Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The Big 12 Conference 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 until 2011. Beginning in 2012 the bottom four teams play First Round games to advance to the Quarterfinals against the top six teams.

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 teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumMunicipal Auditorium
Current locationKansas City, Missouri
Played1997-present
Last contest2023
Current championIowa State Cyclones
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, 2020-2025)
Cox Convention Center (2007, 2009)
Reunion Arena (2003, 2004, 2006)
American Airlines Center (2013, 2015)
Chesapeake Energy Arena (2014, 2016–2019)
Host locations
Kansas City, Missouri (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010-2012, 2020-2025)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007, 2009, 2014, 2016-2019)
Dallas, Texas (2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015)
Former logo

Seeding is based on regular season records. The Tournament has been held every year since 1997, except in 2020 when it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The tournament is set to be held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri until 2025. It was announced on June 2, 2022, the Big 12 announced that it has agreed to extend its contract to keep the women's tournament in Kansas City until 2027.

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 Most Outstanding Player Location Attendance
1997 (3) Colorado 54 (5) Kansas State 44 Andria Jones, Kansas State Municipal AuditoriumKansas 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 ArenaDallas, 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 AuditoriumKansas City, Missouri 26,929
2006 (1) Oklahoma 72 (2) Baylor 61 Courtney Paris, Oklahoma Reunion ArenaDallas, Texas 25,551
2007 (1) Oklahoma 67 (5) Iowa State 60 Cox Convention CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma 48,990
2008 (4) Texas A&M 64 (3) Oklahoma State 59 Takia Starks, Texas A&M Municipal AuditoriumKansas City, Missouri 24,190
2009 (2) Baylor 72 (4) Texas A&M 63 Jessica Morrow, Baylor Cox Convention CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma 35,515
2010 (4) Texas A&M 74 (3) Oklahoma 67 Danielle Adams, Texas A&M Municipal AuditoriumKansas 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 CenterDallas, Texas 35,183
2014 (1) Baylor 74 (2) West Virginia 71 Nina Davis, Baylor Chesapeake Energy ArenaOklahoma City, Oklahoma 24,387
2015 (1) Baylor 75 (6) Texas 64 American Airlines CenterDallas, Texas 21,155
2016 (1) Baylor 79 (2) Texas 63 Alexis Jones, Baylor Chesapeake Energy ArenaOklahoma 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 AuditoriumKansas City, Missouri 720
2022 (3) Texas 67 (1) Baylor 58 Rori Harmon, Texas 3,442
2023 (3) Iowa State 67 (1) Texas 58 Ashley Joens, Iowa State 10,116

By school

Tournament record by school through the 2023 tournament. Former conference members are in italics.[2]

School Appearances W L Pct Titles Title Years
Baylor 26 48 15 .762 11 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
Colorado 15 8 14 .364 1 1997
Iowa State 26 31 23 .574 3 2000, 2001, 2023
Kansas 26 14 26 .368 0
Kansas State 26 22 26 .458 0
Missouri 16 7 16 .304 0
Nebraska 15 8 15 .348 0
Oklahoma 26 27 22 .551 4 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Oklahoma State 26 18 26 .409 0
TCU 10 4 10 .286 0
Texas 26 33 24 .579 2 2003, 2022
Texas A&M 16 15 14 .517 2 2008, 2010
Texas Tech 26 18 24 .429 2 1998, 1999
West Virginia 10 11 9 .550 1 2017

Championship game results by team

Appearances School Wins Losses Last Appearance
15 Baylor 11 4 2022
6 Oklahoma 4 2 2010
7 Texas 2 6 2023
6 Iowa State 3 4 2023
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

Italic=Former conference Members

See also

References

  1. "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.
  2. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 57–62. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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