2010 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2010 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the 2010 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. It was held at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from March 11 through 14, 2010. Texas A&M, as the tournament champion, received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2010 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	12
Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Texas A&M (2nd title)
Winning coach	Gary Blair (2nd title)
MVP	Danielle Adams (Texas A&M)
Attendance	25,412 (overall) 3,120 (championship)
Television	Metro Sports, FSN
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2009–10 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Nebraska	16	–	0		1.000			32	–	2		.941
No. 16 Iowa State	11	–	5		.688			25	–	8		.758
No. 12 Oklahoma	11	–	5		.688			27	–	11		.711
No. 9 Texas A&M †	10	–	6		.625			26	–	8		.765
No. 17 Texas	10	–	6		.625			22	–	11		.667
No. 14 Baylor	9	–	7		.563			27	–	10		.730
No. 20 Oklahoma State	9	–	7		.563			24	–	11		.686
Texas Tech	5	–	11		.313			18	–	15		.545
Kansas State	5	–	11		.313			14	–	18		.438
Kansas	5	–	11		.313			17	–	16		.515
Colorado	3	–	13		.188			13	–	17		.433
Missouri	2	–	14		.125			12	–	18		.400
† 2010 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Nebraska finished the 2009-10 regular season undefeated, but lost in the semifinals to eventual tournament champion Texas A&M. Nebraska was the one seed in the tournament and received a first round bye, along with the other top four seeds. The tournament ran simultaneously with the 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament.

Seeding

2010 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Nebraska ‡#	16–0	32–2
2	Iowa State #	11–5	25–8
3	Oklahoma #	11–5	27–11
4	Texas A&M #	10–6	26–8
5	Texas	10–6	22–11
6	Baylor	9–7	27–10
7	Oklahoma State	9–7	24–11
8	Texas Tech	5–11	18–15
9	Kansas State	5–11	14–18
10	Kansas	5–11	17–16
11	Colorado	3–13	13–17
12	Missouri	2–14	12–18
‡ – 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.[2]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 11
1	1	11:00 am	#9 Kansas State 59 vs #8 Texas Tech 51	Metro Sports	3,412
	2	1:30 pm	#5 Texas 64 vs #12 Missouri 59
2	3	5:00 pm	#7 Oklahoma State 76 vs #10 Kansas 69		4,239
	4	7:30 pm	#6 Baylor 72 vs #11 Colorado 65
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
3	5	11:00 am	#1 Nebraska 63 vs #9 Kansas State 46	FSN	5,603
	6	1:30 pm	#4 Texas A&M 77 vs #5 Texas 64
4	7	5:00 pm	#7 Oklahoma State 62 vs #2 Iowa State 59		4,363
	8	7:30 pm	#3 Oklahoma 59 vs #6 Baylor 54
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
5	9	12:00 pm	#4 Texas A&M 80 vs #1 Nebraska 70	FSN	4,675
	10	2:30 pm	#3 Oklahoma 74 vs #7 Oklahoma State 69
Final – Sunday, March 14
6	11	12:30 pm	#4 Texas A&M 74 vs #3 Oklahoma 67	FSN	3,120
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3][4]

Tournament

• Times listed are Central Standard Time zone.

	First round (March 11)					Quarterfinals (March 12)					Semifinals (March 13)					Championship (March 14)
						1	Nebraska	63
						9	Kansas State	46
	8	Texas Tech	51
	9	Kansas State	59
											1	Nebraska	70
											4	Texas A&M	80
						4	Texas A&M	77
						5	Texas	64
	5	Texas	64
	12	Missouri	59
																4	Texas A&M	74
																3	Oklahoma	67
						2	Iowa State	59
						7	Oklahoma State	62
	7	Oklahoma State	76
	10	Kansas	69
											7	Oklahoma State	69
											3	Oklahoma	74
						3	Oklahoma	59
						6	Baylor	54
	6	Baylor	72
	11	Colorado	65

All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Danielle Adams, Texas A&M^[5]

Player	Team
Danielle Adams	Texas A&M
Danielle Robinson	Oklahoma
Amanda Thompson	Oklahoma
Andrea Riley	Oklahoma State
Tyra White	Texas A&M

See also

• 2010 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings