1997 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 1997 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 4–8, 1997, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.

Number 3 seed defeated number 5 seed 54–44 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA tournament.

Seeding The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye. Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker 1 ‡# 14–2 25–6 2 # 12–4 22–8 3 # 12–4 23–9 4 # 11–5 20–9 5 9–7 19–12 6 9–7 17–12 7 8–8 19–9 8 7–9 15–12 9 7–9 15–13 10 3–13 10–20 11 3–13 9–18 12 1–15 5–22 ‡ – 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 41 1 12:00 pm #9 68 vs #8 62 1,124 2 2:30 pm #5 81 vs #12 56 2 3 6:00 pm #7 62 vs #10 58 1,768 4 8:30 pm #6 53 vs #11 41 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 53 5 12:00 pm #1 66 vs #9 Baylor 54 2,421 6 2:20 pm #5 Kansas State 76 vs #4 68 4 7 6:00 pm #2 74 vs #7 Nebraska 68 2,670 8 8:20 pm #3 56 vs #6 Iowa State 39 Semifinals – Thursday, March 65 9 5:00 pm #5 Kansas State 73 vs #1 Kansas 58 FSN3,565 10 7:30 pm #3 Colorado 64 vs #2 Texas 50 Final – Saturday, March 86 11 7:00 pm #3 Colorado 54 vs #5 Kansas State 44 FSN7,152 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament

All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Andria Jones, Kansas State Player TeamAndria JonesKansas StateLa Shena GrahamColoradoBrit JacobsonKansas StateTamecka DixonKansasErin ScholzColorado

See also 1997 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1996–97 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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