2003 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2003 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 11–15, 2003, at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.

Number 1 seed Texas defeated number 3 seed 67–57 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 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 Texas ‡# 15–1 29–6 2 # 14–2 29–5 3 # 13–3 29–6 4 # 11–5 24–8 5 9–7 19–13 6 9–7 17–14 7 8–8 24–11 8 7–9 12–16 9 3–13 11–18 10 3–13 10–18 11 3–13 8–21 12 1–15 8–20 ‡ – 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 111 1 12:00 pm #9 63 vs #8 60 3,061 2 2:30 pm #5 71 vs #12 51 2 3 6:00 pm #7 80 vs #10 61 3,045 4 8:30 pm #11 56 vs #6 54 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 123 5 12:00 pm #1 Texas 87 vs #9 Kansas 56 FSN6,405 6 2:30 pm #4 73 vs #5 Oklahoma 68 4 7 6:00 pm #2 77 vs #7 Baylor 60 5,735 8 8:30 pm #3 75 vs #11 Oklahoma State 52 Semifinals – Thursday, March 135 9 6:00 pm #1 Texas 62 vs #4 Colorado 47 FSN6,656 10 8:30 pm #3 Texas Tech 71 vs #2 Kansas State 65 Final – Saturday, March 156 11 6:00 pm #1 Texas 67 vs #3 Texas Tech 57 FSN10,717 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament

All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Stacy Stephens, Texas Player TeamStacy StephensTexasHeather SchreiberTexasPlenette PiersonTexas TechJia PerkinsTexas TechTera BjorklundColorado

See also 2003 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2002–03 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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