2001 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2001 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–10, 2001, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.

Number 3 seed defeated number 1 seed 68–65 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 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 ‡# 15–1 28–6 2 # 13–3 25–7 3 # 12–4 27–6 4 # 11–5 22–9 5 10–6 22–10 6 9–7 21–9 7 7–9 20–13 8 6–10 16–15 9 5–11 12–17 10 4–12 12–18 11 2–14 12–16 12 2–14 12–16 ‡ – 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 61 1 12:00 pm #9 66 vs #8 56 CSSW6,077 2 2:20 pm #5 75 vs #12 65 2 3 6:00 pm #7 77 vs #10 60 2,454 4 8:20 pm #6 60 vs #11 44 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 73 5 12:00 pm #1 80 vs #9 Kansas 61 CSSW3,221 6 2:20 pm #4 83 vs #5 Missouri 72 4 7 6:00 pm #2 71 vs #7 Texas 58 6,408 8 8:20 pm #3 73 vs #6 Baylor 48 Semifinals – Thursday, March 85 9 5:00 pm #1 Oklahoma 102 vs #4 Colorado 93 FSN5,518 10 7:30 pm #3 Iowa State 73 vs #2 Texas Tech 62 Final – Saturday, March 106 11 7:00 pm #3 Iowa State 68 vs #1 Oklahoma 65 FSN8,153 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament

All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Angie Welle, Iowa State Player TeamAngie WelleIowa StateMegan TaylorIowa StateLindsey WilsonIowa StateStacey DalesOklahomaRosalind RossOklahoma

See also 2001 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2000–01 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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