Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
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The Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Championship logo
Sport Basketball
Conference Big 12 Conference
Number of teams16
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium T-Mobile Center
Current location Kansas City, Missouri
Played1997-present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Texas Longhorns
Most championships Baylor Bears (10)
TV partner(s) ESPN+, ESPN2
Official website Big12Sports.com Women's Basketball
Sponsors
Phillips 66 (1997-present)
Host stadiums
Municipal Auditorium (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010-2012, 2020-2023)
Cox Convention Center (2007, 2009)
Reunion Arena (2003, 2004, 2006)
American Airlines Center (2013, 2015)
Chesapeake Energy Arena (2014, 2016–2019)
T-Mobile Center (2024–2031)
Host locations
Kansas City, Missouri (1997-2002, 2005, 2008, 2010-2012, 2020-2031)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (2007, 2009, 2014, 2016-2019)
Dallas, Texas (2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2015)
Former logo Big 12 Women's Championship Logo.png
Former logo

The Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament is the championship women's basketball tournament in the Big 12 Conference. The tournament is set to be held at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri until 2031. [1] Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, the 2025 women's tournament will be the first tournament with 16 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2024–25 season, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah joined the conference. The tournament is sponsored by Phillips 66. The Tournament has been held every year since 1997, except in 2020 when it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Contents

All sixteen teams will participate in the tournament. The top eight teams will receive a first round bye and the top four teams will receive a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals. [2] Seeding is based on regular season records, ties will be broken using a tiebreaker system, with the first tiebreaker being best record in head-to-head matchups then the 2nd tiebreaker being head-to-head record against each team in the conference beginning with the first place team and working down. [3]

The championship game will be played on a Sunday, unless BYU advances to the final thus pushing the championship game to a Monday finish [4]

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. [5]

YearChampionRunner-upMost Outstanding PlayerLocationAttendance
1997 (3) Colorado 54(5) Kansas State 44Andria Jones, Kansas State Municipal AuditoriumKansas City, Missouri 18,700
1998 (1) Texas Tech 71(3) Kansas 53 Alicia Thompson, Texas Tech18,774
1999 (1) Texas Tech 73(2) Iowa State 59 Angie Braziel, Texas Tech30,968
2000 (1) Iowa State 75(6) Texas 65 Edwina Brown, Texas29,961
2001 (3) Iowa State 68(1) Oklahoma 65Angie Welle, Iowa State31,831
2002 (1) Oklahoma 84(2) Baylor 69 Stacey Dales, Oklahoma32,953
2003 (1) Texas 67(3) Texas Tech 57Stacy Stephens, Texas Reunion ArenaDallas, Texas 35,619
2004 (6) Oklahoma 66(1) Texas 47Dionnah Jackson, Oklahoma34,851
2005 (1) Baylor 68(3) Kansas State 55 Sophia Young, BaylorMunicipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri26,929
2006 (1) Oklahoma 72(2) Baylor 61 Courtney Paris, OklahomaReunion Arena • Dallas, Texas25,551
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&MMunicipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri24,190
2009 (2) Baylor 72(4) Texas A&M 63Jessica Morrow, BaylorCox Convention Center • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma35,515
2010 (4) Texas A&M 74(3) Oklahoma 67 Danielle Adams, Texas A&MMunicipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri25,412
2011 (1) Baylor 61(2) Texas A&M 58 Brittney Griner, Baylor25,400
2012 (1) Baylor 73(3) Texas A&M 5022,833
2013 (1) Baylor 75(2) Iowa State 47 American Airlines Center • Dallas, Texas35,183
2014 (1) Baylor 74(2) West Virginia 71 Nina Davis, Baylor Chesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma24,387
2015 (1) Baylor 75(6) Texas 64American Airlines Center • Dallas, Texas21,155
2016 (1) Baylor 79(2) Texas 63 Alexis Jones, BaylorChesapeake Energy Arena • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma20,672
2017 (6) West Virginia 77(1) Baylor 66 Tynice Martin, West Virginia17,369
2018 (1) Baylor 77(2) Texas 69 Kalani Brown, Baylor17,854
2019 (1) Baylor 67(2) Iowa State 4916,823
2020 Canceled due to COVID-19
2021 (1) Baylor 76(2) West Virginia 50 NaLyssa Smith, BaylorMunicipal Auditorium • Kansas City, Missouri3,783
2022 (3) Texas 67(1) Baylor 58 Rori Harmon, Texas20,415
2023 (3) Iowa State 67(1) Texas 58 Ashley Joens, Iowa State25,385
2024 (2) Texas 70(4) Iowa State 53 Madison Booker, Texas T-Mobile Center • Kansas City, Missouri33,128
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031

By school

Tournament record by school through the 2024 tournament. Former conference members as of the upcoming 2024–25 season are in italics. [6] Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah will play their first Big 12 seasons in 2024–25.

SchoolAppearancesWLPctTitlesTitle Years
Baylor 274916.75411 2005, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
Colorado 15814.3641 1997
Iowa State 273324.5793 2000, 2001, 2023
Kansas 271527.3570
Kansas State 272327.4600
Missouri 167167|16}}0
Nebraska 15815.3480
Oklahoma 272823.5494 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
Oklahoma State 271827.4000
TCU 11511.3130
Texas 273624.6003 2003, 2022, 2024
Texas A&M 161514.5172 2008, 2010
Texas Tech 271925.4322 1998, 1999
West Virginia 111210.5451 2017

Championship game results by team

AppearancesSchoolWinsLossesLast Appearance
15Baylor1142022
6Oklahoma422010
9Texas362024
8Iowa State352024
5Texas A&M232012
3Texas Tech212003
3West Virginia122021
2Kansas State022005
1Colorado101997
1Oklahoma State012008
1Kansas011998
0TCU00N/A

Italics=Former conference members as of the 2024–25 season

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