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

2015–16 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

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

Seeds

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

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

Bracket

	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

Most Outstanding Player – Alexis Jones, Baylor

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

See also

• 2016 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
• 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

External links

• 2016 Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Official Website