1998 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	1998
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	12
Arena:	Municipal Auditorium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Marsha Sharp
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Alicia Thompson
Mvpteam:	Texas Tech
Attendance:	18,774 (overall) 5,800 (championship)
Points:	1,455
Television:	Metro Sports, FSN

The 1998 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 3–7, 1998, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.^[1]

Number 1 seed defeated number 3 seed 71–53 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 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	‡#	15–1	26–5
2	#	12–4	25–8
3	#	11–5	23–9
4	#	11–5	23–10
5		10–6	20–11
6		10–6	20–11
7		7–9	12–15
8		5–11	12–16
9		4–12	8–19
10		4–12	9–19
11		4–12	11–17
12		3–13	11–16
‡ – 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 3
1	1	12:00 pm	8 71 vs #9 66		1,560
	2	2:20 pm	5 67 vs #12 48
2	3	6:00 pm	10 98 vs #7 74		2,162
	4	8:20 pm	11 71 vs #6 66 ^OT
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 4
3	5	12:00 pm	1 80 vs #8 Colorado 49	Metro Sports	1,700
	6	2:20 pm	5 Oklahoma State 83 vs #4 69
4	7	6:00 pm	2 88 vs #10 Texas A&M 68		4,052
	8	8:20 pm	3 50 vs #11 Kansas State 46
Semifinals – Thursday, March 5
5	9	5:00 pm	1 Texas Tech 53 vs #5 Oklahoma State 49	FSN	3,500
	10	7:20 pm	3 Kansas 70 vs #2 Iowa State 65
Final – Saturday, March 7
6	11	7:00 pm	1 Texas Tech 71 vs #3 Kansas 53	FSN	5,800
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4] ^[5]

All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Alicia Thompson, Texas Tech^[6]

Player	Team
Alicia Thompson	Texas Tech
Angie Braziel	Texas Tech
Stacy Frese	Iowa State
Lynn Pride	Kansas
Cheri Edwards	Oklahoma State

See also

• 1998 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 1998 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1997–98 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: 1998 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.