1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament

The 1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–9, 1996, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas. [1]

1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
SiteMoody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Winning coachCandi Harvey (1st title)
MVPAlicia Thompson (Texas Tech)
1995–96 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Texas13–1 .92921–9  .700
No. 9 Texas Tech13–1 .92927–5  .844
SMU9–5 .64319–11  .633
No. 25 Texas A&M†8–6 .57120–12  .625
Rice6–8 .42913–14  .481
Houston4–10 .28612–16  .429
Baylor3–11 .21411–19  .367
TCU0–14 .0002–25  .074
† 1996 SWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Number 4 seed Texas A&M defeated 2 seed Texas Tech 72-68 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted of an 8 team single-elimination tournament. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L  % W L  %
1
1
Texas
13
1
.929
21
9
.700
1
2
Texas Tech
13
1
.929
27
5
.844
3
3
SMU
9
5
.643
19
11
.633
4
4
Texas A&M
8
6
.571
20
12
.625
5
5
Rice
6
8
.429
13
14
.481
6
6
Houston
4
10
.286
12
16
.429
7
7
Baylor
3
11
.214
11
19
.367
8
8
TCU
0
14
.000
2
25
.074

Tournament
Quarterfinal
Wednesday, March 6 		Semifinals
Friday, March 8 		Finals
Saturday, March 9
         
1 Texas 109
8 TCU 78
1 Texas 61
4 Texas A&M 75
4 Texas A&M 91
5 Rice 63
4 Texas A&M 72
2 Texas Tech 68
3 SMU 76
6 Houston 81
6 Houston 75
2 Texas Tech 77
2 Texas Tech 90
7 Baylor 79

References
  1. "2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 80–86. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 80–86. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  3. "2019-20 Texas Tech Lady Raider Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech Red Raiders. pp. 91–95. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  4. "2018-19 SMU Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). SMU Mustangs. pp. 45–45. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  5. "2018-19 Texas A&M Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas A&M Aggies. pp. 104–106. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  6. "2019-20 Rice Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Rice Owls. pp. 90–95. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  7. "Houston 2019-20 Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Cougars. pp. 130–133. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  8. "2019-2020 Baylor Women's Basketball Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor Bears. pp. 132–132. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  9. "2019-20 TCU Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). TCU Horned Frogs. pp. 88–88. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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