| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Chesapeake Energy Arena |
| City: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Titlecount: | 8th |
| Coach: | Kim Mulkey |
| Coachcount: | 8th |
| Mvp: | Alexis Jones |
| Mvpteam: | Baylor |
| Attendance: | 20,672 (overall) 3,859 (championship) |
| Television: | FCS-Central, FSN, FS1 |
The 2016 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference, held March 4–7 in Oklahoma City at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Baylor won their 8th Big 12 tournament title to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‡ - Baylor | 17–1 | 30–1 | ||||||
| 2 |
| 15–3 | 26–3 | ||||||
| 3 |
| 12–6 | 23–8 | ||||||
| 4 |
| 11–7 | 21–8 | 2–0 vs. OKLA | |||||
| 5 |
| 11–7 | 20–9 | 0–2 vs. OKST | |||||
| 6 |
| 8–10 | 18–11 | 1–1 vs. TCU, 1–1 vs. OKLA | |||||
| 7 | TCU | 8–10 | 16–13 | 1–1 vs. K-STATE, 0–2 vs. OKLA | |||||
| 8 | Iowa State | 5–13 | 13–16 | ||||||
| 9 | Texas Tech | 3–15 | 12–17 | ||||||
| 10 | Kansas | 0–18 | 5–24 | ||||||
| ‡ – 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. | |||||||||
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Friday, March 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:02 pm |
| FCS-Central | 3,832 | |
| 2 | 8:32 pm | |||||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 11:02 am |
| FSN | 4,527 | |
| 4 | 1:34 pm |
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| 3 | 5 | 6:02 pm |
| 3,863 | ||
| 6 | 8:35 pm |
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| Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 1:32 pm |
| FS1 | 4,591 | |
| 8 | 4:02 pm |
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| Final – Monday, March 7 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 8:02 pm |
| FS1 | 3,859 | |
| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[1] [2] | ||||||
Most Outstanding Player – Alexis Jones, Baylor[3]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Alexis Jones | Baylor | |
| Nina Davis | Baylor | |
| Niya Johnson | Baylor | |
| Brooke McCarty | Texas | |
| Celina Rodrigo | Texas |