| Year: | 2012 |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Municipal Auditorium |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Baylor |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Kim Mulkey |
| Coachcount: | 4th |
| Mvp: | Brittney Griner |
| Mvpteam: | Baylor |
| Attendance: | 22,833 (overall) 4,235 (championship) |
| Points: | 1,218 |
| Television: | Metro Sports, FSN |
The 2012 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2012 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2012 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament will be held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from 7 March until 10 March 2012. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on Fox Sports Net. The championship game will be held on March 10, 2012.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baylor ‡# | 18–0 | 40–0 | |||||||
| 2 | # | 11–7 | 21–13 | |||||||
| 3 | # | 11–7 | 24–11 | |||||||
| 4 | Iowa State # | 9–9 | 18–13 | |||||||
| 5 | # | 9–9 | 20–14 | |||||||
| 6 | # | 8–10 | 21–13 | |||||||
| 7 | 8–10 | 22–12 | ||||||||
| 8 | 8–10 | 18–14 | ||||||||
| 9 | 6–12 | 21–14 | ||||||||
| 10 | 2–16 | 13–18 | ||||||||
| ‡ – 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 – Wednesday, March 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 5:00 pm |
| Metro Sports | 3,699 | |
| 2 | 7:30 pm |
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| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:00 am |
| FSN | 5,542 | |
| 4 | 1:30 pm |
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| 3 | 5 | 5:00 pm |
| 3,949 | ||
| 6 | 7:30 pm |
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| Semifinals – Friday, March 9 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00 pm |
| FSN | 5,408 | |
| 8 | 2:30 pm |
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| Final – Saturday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 11:00 am |
| FSN | 4,235 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[2] [3] | ||||||
All Times Central
* – Denotes overtime
Most Outstanding Player – Brittney Griner, Baylor[4]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Brittney Griner | Baylor | |
| Odyssey Sims | Baylor | |
| Destiny Williams | Baylor | |
| Kelsey Bone | Texas A&M | |
| Whitney Hand | Oklahoma |