2002 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2002 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 5–9, 2002, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.

Number 1 seed Oklahoma defeated number 2 seed 84–69 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2002 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 Oklahoma ‡# 14–2 32–4 2 # 12–4 27–6 3 # 11–5 24–10 4 # 11–5 26–8 5 10–6 22–10 6 9–7 24–9 7 8–8 20–12 8 7–9 16–15 9 5–11 13–16 10 5–11 14–15 11 4–12 14–16 12 0–16 5–25 ‡ – 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 51 1 12:00 pm #8 92 vs #9 76 4,652 2 2:30 pm #5 63 vs #12 61 2 3 6:00 pm #7 78 vs #10 51 7,126 4 8:30 pm #6 74 vs #11 55 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 63 5 12:00 pm #1 Oklahoma 87 vs #8 Oklahoma State 56 FSN4,781 6 2:30 pm #4 79 vs #5 Texas 63 4 7 6:00 pm #2 75 vs #7 Texas Tech 60 4,715 8 8:30 pm #6 Iowa State 58 vs #3 56 Semifinals – Thursday, March 75 9 6:00 pm #1 Oklahoma 69 vs #4 Kansas State 49 FSN5,482 10 8:30 pm #2 Baylor 91 vs #6 Iowa State 83 Final – Saturday, March 96 11 6:00 pm #1 Oklahoma 84 vs #2 Baylor 69 FSN6,197 Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament

All-Tournament team Most Outstanding Player – Stacey Dales, Oklahoma Player TeamStacey DalesOklahomaSheila LambertBaylorDionnah JacksonOklahomaDanielle CrockromBaylorAngie WelleIowa StateKendra WeckerKansas State

See also 2002 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament 2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2001–02 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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