2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament


The 2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament was the 13th edition of the Big 12 Conference's annual championship tournament, held at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City from March 12 until March 15, 2009. The Tournament Champion, Baylor's Lady Bears, received an automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteCox Convention Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ChampionsBaylor (2nd title)
Winning coachKim Mulkey (2nd title)
MVPJessica Morrow (Baylor)
Attendance35,515 (overall)
4,340 (championship)
TelevisionCox Cable, FSN
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2008–09 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma 15 1   .938 32 5   .865
No. 5 Baylor 12 4   .750 29 6   .829
No. 17 Iowa State 11 5   .688 27 9   .750
No. 9 Texas A&M 11 5   .688 27 8   .771
No. 21 Kansas State 10 6   .625 25 8   .758
No. 25 Texas 8 8   .500 21 12   .636
Texas Tech 6 10   .375 16 15   .516
Kansas 6 10   .375 22 14   .611
Nebraska 6 10   .375 15 16   .484
Oklahoma State 4 12   .250 17 16   .515
Missouri 4 12   .250 13 17   .433
Colorado 3 13   .188 11 18   .379
2009 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

The single-elimination tournament had four rounds, with the top four seeds receiving byes in the first round. Seeding was based on regular season records. The Tournament has been held every year since 1997. It was run simultaneously with the 2009 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament.

Seeding edit

2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed School Conf. Over. Tiebreaker
1 Oklahoma ‡# 15–1 32–5
2 Baylor # 12–4 29–6
3 Iowa State # 11–5 27–9
4 Texas A&M # 11–5 27–8
5 Kansas State 10–6 25–8
6 Texas 8–8 21–12
7 Texas Tech 6–10 16–15
8 Kansas 6–10 22–14
9 Nebraska 6–10 15–16
10 Oklahoma State 4–12 17–16
11 Missouri 4–12 13–17
12 Colorado 3–13 11–18
‡ – 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.[2]

Schedule edit

Session Game Time Matchup Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 12
1 1 11:00 am #5 Kansas State 68 vs #12 Colorado 51 Cox Cable 4,513
2 1:30 pm #8 Kansas 61 vs #9 Nebraska 56
2 3 5:00 pm #6 Texas 62 vs #11 Missouri 59 4,166
4 7:30 pm #10 Oklahoma State 63 vs #7 Texas Tech 57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
3 5 11:00 am #1 Oklahoma 76 vs #8 Kansas 59 FSN 7,634
6 1:30 pm #4 Texas A&M 65 vs #5 Kansas State 63
4 7 5:00 pm #2 Baylor 67 vs #10 Oklahoma State 62 5,659
8 7:30 pm #3 Iowa State 59 vs #6 Texas 55
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
5 9 12:00 pm #4 Texas A&M 74 vs #1 Oklahoma 62 FSN 9,203
10 2:30 pm #2 Baylor 63 vs #3 Iowa State 57
Final – Sunday, March 15
6 11 12:30 pm #2 Baylor 72 vs #4 Texas A&M 63 FSN 4,340
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed[3][4]

Tournament bracket edit

  • Times listed are Central Standard Time zone.
First round (March 12) Quarterfinals (March 13) Semifinals (March 14) Championship (March 15)
            
1 Oklahoma 76
8 Kansas 59
8 Kansas 61
9 Nebraska 56
1 Oklahoma 62
4 Texas A&M 74
4 Texas A&M 65
5 Kansas State 63
5 Kansas State 68
12 Colorado 51
4 Texas A&M 63
2 Baylor 72
2 Baylor 67
10 Oklahoma State 52
7 Texas Tech 57
10 Oklahoma State 63
2 Baylor 63
3 Iowa State 57
3 Iowa State 59
6 Texas 55
6 Texas 62
11 Missouri 59

All-Tournament team edit

Most Outstanding Player – Jessica Morrow, Baylor[5]

Player Team
Jessica Morrow Baylor
Morghan Medlock Baylor
Jhasmin Player Baylor
Courtney Paris Oklahoma
Danielle Gant Texas A&M

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 57–62. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "2009 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament Box Scores" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  5. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 64. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

External links edit