2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2006 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2006 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Reunion Arena in Dallas from 7 March until 10 March 2006. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on the ESPN family of networks. The championship game, held on March 10, 2006, featured the number 1 seeded Oklahoma Sooners, and the number 2 seeded Baylor Bears. Oklahoma won this contest by a 72-61 score.

2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Reunion Arena Dallas, Texas
Champions	Oklahoma (3rd title)
Winning coach	Sherri Coale (3rd title)
MVP	Courtney Paris (Oklahoma)
Attendance	25,551 (overall) 10,673 (championship)
Television	FSN
Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournaments

2005–06 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 7 Oklahoma †	16	–	0		1.000			31	–	5		.861
No. 10 Baylor	12	–	4		.750			26	–	7		.788
No. 20 Texas A&M	11	–	5		.688			23	–	9		.719
Missouri	10	–	6		.625			21	–	10		.677
Texas Tech	9	–	7		.563			15	–	14		.517
Nebraska	8	–	8		.500			19	–	13		.594
Kansas State	8	–	8		.500			24	–	10		.706
Texas	7	–	9		.438			13	–	15		.464
Iowa State	7	–	9		.438			18	–	13		.581
Kansas	5	–	11		.313			17	–	13		.567
Colorado	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
Oklahoma State	0	–	16		.000			6	–	22		.214
† 2006 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeding

2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Oklahoma ‡#	16–0	31–5
2	Baylor #	12–4	26–7
3	Texas A&M #	11–5	23–9
4	Missouri #	10–6	21–10
5	Texas Tech	9–7	15–14
6	Nebraska	8–8	19–13
7	Kansas State	8–8	24–10
8	Texas	7–9	13–15
9	Iowa State	7–9	18–13
10	Kansas	5–11	17–13
11	Colorado	3–13	9–21
12	Oklahoma State	0–16	6–22
‡ – 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.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, March 7
1	1	12:00 pm	#9 Iowa State 72 vs #8 Texas 68		1,820
	2	2:30 pm	#5 Texas Tech 61 vs #12 Oklahoma State 42
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Kansas State 72 vs #10 Kansas 52		1,423
	4	8:30 pm	#6 Nebraska 67 vs #11 Colorado 59
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
3	5	12:00 pm	#1 Oklahoma 78 vs #9 Iowa State 74	FSN	4,358
	6	2:30 pm	#4 Missouri 81 vs #5 Texas Tech 75
4	7	6:00 pm	#2 Baylor 79 vs #7 Kansas State 74 OT		3,065
	8	8:30 pm	#3 Texas A&M 73 vs #6 Nebraska 64
Semifinals – Thursday, March 9
5	9	6:00 pm	#1 Oklahoma 75 vs #4 Missouri 54	FSN	4,212
	10	8:30 pm	#2 Baylor 53 vs #3 Texas A&M 52
Final – Saturday, March 11
6	11	6:00 pm	#1 Oklahoma 72 vs #2 Baylor 61	FSN	10,673
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Tournament bracket

	First Round (March 7)					Quarterfinals (March 8)					Semifinals (March 9)					Finals (March 10)
						1	Oklahoma	78
						9	Iowa State	74
	8	Texas	68
	9	Iowa State	72
											1	Oklahoma	78
											4	Missouri	54
						4	Missouri	81
						5	Texas Tech	75
	5	Texas Tech	61
	12	Oklahoma State	42
																1	Oklahoma	72
																2	Baylor	62
						2	Baylor	79
						7	Kansas State (OT)	74
	7	Kansas State	72
	10	Kansas	52
											2	Baylor	53
											2	Texas A&M	52
						3	Texas A&M	73
						6	Nebraska	64
	6	Nebraska	67
	11	Colorado	59

See also

• 2006 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2005–06 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings