2021 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

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2021 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Big 12 Championships logo.svg
Teams7
Finals site
Champions Oklahoma  (7th title)
Runner-up Oklahoma State
Winning coach Patty Gasso  (7th title)
MVP Kinzie Hansen (Oklahoma)
Television ESPNU
ESPN+
ESPN2
2021 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‡‍y16–1 .94156–4 .933
No. 7 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y15–3 .83348–12 .800
No. 11 Texas  ‍‍‍y12–6 .66743–14 .754
Baylor  ‍‍‍y8–9 .47127–23 .540
Iowa State  ‍‍‍y6–12 .33334–23 .596
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍3–15 .16721–26 .447
Kansas  ‍‍‍2–16 .11122–26 .458
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 10, 2021 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2021 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 14 and May 15, 2021. As the winner of the tournament, Oklahoma earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I softball tournament. Most of the games of the tournament aired on ESPN+. However, the first game aired on ESPNU and the championship game aired on ESPN2. The Oklahoma Sooners came into the tournament with the best record from conference play at 16–1. [2]

Contents

Standings

PlaceSeedTeamConferenceOverall
WL %WL %
11 Oklahoma 161.941422.955
22 Oklahoma State 153.833408.833
33 Texas 126.667389.809
44 Baylor 89.4712718.600
55 Iowa State 612.3333119.620
66 Texas Tech 315.1671925.432
7 Kansas 216.1112226.458

Format and seeding

The top six teams based on conference winning percentage from the conference's regular season were seeded one through six. Teams were divided into two pools of three teams each. The winners of each pool advanced to the championship game. The second- and third-place teams in each pool played in classification games for third and fifth place, respectively.

Tournament

Sources: [3]

Pool A

No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 6 Texas Tech

No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 4 Baylor

No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Texas Tech

Pool B

No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 3 Texas

No. 3 Texas vs. No. 5 Iowa State

No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Iowa State

Championship Day

No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 5 Iowa State

No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 3 Texas

No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 2 Oklahoma State

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionLocationAttendance
First Round – Friday, May 10
111:00 a.m.#2 Oklahoma State 3, #3 Texas 2 ESPNU Integris Field
211:00 a.m.#6 Texas Tech 8, #4 Baylor 6 ESPN+ OGE Energy Field
32:00 p.m.#3 Texas 7, #5 Iowa State 4ESPN+Integris Field
42:00 p.m.#1 Oklahoma 10, #4 Baylor 2ESPN+OGE Energy Field
55:00 p.m.#2 Oklahoma State 6, #5 Iowa State 5ESPN+Integris Field
67:30 p.m.#1 Oklahoma 8, #6 Texas Tech 2ESPN+OGE Energy Field
Championship Day – Saturday, May 11
710:30 a.m.#5 Iowa State 3, #4 Baylor 1ESPN+Integris Field
810:30 a.m.#6 Texas Tech 5, #3 Texas 1ESPN+OGE Energy Field
93:00 p.m.#1 Oklahoma 8, #2 Oklahoma State 2 ESPN2 OGE Energy Field
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the all-tournament team: [4]

PlayerSchool
Sami Williams Iowa State
Kinzie Hansen (MOP) Oklahoma
Jocelyn Alo
Jayda Coleman
Lynnsie Elam
Tiare Jennings
Nicole May
Shannon Saile
Hayley Busby Oklahoma State
Carrie Eberle
Alysen Febrey
Kiley Naomi
Karli Petty

References

  1. ↑ "Big 12 Softball Standings". Big12Sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Weekly-Release 2021-Week 14.indd" (PDF). Big 12 Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  3. ↑ "SB_Bracket_Final.pdf" (PDF). Big 12 Sports. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 20, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Oklahoma Wins Fourth Consecutive Phillips 66 Big 12 Softball Championship". Big 12 Sports. May 15, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
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