2000 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2000 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship is the 2000 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri between March 7–9 and on March 12, 2000. Iowa State University won their first Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament championship beating the University of Texas, 75–65.^[2][3]

2000 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Iowa State (1st title)
Winning coach	Bill Fennelly (1st title)
MVP	Edwina Brown (Texas)
Attendance	29,961 (overall) 9,130 (championship)
Television	Metro Sports, FSN
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1999–2000 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Iowa State †	13	–	3		.813			27	–	6		.818
No. 11 Texas Tech	13	–	3		.813			28	–	5		.848
No. 18 Oklahoma	13	–	3		.813			25	–	8		.758
Kansas	11	–	5		.688			20	–	10		.667
Nebraska	10	–	6		.625			18	–	13		.581
Texas	9	–	7		.563			21	–	13		.618
Missouri	7	–	9		.438			18	–	12		.600
Kansas State	6	–	10		.375			13	–	17		.433
Oklahoma State	5	–	11		.313			14	–	16		.467
Colorado	4	–	12		.250			10	–	19		.345
Texas A&M	3	–	13		.188			11	–	16		.407
Baylor	2	–	14		.125			7	–	20		.259
† 2000 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Seeding

The Tournament consisted of a 12 team single-elimination tournament with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye.^[4]

2000 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Iowa State ‡#	13–3	27–6
2	Texas Tech c#	13–3	28–5
3	Oklahoma c#	13–3	25–8
4	Kansas #	11–5	20–10
5	Nebraska	10–6	18–13
6	Texas	9–7	21–13
7	Missouri	7–9	18–12
8	Kansas State	6–10	13–17
9	Oklahoma State	5–11	14–16
10	Colorado	4–12	10–19
11	Texas A&M	3–13	11–16
12	Baylor	2–14	7–20
‡ – Big 12 Conference regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed. c – Big 12 Conference regular season co-champion, not tournament No. 1 seed. # – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament. Overall records include all games played in the Big 12 Conference tournament.[5]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, March 7
1	1	12:00 pm	#9 Oklahoma State 67 vs #8 Kansas State 59		3,770
	2	2:20 pm	#5 Nebraska 82 vs #12 Baylor 61
2	3	6:00 pm	#10 Colorado 83 vs #7 Missouri 68		4,023
	4	8:20 pm	#6 Texas 83 vs #11 Texas A&M 72
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3	5	12:00 pm	#1 Iowa State 93 vs #9 Oklahoma State 58	Metro Sports	3,559
	6	2:20 pm	#5 Nebraska 80 vs #4 Kansas 67
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 Texas Tech 76 vs #10 Colorado 60		3,614
	8	8:20 pm	#6 Texas 71 vs #3 Oklahoma 68
Semifinals – Thursday, March 9
5	9	5:05 pm	#1 Iowa State 85 vs #5 Nebraska 48	FSN	5,865
	10	7:30 pm	#6 Texas 68 vs #2 Texas Tech 50
Final – Saturday, March 11
6	11	7:08 pm	#1 Iowa State 75 vs #6 Texas 65	FSN	9,130
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[6][7]

Tournament bracket

	First Round (March 7)					Second Round (March 8)					Semifinals (March 9)					Finals (March 12)
						1	Iowa State	93
						9	Oklahoma State	58
	8	Kansas State	59
	9	Oklahoma State	67
											1	Iowa State	85
											5	Nebraska	48
						4	Kansas	67
						5	Nebraska	80
	5	Nebraska	82
	12	Baylor	61
																1	Iowa State	75
																6	Texas	65
						2	Texas Tech	76
						10	Colorado	70
	7	Missouri	68
	10	Colorado	83
											2	Texas Tech	50
											6	Texas	68
						3	Oklahoma	68
						6	Texas	71
	6	Texas	83
	11	Texas A&M	72

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Edwina Brown, Texas^[8]

Player	Team
Edwina Brown	Texas
Angie Welle	Iowa State
Stacy Frese	Iowa State
Desiree Francis	Iowa State
Nicole Kubik	Nebraska

See also

• 2000 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2000 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1999–2000 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

References

1. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "2016-17 Women's Basketball" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 2–3. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
5. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
6. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 57–62. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
7. "2000 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament Box Scores" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
8. "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 64. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

External links

• Big 12 Tournament information