The 2005 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2005 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2005 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from 8 March until 12 March 2005. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on the ESPN family of networks. The championship game, held on March 12, 2005, featured the number 1 seeded Baylor Lady Bears, and the number 3 seeded Kansas State Wildcats. Baylor won the contest by a 68-55 margin.
Seeding Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker 1 ‡# 14–2 33–3 2 # 13–3 22–9 3 # 12–4 24–8 4 # 12–4 24–8 5 12–4 23–7 6 8–8 18–14 7 8–8 17–13 8 5–11 12–16 9 4–12 11–18 10 4–12 16–15 11 2–14 7–20 12 2–14 9–19 ‡ – 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 SessionGameTimeMatchupTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 81 1 12:00 pm #9 62 vs #8 57 3,251 2 2:30 pm #5 64 vs #12 62 2 3 6:00 pm #7 86 vs #10 65 4,345 4 8:30 pm #6 60 vs #11 45 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 93 5 12:00 pm #1 70 vs #9 Missouri 52 FSN5,119 6 2:30 pm #4 61 vs #5 Iowa State 59 4 7 6:00 pm #2 65 vs #7 Oklahoma 59 4,038 8 8:30 pm #3 71 vs #6 Nebraska 45 Semifinals – Thursday, March 105 9 6:00 pm #1 Baylor 58 vs #4 Texas Tech 57 FSN4,068 10 8:30 pm #3 Kansas State 72 vs #2 Texas 69 Final – Saturday, March 126 11 6:00 pm #1 Baylor 68 vs #3 Kansas State 55 FSN6,108 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament bracket
All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Sophia Young, Baylor Player TeamSophia YoungBaylorSteffanie BlackmonBaylorKendra WeckerKansas StateMegan MahoneyKansas StateTiffany JacksonTexas
See also 2005 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament 2004–05 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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