2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	10
Site	Chesapeake Energy Arena; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Champions	Baylor (8th title)
Winning coach	Kim Mulkey (8th title)
MVP	Alexis Jones (Baylor)
Attendance	20,672 (overall); 3,859 (championship)
Television	FCS-Central, FSN, FS1
	Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference, held March 4–7 in Oklahoma City at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Baylor won their 8th Big 12 tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Baylor †	17	–	1	.944	36	–	2	.947
No. 6 Texas	15	–	3	.833	31	–	5	.861
No. 22 West Virginia	12	–	6	.667	25	–	10	.714
Oklahoma State	11	–	7	.611	21	–	10	.677
No. 24 Oklahoma	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	13	.594
TCU	8	–	10	.444	18	–	15	.545
Iowa State	5	–	13	.278	13	–	17	.433
Texas Tech	3	–	15	.167	13	–	18	.419
Kansas	0	–	18	.000	6	–	25	.194

† 2016 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
1	‡ - Baylor	17–1	30–1
2	# - Texas	15–3	26–3
3	# - West Virginia	12–6	23–8
4	# - Oklahoma State	11–7	21–8	2–0 vs. OKLA
5	# - Oklahoma	11–7	20–9	0–2 vs. OKST
6	# - Kansas State	8–10	18–11	1–1 vs. TCU, 1–1 vs. OKLA
7	TCU	8–10	16–13	1–1 vs. K-STATE, 0–2 vs. OKLA
8	Iowa State	5–13	13–16
9	Texas Tech	3–15	12–17
10	Kansas	0–18	5–24
‡ – 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.

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Friday, March 4
1	1	6:02 pm	#9 Texas Tech 89 vs #8 Iowa State 84	FCS-Central	3,832
1	2	8:32 pm	#10 Kansas 81 vs #7 TCU 64	FCS-Central	3,832
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
2	3	11:02 am	#5 Oklahoma 61 vs #4 Oklahoma State 43	FSN	4,527
2	4	1:34 pm	#1 Baylor 82 vs #9 Texas Tech 51		4,527
3	5	6:02 pm	#2 Texas 66 vs #10 Kansas 50		3,863
3	6	8:35 pm	#3 West Virginia 74 vs #6 Kansas State 65		3,863
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
4	7	1:32 pm	#1 Baylor 84 vs #5 Oklahoma 57	FS1	4,591
4	8	4:02 pm	#2 Texas 67 vs #3 West Virginia 51	FS1	4,591
Final – Monday, March 7
5	9	8:02 pm	#1 Baylor 79 vs #2 Texas 63	FS1	3,859
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[2]^[3]

First round Friday, March 4 FCS			Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 FSN			Semifinals Sunday, March 6 FS1			Championship game Monday, March 7 FS1

			1	Baylor	82

			9	Texas Tech	51
8	Iowa State	84

9	Texas Tech	89
						1	Baylor	84

						5	Oklahoma	57



			4	Oklahoma State	43

			5	Oklahoma	61



									1	Baylor	79

									2	Texas	63



			2	Texas	66

			10	Kansas	50
7	TCU	64

10	Kansas	81
						2	Texas	67

						3	West Virginia	51



			3	West Virginia	74

			6	Kansas State	65

Most Outstanding Player – Alexis Jones, Baylor^[4]