The 2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2006 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2006 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Reunion Arena in Dallas from 7 March until 10 March 2006. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on the ESPN family of networks. The championship game, held on March 10, 2006, featured the number 1 seeded Oklahoma Sooners, and the number 2 seeded Baylor Bears. Oklahoma won this contest by a 72-61 score.
Seeding Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker 1 ‡# 16–0 31–5 2 # 12–4 26–7 3 # 11–5 23–9 4 # 10–6 21–10 5 9–7 15–14 6 8–8 19–13 7 8–8 24–10 8 7–9 13–15 9 7–9 18–13 10 5–11 17–13 11 3–13 9–21 12 0–16 6–22 ‡ – 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 71 1 12:00 pm #9 72 vs #8 68 1,820 2 2:30 pm #5 61 vs #12 42 2 3 6:00 pm #7 72 vs #10 52 1,423 4 8:30 pm #6 67 vs #11 59 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 83 5 12:00 pm #1 78 vs #9 Iowa State 74 FSN4,358 6 2:30 pm #4 81 vs #5 Texas Tech 75 4 7 6:00 pm #2 79 vs #7 Kansas State 74 OT3,065 8 8:30 pm #3 73 vs #6 Nebraska 64 Semifinals – Thursday, March 95 9 6:00 pm #1 Oklahoma 75 vs #4 Missouri 54 FSN4,212 10 8:30 pm #2 Baylor 53 vs #3 Texas A&M 52 Final – Saturday, March 116 11 6:00 pm #1 Oklahoma 72 vs #2 Baylor 61 FSN10,673 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament bracket
See also 2006 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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