2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Big 12 Championships logo.svg
Classification Division I
Season 202021
Teams10
Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Baylor (11th title)
Winning coach Kim Mulkey (11th title)
MVP NaLyssa Smith (Baylor)
Television ESPN+, ESPN2
  2020
2022  
2020–21 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Baylor171 .944282  .933
No. 17 West Virginia 135 .722227  .759
Oklahoma State 135 .722199  .679
Iowa State 126 .6671711  .607
Texas 117 .611209  .690
Oklahoma 99 .5001212  .500
Texas Tech 513 .2781015  .400
TCU 414 .2221015  .400
Kansas State 315 .167918  .333
Kansas 315 .167718  .280
2021 Big 12 Tournament winner
As of March 28, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament for the Big 12 Conference that was held March 11 to 14 in Kansas City, Missouri, at the Municipal Auditorium. [1] Baylor won the tournament, its eleventh title.

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Seeds

2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results
SeedSchoolConf.Over.Tiebreaker
1Baylor ‡#17–122–2
2West Virginia #13–519–52–0 vs. Texas
3Oklahoma State #13–517–71–1 vs. Texas
4Iowa State #12–616–9
5Texas #11–717–8
6Oklahoma #9–912–11
7Texas Tech5–1310–14
8TCU4–149–14
9Kansas3–157–171–1 vs. OU
10Kansas State3–158–170–2 vs. OU
‡ – 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.

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendance
First round – Thursday, March 11
115:00 pmNo. 8 TCU 75 vs. No. 9 Kansas 72ESPN+662
28:00 pmNo. 10 Kansas State 75 vs. No. 7 Texas Tech 65
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
2310:30 amNo. 4 Iowa State 82 vs. No. 5 Texas 84OTESPN+788
41:30 pmNo. 8 TCU 55 vs. No. 1 Baylor 92
355:30 pmNo. 10 Kansas State 56 vs. No. 2 West Virginia 58765
68:30 pmNo. 6 Oklahoma 80 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State 89
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
47NoonNo. 5 Texas 55 vs. No. 1 Baylor 66ESPN+848
83:00 pmNo. 2 West Virginia 59 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State 50
Championship Game – Sunday, March 14
59NoonNo. 1 Baylor 76 vs. No. 2 West Virginia 50ESPN2720
Game Times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Thursday, March 11
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 12
Semifinals
Saturday, March 13
Championship game
Sunday, March 14
            
1 Baylor92
8 TCU 55
8 TCU75
9 Kansas 72
1 Baylor66
5 Texas 55
4 Iowa State 82*
5 Texas84
1 Baylor76
2 West Virginia 50
2 West Virginia58
10 Kansas State 56
7 Texas Tech 65
10 Kansas State75
2 West Virginia59
3 Oklahoma State 50
3 Oklahoma State89
6 Oklahoma 80

*denotes overtime

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