2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The 2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, is the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri between March 11–13 and on March 15, 2008. Texas A&M University won their first Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament championship beating Oklahoma State University, 64–59.

2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach	Gary Blair (1st title)
MVP	Takia Starks (Texas A&M)
Attendance	24,190 (overall) 4,420 (championship)
Television	Metro Sports, FSN
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2007–08 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 16 Kansas State	13	–	3		.813			22	–	10		.688
No. 12 Baylor	12	–	4		.750			25	–	7		.781
No. 13 Oklahoma State	11	–	5		.688			27	–	8		.771
No. 8 Texas A&M †	11	–	5		.688			29	–	8		.784
No. 14 Oklahoma	11	–	5		.688			22	–	9		.710
Nebraska	9	–	7		.563			21	–	12		.636
Texas	7	–	9		.438			22	–	13		.629
Iowa State	7	–	9		.438			21	–	13		.618
Colorado	5	–	11		.313			19	–	15		.559
Texas Tech	4	–	12		.250			17	–	16		.515
Kansas	4	–	12		.250			17	–	16		.515
Missouri	2	–	14		.125			10	–	21		.323
† 2008 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]

Kansas City-based Metro Sports televised the first round of the tournament while Fox Sports Net televised the second, semifinal, and final round of the tournament.

Seeding

2008 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds
Seed	School	Conf.	Over.	Tiebreaker
1	Kansas State ‡#	13–3	22–10
2	Baylor #	12–4	25–7
3	Oklahoma State #	11–5	27–8
4	Texas A&M #	11–5	29–8
5	Oklahoma	11–5	22–9
6	Nebraska	9–7	21–12
7	Texas	7–9	22–13
8	Iowa State	7–9	21–13
9	Colorado	5–11	19–15
10	Texas Tech	4–12	17–16
11	Kansas	4–12	17–16
12	Missouri	2–14	10–21
‡ – 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

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First Round – Tuesday, March 11
1	1	12:00 pm	#8 Iowa State 76 vs #9 Colorado 50	Metro Sports	3,344
	2	2:30 pm	#12 Missouri 70 vs #5 Oklahoma 64 ^OT
2	3	6:00 pm	#7 Texas 75 vs #10 Texas Tech 63		3,974
	4	8:30 pm	#11 Kansas 73 vs #6 Nebraska 67
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12
3	5	12:00 pm	#8 Iowa State 66 vs #1 Kansas State 65 ^OT	FSN	4,326
	6	2:30 pm	#4 Texas A&M 65 vs #12 Missouri 39
4	7	6:00 pm	#7 Texas 76 vs #2 Baylor 61		3,363
	8	8:30 pm	#3 Oklahoma State 82 vs #11 Kansas 62
Semifinals – Thursday, March 13
5	9	6:00 pm	#4 Texas A&M 65 vs #8 Iowa State 53	FSN	4,763
	10	8:30 pm	#3 Oklahoma State 75 vs #7 Texas 72
Final – Saturday, March 15
6	11	6:00 pm	#4 Texas A&M 64 vs #3 Oklahoma State 59	FSN	4,420
Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed^[3]^[4]

Tournament bracket

	First Round (March 11)					Second Round (March 12)					Semifinals (March 13)					Finals (March 15)
						1	Kansas State	65
						8	Iowa State (OT)	66
	8	Iowa State	76
	9	Colorado	50
											8	Iowa State	53
											4	Texas A&M	65
						4	Texas A&M	65
						12	Missouri	39
	5	Oklahoma	64
	12	Missouri (OT)	70
																4	Texas A&M	64
																3	Oklahoma State	59
						2	Baylor	61
						7	Texas	76
	7	Texas	75
	10	Texas Tech	63
											7	Texas	72
											3	Oklahoma State	75
						3	Oklahoma State	82
						11	Kansas	62
	6	Nebraska	67
	11	Kansas	72

All-Tournament Team

Most Outstanding Player – Takia Starks, Texas A&M^[5]

Player	Team
Takia Starks	Texas A&M
Heather Ezell	Iowa State
Andrea Riley	Oklahoma State
Danielle Green	Oklahoma State
A’Quonesia Franklin	Texas A&M

See also

• 2008 Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament
• 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

External links

• Official Big 12 Tournament bracket

References

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. "2008 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.