| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Municipal Auditorium |
| City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Baylor |
| Titlecount: | 11th |
| Coach: | Kim Mulkey |
| Coachcount: | 11th |
| Mvp: | NaLyssa Smith |
| Mvpteam: | Baylor |
| Television: | ESPN+, ESPN2 |
The 2021 Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was a postseason tournament for the Big 12 Conference that was held March 11 to 14 in Kansas City, Missouri, at the Municipal Auditorium.[1] Baylor won the tournament, its eleventh title.
| 2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results | |||||||||
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baylor ‡# | 17–1 | 22–2 | ||||||
| 2 | West Virginia # | 13–5 | 19–5 | 2–0 vs. Texas | |||||
| 3 | Oklahoma State # | 13–5 | 17–7 | 1–1 vs. Texas | |||||
| 4 | Iowa State # | 12–6 | 16–9 | ||||||
| 5 | Texas # | 11–7 | 17–8 | ||||||
| 6 | Oklahoma # | 9–9 | 12–11 | ||||||
| 7 | Texas Tech | 5–13 | 10–14 | ||||||
| 8 | TCU | 4–14 | 9–14 | ||||||
| 9 | Kansas | 3–15 | 7–17 | 1–1 vs. OU | |||||
| 10 | Kansas State | 3–15 | 8–17 | 0–2 vs. OU | |||||
| ‡ – 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 – Thursday, March 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 5:00 pm | No. 8 TCU 75 vs. No. 9 Kansas 72 | ESPN+ | 662 | |
| 2 | 8:00 pm | No. 10 Kansas State 75 vs. No. 7 Texas Tech 65 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 10:30 am | No. 4 Iowa State 82 vs. No. 5 Texas 84OT | ESPN+ | 788 | |
| 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 8 TCU 55 vs. No. 1 Baylor 92 | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 5:30 pm | No. 10 Kansas State 56 vs. No. 2 West Virginia 58 | 765 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Oklahoma 80 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State 89 | ||||
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 13 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | Noon | No. 5 Texas 55 vs. No. 1 Baylor 66 | ESPN+ | 848 | |
| 8 | 3:00 pm | No. 2 West Virginia 59 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State 50 | ||||
| Championship Game – Sunday, March 14 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | Noon | No. 1 Baylor 76 vs. No. 2 West Virginia 50 | ESPN2 | 720 | |
| Game Times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
*denotes overtime