2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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.

2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams10
SiteChesapeake Energy Arena
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ChampionsBaylor (8th title)
Winning coachKim Mulkey (8th title)
MVPAlexis Jones (Baylor)
Attendance20,672 (overall)
3,859 (championship)
TelevisionFCS-Central, FSN, FS1
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2017 →
2015–16 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
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

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2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
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.

Schedule

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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
2 8:32 pm #10 Kansas 81 vs #7 TCU 64
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
2 3 11:02 am #5 Oklahoma 61 vs #4 Oklahoma State 43 FSN 4,527
4 1:34 pm #1 Baylor 82 vs #9 Texas Tech 51
3 5 6:02 pm #2 Texas 66 vs #10 Kansas 50 3,863
6 8:35 pm #3 West Virginia 74 vs #6 Kansas State 65
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
4 7 1:32 pm #1 Baylor 84 vs #5 Oklahoma 57 FS1 4,591
8 4:02 pm #2 Texas 67 vs #3 West Virginia 51
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]

Bracket

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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

All-Tournament team

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Most Outstanding PlayerAlexis Jones, Baylor[4]

Player Team
Alexis Jones Baylor
Nina Davis Baylor
Niya Johnson Baylor
Brooke McCarty Texas
Celina Rodrigo Texas

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 57–62. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament Box Scores" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 64. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
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