2002 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament explained

The 2002 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 5–9, 2002, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.[3]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 5
1	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 6
3	5	12:00 pm	1 Oklahoma 87 vs #8 Oklahoma State 56	FSN	4,781
	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 7
5	9	6:00 pm	1 Oklahoma 69 vs #4 Kansas State 49	FSN	5,482
	10	8:30 pm	2 Baylor 91 vs #6 Iowa State 83
Final – Saturday, March 9
6	11	6:00 pm	1 Oklahoma 84 vs #2 Baylor 69	FSN	6,197
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[4] [5]

All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Stacey Dales, Oklahoma^[6]

Player	Team
Stacey Dales	Oklahoma
Sheila Lambert	Baylor
Dionnah Jackson	Oklahoma
Danielle Crockrom	Baylor
Angie Welle	Iowa State
Kendra Wecker	Kansas 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship Record Book . PDF . Big 12 Conference . March 3–6, 2017 . 29 . 5 May 2020.
2. Web site: 2016-17 Women's Basketball. 2–3. Big 12 Conference. PDF. December 3, 2019.
3. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book. 4–6. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 14, 2020.
4. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book. 57–62. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 15, 2020.
5. Web site: 2002 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament Box Scores. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 16, 2020.
6. Web site: 2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book. 64. Big 12 Conference. PDF. June 14, 2020.