The 2026 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference, played from March 4–8, 2026, at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
No. 2 West Virginia defeated defending champions No. 1 TCU 62–53 in the championship game, claiming their first Big 12 title since 2017, and earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This was the first time in tournament history that a No. 2 seed took down a No. 1 seed in the title game.
The tournament was notably the first non-exhibition basketball competition in the United States to utilize a glass court; the court contained an LED display used to display the court design and markings, as well as animated graphics and video content.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top eight teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolBig 12 RecordTiebreaker 1 TCU #‡ 15–3 2 West Virginia ‡ 14–4 3 Baylor ‡ 13–5 4 Oklahoma State ‡ 12–6 1–0 vs Texas Tech 5 Texas Tech † 12–6 0–1 vs Oklahoma State 6 Colorado † 11–7 7 Iowa State † 10–8 1–0 vs Utah 8 Utah † 10–8 0–1 vs Iowa State 9 BYU 9–9 2–0 vs Arizona State 10 Arizona State 9–9 0–2 vs BYU 11 Kansas 8–10 2–0 vs Kansas State 12 Kansas State 8–10 0–2 vs Kansas 13 Cincinnati 6–12 14 UCF 3–15 1–0 vs Arizona 15 Arizona 3–15 0–1 vs UCF 16 Houston 1–17# – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.‡ – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.† – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Tournament.
Schedule Source: GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Wednesday, March 4111:00 a.m.No. 12 Kansas State vs. No. 13 Cincinnati 91–66ESPN+ 4,32821:30 p.m.No. 9 BYU vs. No. 16 Houston 76−6635:30 p.m.No. 10 Arizona State vs. No. 15 Arizona 54−51 4,14448:00 p.m.No. 11 Kansas vs. No. 14 UCF 56−35Second round – Thursday, March 5511:00 a.m.No. 5 Texas Tech vs. No. 12 Kansas State 51–58ESPN+ 4,60361:30 p.m.No. 8 Utah vs. No. 9 BYU 52–7075:30 p.m.No. 7 Iowa State vs. No. 10 Arizona State 68–77 4,64688:00 p.m.No. 6 Colorado vs. No. 11 Kansas 55–48Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6911:00 a.m.No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 12 Kansas State 73–74ESPNU3,812101:30 p.m.No. 1 TCU vs. No. 9 BYU 63−46115:30 p.m.No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 10 Arizona State 67–54ESPN+4,771128:00 p.m.No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 6 Colorado 53–62Semifinals – Saturday, March 7133:00 p.m.No. 1 TCU vs. No. 12 Kansas State74–62ESPN+6,905145:30 p.m. No. 2 West Virginia vs. No. 6 Colorado 48–47Championship – Sunday, March 8154:00 p.m.No. 1 TCU vs. No. 2 West Virginia 53–62ESPN5,857*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
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