2001 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2001
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	12
Arena:	Municipal Auditorium
City:	Kansas City, Missouri
Titlecount:	2nd
Coach:	Bill Fennelly
Coachcount:	2nd
Mvp:	Angie Welle
Mvpteam:	Iowa State
Attendance:	31,831 (overall) 8,153 (championship)
Points:	1,512
Television:	CSSW, FSN

The 2001 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–10, 2001, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO.^[1]

Number 3 seed defeated number 1 seed 68–65 to win their 2nd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2001 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	28–6
2	#	13–3	25–7
3	#	12–4	27–6
4	#	11–5	22–9
5		10–6	22–10
6		9–7	21–9
7		7–9	20–13
8		6–10	16–15
9		5–11	12–17
10		4–12	12–18
11		2–14	12–16
12		2–14	12–16
‡ – 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 6
1	1	12:00 pm	9 66 vs #8 56	CSSW	6,077
	2	2:20 pm	5 75 vs #12 65
2	3	6:00 pm	7 77 vs #10 60		2,454
	4	8:20 pm	6 60 vs #11 44
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 7
3	5	12:00 pm	1 80 vs #9 Kansas 61	CSSW	3,221
	6	2:20 pm	4 83 vs #5 Missouri 72
4	7	6:00 pm	2 71 vs #7 Texas 58		6,408
	8	8:20 pm	3 73 vs #6 Baylor 48
Semifinals – Thursday, March 8
5	9	5:00 pm	1 Oklahoma 102 vs #4 Colorado 93	FSN	5,518
	10	7:30 pm	3 Iowa State 73 vs #2 Texas Tech 62
Final – Saturday, March 10
6	11	7:00 pm	3 Iowa State 68 vs #1 Oklahoma 65	FSN	8,153
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4] ^[5]

All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Angie Welle, Iowa State^[6]

Player	Team
Angie Welle	Iowa State
Megan Taylor	Iowa State
Lindsey Wilson	Iowa State
Stacey Dales	Oklahoma
Rosalind Ross	Oklahoma

See also

• 2001 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2000–01 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: 2001 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.