The 1998 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 3–7, 1998, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.
Number 1 seed defeated number 3 seed 71–53 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 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 ‡# 15–1 26–5 2 # 12–4 25–8 3 # 11–5 23–9 4 # 11–5 23–10 5 10–6 20–11 6 10–6 20–11 7 7–9 12–15 8 5–11 12–16 9 4–12 8–19 10 4–12 9–19 11 4–12 11–17 12 3–13 11–16 ‡ – 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 31 1 12:00 pm #8 71 vs #9 66 1,560 2 2:20 pm #5 67 vs #12 48 2 3 6:00 pm #10 98 vs #7 74 2,162 4 8:20 pm #11 71 vs #6 66 OTQuarterfinals – Wednesday, March 43 5 12:00 pm #1 80 vs #8 Colorado 49 Metro Sports1,700 6 2:20 pm #5 Oklahoma State 83 vs #4 69 4 7 6:00 pm #2 88 vs #10 Texas A&M 68 4,052 8 8:20 pm #3 50 vs #11 Kansas State 46 Semifinals – Thursday, March 55 9 5:00 pm #1 Texas Tech 53 vs #5 Oklahoma State 49 FSN3,500 10 7:20 pm #3 Kansas 70 vs #2 Iowa State 65 Final – Saturday, March 76 11 7:00 pm #1 Texas Tech 71 vs #3 Kansas 53 FSN5,800 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Tournament
All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Alicia Thompson, Texas Tech Player TeamAlicia ThompsonTexas TechAngie BrazielTexas TechStacy FreseIowa StateLynn PrideKansasCheri EdwardsOklahoma State
See also 1998 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1997–98 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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