2017 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

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2017 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams10
SiteChesapeake Energy Arena
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ChampionsWest Virginia (1st title)
Winning coachMike Carey (1st title)
MVPTynice Martin (West Virginia)
Attendance17,369 (overall)
3,355 (championship)
TelevisionFCS-Central, FSN, FS1
← 2016
2018 →
2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 Baylor 17 1   .944 33 4   .892
No. 14 Texas 15 3   .833 25 9   .735
No. 23 Oklahoma 13 5   .722 23 10   .697
No. 24 Kansas State 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
Iowa State 9 9   .500 18 13   .581
No. 22 West Virginia 8 10   .444 24 11   .686
Oklahoma State 6 12   .333 17 15   .531
Texas Tech 5 13   .278 14 17   .452
TCU 4 14   .222 12 18   .400
Kansas 2 16   .111 8 22   .267
2017 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]


The 2017 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference that was held March 3 to 6, 2017, in Oklahoma City at Chesapeake Energy Arena. West Virginia won their first Big 12 Tournament title after upsetting #1 seeded Baylor 77-66 to win an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament

Seeds[edit]

2017 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Baylor 17–1 28–2
2 Texas 15–3 22–7
3 Oklahoma 13–5 22–8
4 Kansas State 11–7 21–9
5 Iowa State 9–9 18–11
6 West Virginia 8–10 20–10
7 Oklahoma State 6–12 16–13
8 Texas Tech 5–13 13–16
9 TCU 4–14 12–17
10 Kansas 2–16 8–21
‡ – 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[edit]

Session Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
First round – Friday, March 3
1 1 6:03 pm #8 Texas Tech 76 vs #9 TCU 58 FCS-Central 3,267
2 8:39 pm #7 Oklahoma State 79 vs #10 Kansas 75
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
2 3 11:03 am #4 Kansas State 74 vs #5 Iowa State 67 FSN 3,420
4 1:33 pm #1 Baylor 95 vs #8 Texas Tech 63
3 5 6:04 pm #2 Texas 71 vs #7 Oklahoma State 60 3,852
6 8:34 pm #6 West Virginia 82 vs #3 Oklahoma 58
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
4 7 1:34 pm #1 Baylor 88 vs #4 Kansas State 71 FS1 3,475
8 4:04 pm #6 West Virginia 62 vs #2 Texas 59
Final – Monday, March 6
5 9 8:04 pm #6 West Virginia 77 vs #1 Baylor 66 FS1 3,355
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2][3]

Bracket[edit]

First round
Friday, March 3
FCS
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
FSN
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
FS1
Championship game
Monday, March 6
FS1
            
1 Baylor 95
8 Texas Tech 63
9 TCU 58
8 Texas Tech 76
1 Baylor 86
4 Kansas State 71
4 Kansas State 74
5 Iowa State 67
1 Baylor 66
6 West Virginia 77
2 Texas 71
7 Oklahoma State 60
7 Oklahoma State 79
10 Kansas 75
2 Texas 59
6 West Virginia 62
3 Oklahoma 58
6 West Virginia 82

All-Tournament team[edit]

Most Outstanding Player – Tynice Martin, West Virginia[4]

Player Team
Tynice Martin West Virginia
Teana Muldrow West Virginia
Alexis Prince Baylor
Nina Davis Baylor
Kristy Wallace Baylor

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ "2017 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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