2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Teams12
Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach Gary Blair (1st title)
MVP Takia Starks (Texas A&M)
Attendance24,190 (overall)
4,420 (championship)
Television Metro Sports, FSN
  2007
2009  
2007–08 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 16 Kansas State 133 .8132210  .688
No. 12 Baylor 124 .750257  .781
No. 13 Oklahoma State 115 .688278  .771
No. 8 Texas A&M115 .688298  .784
No. 14 Oklahoma 115 .688229  .710
Nebraska 97 .5632112  .636
Texas 79 .4382213  .629
Iowa State 79 .4382113  .618
Colorado 511 .3131915  .559
Texas Tech 412 .2501716  .515
Kansas 412 .2501716  .515
Missouri 214 .1251021  .323
2008 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

The 2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, is the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri between March 11–13 and on March 15, 2008. Texas A&M University won their first Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament championship beating Oklahoma State University, 64–59.

Contents

Kansas City-based Metro Sports televised the first round of the tournament while Fox Sports Net televised the second, semifinal, and final round of the tournament.

Seeding

2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
1 Kansas State ‡#13–322–10
2 Baylor #12–425–7
3 Oklahoma State #11–527–8
4 Texas A&M #11–529–8
5 Oklahoma 11–522–9
6 Nebraska 9–721–12
7 Texas 7–922–13
8 Iowa State 7–921–13
9 Colorado 5–1119–15
10 Texas Tech 4–1217–16
11 Kansas 4–1217–16
12 Missouri 2–1410–21
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament. [2]

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance
First Round – Tuesday, March 11
1112:00 pm#8 Iowa State 76 vs #9 Colorado 50 Metro Sports 3,344
22:30 pm#12 Missouri 70 vs #5 Oklahoma 64 OT
236:00 pm#7 Texas 75 vs #10 Texas Tech 633,974
48:30 pm#11 Kansas 73 vs #6 Nebraska 67
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12
3512:00 pm#8 Iowa State 66 vs #1 Kansas State 65 OT FSN 4,326
62:30 pm#4 Texas A&M 65 vs #12 Missouri 39
476:00 pm#7 Texas 76 vs #2 Baylor 613,363
88:30 pm#3 Oklahoma State 82 vs #11 Kansas 62
Semifinals – Thursday, March 13
596:00 pm#4 Texas A&M 65 vs #8 Iowa State 53 FSN 4,763
108:30 pm#3 Oklahoma State 75 vs #7 Texas 72
Final – Saturday, March 15
6116:00 pm#4 Texas A&M 64 vs #3 Oklahoma State 59 FSN 4,420
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed [3] [4]

Tournament bracket

First Round
(March 11)
Second Round
(March 12)
Semifinals
(March 13)
Finals
(March 15)
            
1 Kansas State 65
8 Iowa State (OT) 66
8 Iowa State 76
9 Colorado 50
8 Iowa State 53
4 Texas A&M 65
4 Texas A&M 65
12 Missouri 39
5 Oklahoma 64
12 Missouri (OT) 70
4 Texas A&M 64
3 Oklahoma State 59
2 Baylor 61
7 Texas 76
7 Texas 75
10 Texas Tech 63
7 Texas 72
3 Oklahoma State 75
3 Oklahoma State 82
11 Kansas 62
6 Nebraska 67
11 Kansas 72

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding PlayerTakia Starks, Texas A&M [5]

PlayerTeam
Takia Starks Texas A&M
Heather Ezell Iowa State
Andrea Riley Oklahoma State
Danielle GreenOklahoma State
A’Quonesia Franklin Texas A&M

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