# 2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference, held March 4–7 in Oklahoma City at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Baylor won their 8th Big 12 tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

## Seeds

2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds :
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | ‡ - Baylor | 17–1 | 30–1 | |
| 2 | # - Texas | 15–3 | 26–3 | |
| 3 | # - West Virginia | 12–6 | 23–8 | |
| 4 | # - Oklahoma State | 11–7 | 21–8 | 2–0 vs. OKLA |
| 5 | # - Oklahoma | 11–7 | 20–9 | 0–2 vs. OKST |
| 6 | # - Kansas State | 8–10 | 18–11 | 1–1 vs. TCU, 1–1 vs. OKLA |
| 7 | TCU | 8–10 | 16–13 | 1–1 vs. K-STATE, 0–2 vs. OKLA |
| 8 | Iowa State | 5–13 | 13–16 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 3–15 | 12–17 | |
| 10 | Kansas | 0–18 | 5–24 | |
| ‡ – 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 4 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:02 pm | #9 Texas Tech 89 vs #8 Iowa State 84 | FCS-Central | 3,832 |
| 1 | 2 | 8:32 pm | #10 Kansas 81 vs #7 TCU 64 | FCS-Central | 3,832 |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5 ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:02 am | #5 Oklahoma 61 vs #4 Oklahoma State 43 | FSN | 4,527 |
| 2 | 4 | 1:34 pm | #1 Baylor 82 vs #9 Texas Tech 51 | FSN | 4,527 |
| 3 | 5 | 6:02 pm | #2 Texas 66 vs #10 Kansas 50 | FSN | 3,863 |
| 3 | 6 | 8:35 pm | #3 West Virginia 74 vs #6 Kansas State 65 | FSN | 3,863 |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:32 pm | #1 Baylor 84 vs #5 Oklahoma 57 | FS1 | 4,591 |
| 4 | 8 | 4:02 pm | #2 Texas 67 vs #3 West Virginia 51 | FS1 | 4,591 |
| Final – Monday, March 7 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 8:02 pm | #1 Baylor 79 vs #2 Texas 63 | FS1 | 3,859 |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Friday, March 4 FCS | First round Friday, March 4 FCS | First round Friday, March 4 FCS | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 FSN | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 FSN | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 FSN | Semifinals Sunday, March 6 FS1 | Semifinals Sunday, March 6 FS1 | Semifinals Sunday, March 6 FS1 | Championship game Monday, March 7 FS1 | Championship game Monday, March 7 FS1 | Championship game Monday, March 7 FS1 |
| | | | 1 | Baylor | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Texas Tech | 51 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Iowa State | 84 | 9 | Texas Tech | 51 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 89 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Texas Tech | 89 | | | | 1 | Baylor | 84 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Oklahoma | 57 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Oklahoma State | 43 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Oklahoma | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Baylor | 79 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Texas | 63 |
| | | | 2 | Texas | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Kansas | 50 | | | | | | |
| 7 | TCU | 64 | 10 | Kansas | 50 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Kansas | 81 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Kansas | 81 | | | | 2 | Texas | 67 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | West Virginia | 51 | | | |
| | | | 3 | West Virginia | 74 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Kansas State | 65 | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Alexis Jones, Baylor
| Player | Team |
| Alexis Jones | Baylor |
| Nina Davis | Baylor |
| Niya Johnson | Baylor |
| Brooke McCarty | Texas |
| Celina Rodrigo | Texas |