2012 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

2012 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	10
Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Baylor (4th title)
Winning coach	Kim Mulkey (4th title)
MVP	Brittney Griner (Baylor)
Attendance	22,833 (overall) 4,235 (championship)
Television	Metro Sports, FSN
Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournaments

2011–12 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Baylor †	18	–	0		1.000			40	–	0		1.000
Oklahoma	11	–	7		.611			21	–	13		.618
No. 22 Texas A&M	11	–	7		.611			24	–	11		.686
Iowa State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Kansas State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	14		.588
Kansas	8	–	10		.444			21	–	13		.618
Oklahoma State	8	–	10		.444			22	–	12		.647
Texas	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Texas Tech	6	–	12		.333			21	–	14		.600
Missouri	2	–	16		.111			13	–	18		.419
† 2012 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2012 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2012 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2012 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament will be held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from 7 March until 10 March 2012. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on Fox Sports Net. The championship game will be held on March 10, 2012.

Seeding

2012 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Baylor ‡#	18–0	40–0
2	Oklahoma #	11–7	21–13
3	Texas A&M #	11–7	24–11
4	Iowa State #	9–9	18–13
5	Kansas State #	9–9	20–14
6	Kansas #	8–10	21–13
7	Oklahoma State	8–10	22–12
8	Texas	8–10	18–14
9	Texas Tech	6–12	21–14
10	Missouri	2–16	13–18
‡ – 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 – Wednesday, March 7
1	1	5:00 pm	#9 Texas Tech 81 vs #8 Texas 58	Metro Sports	3,699
	2	7:30 pm	#10 Missouri 72 vs #7 Oklahoma State 68
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8
2	3	11:00 am	#5 Kansas State 67 vs #4 Iowa State 63	FSN	5,542
	4	1:30 pm	#1 Baylor 72 vs #9 Texas Tech 48
3	5	5:00 pm	#2 Oklahoma 70 vs #10 Missouri 59		3,949
	6	7:30 pm	#3 Texas A&M 78 vs #6 Kansas 63
Semifinals – Friday, March 9
4	7	12:00 pm	#1 Baylor 86 vs #5 Kansas State 65	FSN	5,408
	8	2:30 pm	#3 Texas A&M 79 vs #2 Oklahoma 66
Final – Saturday, March 10
5	9	11:00 am	#1 Baylor 73 vs #3 Texas A&M 50	FSN	4,235
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round March 7, 2012					Quarterfinals March 8, 2012					Semifinals March 9, 2012					Championship Game March 10, 2012
						1	Baylor	72
	8	Texas	58			9	Texas Tech	48
	9	Texas Tech	81								1	Baylor	86
											5	Kansas State	65
						4	Iowa State	63
						5	Kansas State	67
																1	Baylor	73
																3	Texas A&M	50
						3	Texas A&M	78
	7	Oklahoma St	68			6	Kansas	63
	10	Missouri	72								3	Texas A&M	79
											2	Oklahoma	66
						2	Oklahoma	70
						10	Missouri	59

All Times Central
* – Denotes overtime

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Brittney Griner, Baylor

Player	Team
Brittney Griner	Baylor
Odyssey Sims	Baylor
Destiny Williams	Baylor
Kelsey Bone	Texas A&M
Whitney Hand	Oklahoma

See also

• 2012 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2012 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

External links

• Official 2012 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket