1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	1996
Conference:	Southwest Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	8
Arena:	Moody Coliseum
City:	Dallas, Texas
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Candi Harvey
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Alicia Thompson
Lasttournamentever:	Yes

The 1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–9, 1996, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas.^[1]

Number 4 seed defeated 2 seed 72–68 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament.

Texas Tech, SMU, and Texas received at-large bids for the NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted of an 8 team single-elimination tournament.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Place	Seed	Team	Conference			Overall
			W	L	%	W	L	%
		Rice
		Houston
		Baylor
		TCU

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book. 80–86. Texas Sports. PDF. November 27, 2019.
2. Web site: 2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book. 80–86. Texas Sports. PDF. November 27, 2019.
3. Web site: 2019-20 Texas Tech Lady Raider Basketball Media Guide. 91–95. Texas Tech Red Raiders. PDF. November 27, 2019.
4. Web site: 2018-19 SMU Women's Basketball Media Guide. 45-45. SMU Mustangs. PDF. November 27, 2019.
5. Web site: 2018-19 Texas A&M Women's Basketball Media Guide. 104–106. Texas A&M Aggies. PDF. November 27, 2019.
6. Web site: 2019-20 Rice Women's Basketball Fact Book. 90–95. Rice Owls. PDF. November 27, 2019.
7. Web site: Houston 2019-20 Women's Basketball Media Guide. 130–133. Houston Cougars. PDF. November 27, 2019.
8. Web site: 2019-2020 Baylor Women's Basketball Media Almanac. 132-132. Baylor Bears. PDF. November 27, 2019.
9. Web site: 2019-20 TCU Women's Basketball Fact Book. 88-88. TCU Horned Frogs. PDF. November 27, 2019.