2024 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament is a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 7-12, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri at T-Mobile Center.[1][2] The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Due to a major conference realignment that significantly impacted the Big 12, this will be the first and only tournament with 14 teams participating. At the beginning of the 2023–24 season, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF joined the conference. This will be the final appearance in the tournament for Texas and Oklahoma before they join the Southeastern Conference for the 2024–25 season. The conference will increase to have 16 schools in that season, as Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah will join the Big 12, respectively from the Pac-12 Conference. The tournament is sponsored by Phillips 66.

2024 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams14
SiteT-Mobile Center
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsTexas (3rd title)
Winning coachVic Schaefer (2nd title)
MVPMadison Booker (Texas)
Attendance33,128
TelevisionESPN+, ESPN2
← 2023
2025 →
2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Oklahoma 15 3   .833 23 10   .697
No. 7 Texas 14 4   .778 33 5   .868
No. 19 Kansas State 13 5   .722 26 8   .765
No. 25 Iowa State 12 6   .667 21 12   .636
No. 13 Baylor 12 6   .667 26 8   .765
No. 24 West Virginia 12 6   .667 25 8   .758
Kansas 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Oklahoma State 7 11   .389 14 16   .467
TCU 6 12   .333 21 12   .636
BYU 6 12   .333 16 17   .485
Cincinnati 5 13   .278 14 18   .438
Texas Tech 5 13   .278 17 16   .515
Houston 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
UCF 3 15   .167 12 17   .414
2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

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All fourteen teams will participate in the tournament. It will be the first and only tournament with the 14-team bracket format as the Big 12 will expand to 16 teams in the 2024–25 season. The top ten teams will receive a first round bye and the top four teams will receive a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[3]

Seed School Conference

Record

Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Oklahoma 15–3
2 Texas 14–4
3 Kansas State 13–5
4 Iowa State 12–6 2–1 vs. Baylor/West Virginia 1–0 vs. Baylor
5 Baylor 12–6 2–1 vs. Iowa State/West Virginia 0–1 vs. Iowa State
6 West Virginia 12–6 1–3 vs. Baylor/Iowa State
7 Kansas 11–7
8 Oklahoma State 7–11
9 TCU 6–12 2–0 vs. BYU
10 BYU 6–12 0–2 vs. TCU
11 Cincinnati 5–13 2–1 vs. Texas Tech/Houston
12 Texas Tech 5–13 2–2 vs. Cincinnati/Houston
13 Houston 5–13 1–2 vs. Cincinnati/Texas Tech
14 UCF 3–15

Schedule

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The times and networks have been announced.[4]

Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 7
1 5:30 pm No. 12 Texas Tech vs No. 13 Houston 74–60 ESPN+ 2,824
2 8:00 pm No. 11 Cincinnati vs No. 14 UCF 67–62
Second round – Friday, March 8
3 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Baylor vs No. 12 Texas Tech 71–60 ESPN+ 3,730
4 1:30 p.m. No. 8 Oklahoma State vs No. 9 TCU 66–68
5 5:30 p.m. No. 7 Kansas vs No. 10 BYU 77–53 4,402
6 8:00 p.m. No. 6 West Virginia vs No. 11 Cincinnati 70–55
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
7 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Iowa State vs No. 5 Baylor 67–62 ESPN+ 4,963
8 1:30 p.m. No. 1 Oklahoma vs No. 9 TCU 69–53
9 5:30 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs No. 7 Kansas 76–60 6,610
10 8:00 p.m. No. 3 Kansas State vs No. 6 West Virginia 65–62
Semifinals – Monday, March 11
11 1:30 p.m. No. 4 Iowa State vs No. 1 Oklahoma 85–68 ESPN2 5,219
12 4:00 p.m. No. 2 Texas vs No. 3 Kansas State 71–64
Championship – Tuesday, March 12
13 8:00 p.m. No. 4 Iowa State vs No. 2 Texas 53–70 ESPN2 5,380
*Game times in CST. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

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First round
Thursday, March 7
ESPN+
Second round
Friday, March 8
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 9
ESPN+
Semifinals
Monday, March 11
ESPN2
Championship
Tuesday, March 12
ESPN2
1#19 Oklahoma69
8Oklahoma State669TCU53
9TCU681#17 Oklahoma68
4Iowa State85
4Iowa State67
5#17 Baylor715#17 Baylor62
12Texas Tech7412Texas Tech604Iowa State53
13Houston602#5 Texas70
2#6 Texas76
7Kansas777Kansas60
10BYU532#5 Texas71
3#16 Kansas State64
3#16 Kansas State65
6West Virginia706West Virginia62
11Cincinnati6711Cincinnati55
14UCF62

References

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  1. ^ "2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship - Big 12 Conference". big12sports.com. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship | Visit KC". www.visitkc.com. December 13, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures". big12sports.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  4. ^ "Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Women's Basketball Bracket" (PDF). big12sports.com. Retrieved February 20, 2024.