2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference that was held from March 3 to 6, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 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

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
2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 5 Baylor17–1 .944  33–4  .892
No. 14 Texas15–3 .833  25–9  .735
No. 23 Oklahoma13–5 .722  23–10  .697
No. 24 Kansas State11–7 .611  23–11  .676
Iowa State9–9 .500  18–13  .581
No. 22 West Virginia †8–10 .444  24–11  .686
Oklahoma State6–12 .333  17–15  .531
Texas Tech5–13 .278  14–17  .452
TCU4–14 .222  12–18  .400
Kansas2–16 .111  8–22  .267
† 2017 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Seeds
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
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
  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

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

References
  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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