 Andria Jones, Kansas State Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri 18,700
1998 (1) Texas Tech 71 (3) Kansas 53 Alicia Thompson, Texas Tech 18,774
1999 (1) Texas Tech 73 (2) Iowa State 59 Angie Braziel, Texas Tech 30,968
2000 (1) Iowa State 75 (6) Texas 65 Edwina Brown, Texas 29,961
2001 (3) Iowa State 68 (1) Oklahoma 65 Angie Welle, Iowa State 31,831
2002 (1) Oklahoma 84 (2) Baylor 69 Stacey Dales, Oklahoma 32,953
2003 (1) Texas 67 (3) Texas Tech 57 Stacy Stephens, Texas Reunion Arena • Dallas, Texas 35,619
2004 (6) Oklahoma 66 (1) Texas 47 Dionnah Jackson, Oklahoma 34,851
2005 (1) Baylor 68 (3) Kansas State 55 Sophia Young, Baylor Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri 26,929
2006 (1) Oklahoma 72 (2) Baylor 61 Courtney Paris, Oklahoma Reunion Arena • Dallas, Texas 25,551
2007 (1) Oklahoma 67 (5) Iowa State 60 Cox Convention Center • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 48,990
2008 (4) Texas A&M 64 (3) Oklahoma State 59 Takia Starks, Texas A&M Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri 24,190
2009 (2) Baylor 72 (4) Texas A&M 63 Jessica Morrow, Baylor Cox Convention Center • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 35,515
2010 (4) Texas A&M 74 (3) Oklahoma 67 Danielle Adams, Texas A&M Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri 25,412
2011 (1) Baylor 61 (2) Texas A&M 58 Brittney Griner, Baylor 25,400
2012 (1) Baylor 73 (3) Texas A&M 50 22,833
2013 (1) Baylor 75 (2) Iowa State 47 American Airlines Center • Dallas, Texas 35,183
2014 (1) Baylor 74 (2) West Virginia 71 Nina Davis, Baylor Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 24,387
2015 (1) Baylor 75 (6) Texas 64 American Airlines Center • Dallas, Texas 21,155
2016 (1) Baylor 79 (2) Texas 63 Alexis Jones, Baylor Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 20,672
2017 (6) West Virginia 77 (1) Baylor 66 Tynice Martin, West Virginia 17,369
2018 (1) Baylor 77 (2) Texas 69 Kalani Brown, Baylor 17,854
2019 (1) Baylor 67 (2) Iowa State 49 16,823
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19
2021 (1) Baylor 76 (2) West Virginia 50 NaLyssa Smith, Baylor Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri 3,783
2022 (3) Texas 67 (1) Baylor 58 Rori Harmon, Texas 20,415
2023 (3) Iowa State 67 (1) Texas 58 Ashley Joens, Iowa State 25,385
2024 (2) Texas 70 (4) Iowa State 53 Madison Booker, Texas T-Mobile Center • Kansas City, Missouri 33,128
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031

By school

Tournament record by school through the 2024 tournament. Former conference members as of the upcoming 2024–25 season are in italics.[6] Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah will play their first Big 12 seasons in 2024–25.

School Appearances W L Pct Titles Title Years
Baylor 27 49 16 .754 11 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
Colorado 15 8 14 .364 1 1997
Iowa State 27 33 24 .579 3 2000, 2001, 2023
Kansas 27 15 27 .357 0
Kansas State 27 23 27 .460 0
Missouri 16 7 16 7|16}} 0
Nebraska 15 8 15 .348 0
Oklahoma 27 28 23 .549 4 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Oklahoma State 27 18 27 .400 0
TCU 11 5 11 .313 0
Texas 27 36 24 .600 3 2003, 2022, 2024
Texas A&M 16 15 14 .517 2 2008, 2010
Texas Tech 27 19 25 .432 2 1998, 1999
West Virginia 11 12 10 .545 1 2017

Championship game results by team

Appearances School Wins Losses Last Appearance
15 Baylor 11 4 2022
6 Oklahoma 4 2 2010
9 Texas 3 6 2024
8 Iowa State 3 5 2024
5 Texas A&M 2 3 2012
3 Texas Tech 2 1 2003
3 West Virginia 1 2 2021
2 Kansas State 0 2 2005
1 Colorado 1 0 1997
1 Oklahoma State 0 1 2008
1 Kansas 0 1 1998
0 TCU 0 0 N/A

Italics=Former conference members as of the 2024–25 season

See also

References

  1. ^ Skretta, Dave (March 12, 2024). "Big 12 men's and women's tournaments to remain in Kansas City through 2031". USAToday.com. Gannett.
  2. ^ "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference.
  3. ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference.
  4. ^ "2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference.
  5. ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship Records" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
  6. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 57–62. Retrieved June 15, 2020.