2003 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2003
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Division:	I
Gender:	Women's
Teams:	12
Arena:	Reunion Arena
City:	Dallas, Texas
Champions:	Texas
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Jody Conradt
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Stacy Stephens
Mvpteam:	Texas
Attendance:	35,619 (overall) 10,717 (championship)
Television:	FSN

The 2003 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 11–15, 2003, at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.^[1]

Number 1 seed Texas defeated number 3 seed 67–57 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2003 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	Texas ‡#	15–1	29–6
2	#	14–2	29–5
3	#	13–3	29–6
4	#	11–5	24–8
5		9–7	19–13
6		9–7	17–14
7		8–8	24–11
8		7–9	12–16
9		3–13	11–18
10		3–13	10–18
11		3–13	8–21
12		1–15	8–20
‡ – 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 11
1	1	12:00 pm	9 63 vs #8 60		3,061
	2	2:30 pm	5 71 vs #12 51
2	3	6:00 pm	7 80 vs #10 61		3,045
	4	8:30 pm	11 56 vs #6 54
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12
3	5	12:00 pm	1 Texas 87 vs #9 Kansas 56	FSN	6,405
	6	2:30 pm	4 73 vs #5 Oklahoma 68
4	7	6:00 pm	2 77 vs #7 Baylor 60		5,735
	8	8:30 pm	3 75 vs #11 Oklahoma State 52
Semifinals – Thursday, March 13
5	9	6:00 pm	1 Texas 62 vs #4 Colorado 47	FSN	6,656
	10	8:30 pm	3 Texas Tech 71 vs #2 Kansas State 65
Final – Saturday, March 15
6	11	6:00 pm	1 Texas 67 vs #3 Texas Tech 57	FSN	10,717
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[4] ^[5]

All-Tournament team

Most Outstanding Player – Stacy Stephens, Texas^[6]

Player	Team
Stacy Stephens	Texas
Heather Schreiber	Texas
Plenette Pierson	Texas Tech
Jia Perkins	Texas Tech
Tera Bjorklund	Colorado

See also

• 2003 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2002–03 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 . 30 . 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: 2003 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.