2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2020–21
Teams	10
Site	Municipal Auditorium; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Baylor (11th title)
Winning coach	Kim Mulkey (11th title)
MVP	NaLyssa Smith (Baylor)
Television	ESPN+, ESPN2
	Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 2020 2022 →

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.

2020–21 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Baylor†	17	–	1	.944	28	–	2	.933
No. 17 West Virginia	13	–	5	.722	22	–	7	.759
Oklahoma State	13	–	5	.722	19	–	9	.679
Iowa State	12	–	6	.667	17	–	11	.607
Texas	11	–	7	.611	20	–	9	.690
Oklahoma	9	–	9	.500	12	–	12	.500
Texas Tech	5	–	13	.278	10	–	15	.400
TCU	4	–	14	.222	10	–	15	.400
Kansas State	3	–	15	.167	9	–	18	.333
Kansas	3	–	15	.167	7	–	18	.280


† 2021 Big 12 Tournament winner As of March 28, 2021 Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
2021 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds and results
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
1	2	8:00 pm	No. 10 Kansas State 75 vs. No. 7 Texas Tech 65	ESPN+	662
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 12
2	3	10:30 am	No. 4 Iowa State 82 vs. No. 5 Texas 84^OT	ESPN+	788
2	4	1:30 pm	No. 8 TCU 55 vs. No. 1 Baylor 92		788
3	5	5:30 pm	No. 10 Kansas State 56 vs. No. 2 West Virginia 58		765
3	6	8:30 pm	No. 6 Oklahoma 80 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State 89		765
Semifinals – Saturday, March 13
4	7	Noon	No. 5 Texas 55 vs. No. 1 Baylor 66	ESPN+	848
4	8	3:00 pm	No. 2 West Virginia 59 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State 50	ESPN+	848
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.

First round Thursday, March 11			Quarterfinals Friday, March 12			Semifinals Saturday, March 13			Championship game Sunday, March 14

			1	Baylor	92

			8	TCU	55
8	TCU	75

9	Kansas	72
						1	Baylor	66

						5	Texas	55



			4	Iowa State	82*

			5	Texas	84



									1	Baylor	76

									2	West Virginia	50



			2	West Virginia	58

			10	Kansas State	56
7	Texas Tech	65

10	Kansas State	75
						2	West Virginia	59

						3	Oklahoma State	50



			3	Oklahoma State	89

			6	Oklahoma	80

*denotes overtime