1999 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	1999
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	12
Arena:	Municipal Auditorium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Titlecount:	2nd
Coach:	Marsha Sharp
Coachcount:	2nd
Mvp:	Angie Braziel
Mvpteam:	Texas Tech
Attendance:	30,968 (overall) 8,127 (championship)
Points:	1,374
Television:	Metro Sports, FSN

The 1999 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 2–6, 1999, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.^[1]

Number 1 seed defeated 2 seed 73-59 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1999 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	30–4
2	#	12–4	25–8
3	#	11–5	23–10
4	#	10–6	16–12
5		8–8	21–12
6		8–8	15–14
7		8–8	17–14
8		7–9	16–14
9		7–9	15–14
10		5–11	13–15
11		4–12	13–15
12		2–14	7–20
‡ – 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 2
1	1	12:00 pm	8 55 vs #9 51		2,946
	2	2:20 pm	5 82 vs #12 71
2	3	6:00 pm	10 60 vs #7 55		3,264
	4	8:20 pm	11 70 vs #6 56
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 3
3	5	12:00 pm	1 74 vs #8 Kansas State 55	Metro Sports	5,264
	6	2:27 pm	5 Nebraska 60 vs #4 55
4	7	6:00 pm	2 63 vs #10 Missouri 44		5,137
	8	8:20 pm	3 59 vs #11 Oklahoma State 53
Semifinals – Thursday, March 4
5	9	5:00 pm	1 Texas Tech 77 vs #5 Nebraska 59	FSN	6,230
	10	7:30 pm	2 Iowa State 79 vs #3 Kansas 64
Final – Saturday, March 6
6	11	7:00 pm	1 Texas Tech 73 vs #2 Iowa State 59	FSN	8,127
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4] ^[5]

All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Angie Braziel, Texas Tech^[6]

Player	Team
Angie Braziel	Texas Tech
Stacy Frese	Iowa State
Megan Taylor	Iowa State
Rene Hanebutt	Texas Tech
Julie Lake	Texas Tech

See also

• 1999 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1998–99 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: 1999 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.