1997 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	1997
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	12
Arena:	Municipal Auditorium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Ceal Barry
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Andria Jones
Mvpteam:	Kansas State
Attendance:	18,700 (overall) 7,152 (championship)
Points:	1,325
Television:	FSN
Firsttournamentever:	Yes

The 1997 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 4–8, 1997, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.^[1]

Number 3 seed defeated number 5 seed 54–44 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 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	‡#	14–2	25–6
2	#	12–4	22–8
3	#	12–4	23–9
4	#	11–5	20–9
5		9–7	19–12
6		9–7	17–12
7		8–8	19–9
8		7–9	15–12
9		7–9	15–13
10		3–13	10–20
11		3–13	9–18
12		1–15	5–22
‡ – 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 4
1	1	12:00 pm	9 68 vs #8 62		1,124
	2	2:30 pm	5 81 vs #12 56
2	3	6:00 pm	7 62 vs #10 58		1,768
	4	8:30 pm	6 53 vs #11 41
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 5
3	5	12:00 pm	1 66 vs #9 Baylor 54		2,421
	6	2:20 pm	5 Kansas State 76 vs #4 68
4	7	6:00 pm	2 74 vs #7 Nebraska 68		2,670
	8	8:20 pm	3 56 vs #6 Iowa State 39
Semifinals – Thursday, March 6
5	9	5:00 pm	5 Kansas State 73 vs #1 Kansas 58	FSN	3,565
	10	7:30 pm	3 Colorado 64 vs #2 Texas 50
Final – Saturday, March 8
6	11	7:00 pm	3 Colorado 54 vs #5 Kansas State 44	FSN	7,152
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4] ^[5]

All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Andria Jones, Kansas State^[6]

Player	Team
Andria Jones	Kansas State
La Shena Graham	Colorado
Brit Jacobson	Kansas State
Tamecka Dixon	Kansas
Erin Scholz	Colorado

See also

• 1997 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 1997 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1996–97 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: 1997 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.