| Year: | 2010 |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Arena: | Municipal Auditorium |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Gary Blair |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Danielle Adams |
| Mvpteam: | Texas A&M |
| Attendance: | 25,412 (overall) 3,120 (championship) |
| Points: | 1,433 |
| Television: | Metro Sports, FSN |
The 2010 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the 2010 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. It was held at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from March 11 through 14, 2010. Texas A&M, as the tournament champion, received an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Nebraska finished the 2009-10 regular season undefeated, but lost in the semifinals to eventual tournament champion Texas A&M. Nebraska was the one seed in the tournament and received a first round bye, along with the other top four seeds. The tournament ran simultaneously with the 2010 Big 12 men's basketball tournament.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska ‡# | 16–0 | 32–2 | |||||||
| 2 | Iowa State # | 11–5 | 25–8 | |||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma # | 11–5 | 27–11 | |||||||
| 4 | # | 10–6 | 26–8 | |||||||
| 5 | 10–6 | 22–11 | ||||||||
| 6 | 9–7 | 27–10 | ||||||||
| 7 | 9–7 | 24–11 | ||||||||
| 8 | 5–11 | 18–15 | ||||||||
| 9 | 5–11 | 14–18 | ||||||||
| 10 | 5–11 | 17–16 | ||||||||
| 11 | 3–13 | 13–17 | ||||||||
| 12 | 2–14 | 12–18 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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 – Thursday, March 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am |
| Metro Sports | 3,412 | |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 5:00 pm |
| 4,239 | ||
| 4 | 7:30 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 11:00 am |
| FSN | 5,603 | |
| 6 | 1:30 pm |
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| 4 | 7 | 5:00 pm |
| 4,363 | ||
| 8 | 7:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Saturday, March 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 12:00 pm |
| FSN | 4,675 | |
| 10 | 2:30 pm |
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| Final – Sunday, March 14 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 12:30 pm |
| FSN | 3,120 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2] [3] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Danielle Adams, Texas A&M[4]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Danielle Adams | Texas A&M | |
| Danielle Robinson | Oklahoma | |
| Amanda Thompson | Oklahoma | |
| Andrea Riley | Oklahoma State | |
| Tyra White | Texas A&M |