| Year: | 2005 |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Municipal Auditorium |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Baylor |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Kim Mulkey |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Sophia Young |
| Mvpteam: | Baylor |
| Attendance: | 26,929 (overall) 6,108 (championship) |
| Points: | 1,362 |
| Television: | FSN |
The 2005 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2005 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2005 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from 8 March until 12 March 2005. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on the ESPN family of networks. The championship game, held on March 12, 2005, featured the number 1 seeded Baylor Lady Bears, and the number 3 seeded Kansas State Wildcats. Baylor won the contest by a 68-55 margin.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡# | 14–2 | 33–3 | |||||||
| 2 | # | 13–3 | 22–9 | |||||||
| 3 | # | 12–4 | 24–8 | |||||||
| 4 | # | 12–4 | 24–8 | |||||||
| 5 | 12–4 | 23–7 | ||||||||
| 6 | 8–8 | 18–14 | ||||||||
| 7 | 8–8 | 17–13 | ||||||||
| 8 | 5–11 | 12–16 | ||||||||
| 9 | 4–12 | 11–18 | ||||||||
| 10 | 4–12 | 16–15 | ||||||||
| 11 | 2–14 | 7–20 | ||||||||
| 12 | 2–14 | 9–19 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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.[1] | ||||||||||
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 12:00 pm |
| 3,251 | ||
| 2 | 2:30 pm |
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| 2 | 3 | 6:00 pm |
| 4,345 | ||
| 4 | 8:30 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 12:00 pm |
| FSN | 5,119 | |
| 6 | 2:30 pm |
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| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm |
| 4,038 | ||
| 8 | 8:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Thursday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 6:00 pm |
| FSN | 4,068 | |
| 10 | 8:30 pm |
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| Final – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 6:00 pm |
| FSN | 6,108 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2] [3] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Sophia Young, Baylor[4]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Sophia Young | Baylor | |
| Steffanie Blackmon | Baylor | |
| Kendra Wecker | Kansas State | |
| Megan Mahoney | Kansas State | |
| Tiffany Jackson | Texas |