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 stadiumChesapeake Energy Arena
Current locationOklahoma City, Oklahoma
Played1997-present
Last contest2019
Current championBaylor Lady Bears
Most championshipsBaylor Lady Bears (10)
TV partner(s)FSN
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.

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 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 the coronavirus pandemic Municipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri

By school

Tournament record by school. Former conference members are in italics.[2]

School Appearances W L Pct Titles Title Years
Baylor 23 43 13 .768 10 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
Colorado 15 8 14 .364 1 1997
Iowa State 23 27 21 .563 2 2000, 2001
Kansas 23 14 23 .378 0
Kansas State 23 20 23 .465 0
Missouri 16 7 16 .304 0
Nebraska 15 8 15 .348 0
Oklahoma 23 25 19 .568 4 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Oklahoma State 23 15 23 .395 0
TCU 7 2 7 .222 0
Texas 23 27 22 .551 1 2003
Texas A&M 16 15 14 .517 2 2008, 2010
Texas Tech 23 18 21 .462 2 1998, 1999
West Virginia 7 8 6 .571 1 2017

Championship game results by team
Appearances School Wins Losses Last Appearance
13 Baylor 10 3 2019
6 Oklahoma 4 2 2010
6 Texas 1 5 2018
6 Iowa State 2 4 2019
5 Texas A&M 2 3 2012
3 Texas Tech 2 1 2003
2 West Virginia 1 1 2017
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. 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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