The 2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, is the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri between March 11–13 and on March 15, 2008. Texas A&M University won their first Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament championship beating Oklahoma State University, 64–59.
Kansas City-based Metro Sports televised the first round of the tournament while Fox Sports Net televised the second, semifinal, and final round of the tournament.
Seeding Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker 1 ‡# 13–3 22–10 2 # 12–4 25–7 3 # 11–5 27–8 4 # 11–5 29–8 5 11–5 22–9 6 9–7 21–12 7 7–9 22–13 8 7–9 21–13 9 5–11 19–15 10 4–12 17–16 11 4–12 17–16 12 2–14 10–21 ‡ – 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 #8 76 vs #9 50 Metro Sports3,344 2 2:30 pm #12 70 vs #5 64 OT2 3 6:00 pm #7 75 vs #10 63 3,974 4 8:30 pm #11 73 vs #6 67 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 123 5 12:00 pm #8 Iowa State 66 vs #1 65 OTFSN4,326 6 2:30 pm #4 65 vs #12 Missouri 39 4 7 6:00 pm #7 Texas 76 vs #2 61 3,363 8 8:30 pm #3 82 vs #11 Kansas 62 Semifinals – Thursday, March 135 9 6:00 pm #4 Texas A&M 65 vs #8 Iowa State 53 FSN4,763 10 8:30 pm #3 Oklahoma State 75 vs #7 Texas 72 Final – Saturday, March 156 11 6:00 pm #4 Texas A&M 64 vs #3 Oklahoma State 59 FSN4,420 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament bracket
All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player – Takia Starks, Texas A&M Player TeamTakia StarksTexas A&MHeather EzellIowa StateAndrea RileyOklahoma StateDanielle GreenOklahoma StateA’Quonesia FranklinTexas A&M
See also 2008 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
External links Official Big 12 Tournament bracket
References