The 2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the 13th edition of the Big 12 Conference's annual championship tournament, held at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City from March 12 until March 15, 2009. The Tournament Champion, Baylor's Lady Bears, received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
The single-elimination tournament had four rounds, with the top four seeds receiving byes in the first round. Seeding was based on regular season records. The Tournament has been held every year since 1997. It was run simultaneously with the 2009 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament.
Seeding Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker 1 Oklahoma ‡# 15–1 32–5 2 # 12–4 29–6 3 Iowa State # 11–5 27–9 4 Texas A&M # 11–5 27–8 5 10–6 25–8 6 8–8 21–12 7 6–10 16–15 8 6–10 22–14 9 Nebraska 6–10 15–16 10 4–12 17–16 11 4–12 13–17 12 3–13 11–18 ‡ – 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 – Thursday, March 121 1 11:00 am #5 68 vs #12 51 Cox Cable4,513 2 1:30 pm #8 61 vs #9 Nebraska 56 2 3 5:00 pm #6 62 vs #11 59 4,166 4 7:30 pm #10 63 vs #7 57 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 133 5 11:00 am #1 Oklahoma 76 vs #8 Kansas 59 FSN7,634 6 1:30 pm #4 Texas A&M 65 vs #5 Kansas State 63 4 7 5:00 pm #2 67 vs #10 Oklahoma State 62 5,659 8 7:30 pm #3 Iowa State 59 vs #6 Texas 55 Semifinals – Saturday, March 145 9 12:00 pm #4 Texas A&M 74 vs #1 Oklahoma 62 FSN9,203 10 2:30 pm #2 Baylor 63 vs #3 Iowa State 57 Final – Sunday, March 156 11 12:30 pm #2 Baylor 72 vs #4 Texas A&M 63 FSN4,340 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament bracket Times listed are Central Standard Time zone.
All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Jessica Morrow, Baylor Player TeamJessica MorrowBaylorMorghan MedlockBaylorJhasmin PlayerBaylorCourtney ParisOklahomaDanielle GantTexas A&M
See also 2009 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament 2008–09 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
References
External links Official 2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament Bracket