2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament |
| Year=2006
| Conference=Big 12 Conference
| Division=I
| Gender=Women's
| Image=
| ImageSize=200
| Caption=
| Teams=12
| Arena=Reunion Arena
| City=Dallas, Texas
| Champions={{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Oklahoma Sooners|school=|title=Oklahoma}}
| TitleCount=3rd
| Coach=Sherri Coale
| CoachCount=3rd
| MVP=Courtney Paris
| MVPTeam=Oklahoma
| Attendance=25,551 (overall)
10,673 (championship)
| OneTopScorer=
| TwoTopScorers=
| TopScorer=
| TopScorerTeam=
| TopScorer2=
| TopScorer2Team=
| Points=1,458
| Television=FSN
}}
{{2005–06 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings}}
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.
Seeding
| class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;text-align:center" |
| colspan="10" style="text-align:center; background:#DDDDDD; font:#000000" |{{season link|2005–06|Big 12 Conference women's basketball season|2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament seeds|link=Big 12 Conference}} |
| bgcolor="#efefef"
! Seed ! School ! Conf. ! Over. ! Tiebreaker |
| 1
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Oklahoma Sooners|school=|title=Oklahoma}} ‡# | 16–0 | 31–5 | |
| 2
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Baylor Lady Bears|school=|title=Baylor}} # | 12–4 | 26–7 | |
| 3
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Texas A&M Aggies|school=|title=Texas A&M}} # | 11–5 | 23–9 | |
| 4
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Missouri Tigers|school=|title=Missouri}} # | 10–6 | 21–10 | |
| 5
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Texas Tech Lady Raiders|school=|title=Texas Tech}} | 9–7 | 15–14 | |
| 6
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|school=|title=Nebraska}} | 8–8 | 19–13 | |
| 7
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Kansas State Wildcats|school=|title=Kansas State}} | 8–8 | 24–10 | |
| 8
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Texas Longhorns|school=|title=Texas}} | 7–9 | 13–15 | |
| 9
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Iowa State Cyclones|school=|title=Iowa State}} | 7–9 | 18–13 | |
| 10
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Kansas Jayhawks|school=|title=Kansas}} | 5–11 | 17–13 | |
| 11
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Colorado Buffaloes|school=|title=Colorado}} | 3–13 | 9–21 | |
| 12
|align=left| {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls|school=|title=Oklahoma State}} | 0–16 | 6–22 | |
| colspan="10" style="text-align:left;|‡ – 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.{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/big12sports.com/documents/2019/10/14/1920Big12WBBRecordBook.pdf|pages=4–6|title=2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book|publisher=Big 12 Conference|format=PDF|access-date=June 14, 2020}} |
Schedule
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| Session
!Game !Time !Matchup !Television !Attendance |
|---|
| colspan=6|First Round – Tuesday, March 7 |
| rowspan=2|1
| 1 | 12:00 pm | #9 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Iowa State Cyclones|school=|title=Iowa State}} 72 vs #8 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Texas Longhorns|school=|title=Texas}} 68 |rowspan=4| |rowspan=2|1,820 |
| 2
| 2:30 pm | #5 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Texas Tech Lady Raiders|school=|title=Texas Tech}} 61 vs #12 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Oklahoma State Cowgirls|school=|title=Oklahoma State}} 42 |
| rowspan=2|2
| 3 | 6:00 pm | #7 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Kansas State Wildcats|school=|title=Kansas State}} 72 vs #10 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Kansas Jayhawks|school=|title=Kansas}} 52 |rowspan=2|1,423 |
| 4
| 8:30 pm | #6 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|school=|title=Nebraska}} 67 vs #11 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Colorado Buffaloes|school=|title=Colorado}} 59 |
| colspan=6|Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8 |
| rowspan=2|3
| 5 | 12:00 pm | #1 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Oklahoma Sooners|school=|title=Oklahoma}} 78 vs #9 Iowa State 74 |rowspan=4|FSN |rowspan=2|4,358 |
| 6
| 2:30 pm | #4 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Missouri Tigers|school=|title=Missouri}} 81 vs #5 Texas Tech 75 |
| rowspan=2|4
| 7 | 6:00 pm | #2 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Baylor Lady Bears|school=|title=Baylor}} 79 vs #7 Kansas State 74 OT |rowspan=2|3,065 |
| 8
| 8:30 pm | #3 {{cbb link|2005|sex=women|team=Texas A&M Aggies|school=|title=Texas A&M}} 73 vs #6 Nebraska 64 |
| colspan=6|Semifinals – Thursday, March 9 |
| rowspan=2|5
| 9 | 6:00 pm | #1 Oklahoma 75 vs #4 Missouri 54 |rowspan=2|FSN |rowspan=2|4,212 |
| 10
| 8:30 pm | #2 Baylor 53 vs #3 Texas A&M 52 |
| colspan=6|Final – Saturday, March 11 |
| 6
| 11 | 6:00 pm | #1 Oklahoma 72 vs #2 Baylor 61 |FSN |10,673 |
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|colspan=6| Game times in CT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed{{cite web |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/big12sports.com/documents/2019/10/14/1920Big12WBBRecordBook.pdf|pages=57–62|title=2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book|publisher=Big 12 Conference|format=PDF|access-date=June 15, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://static.big12sports.com/custompages/pdfs/alltimeresults/WBB/2005-06.pdf|page=|title=2006 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament Box Scores|publisher=Big 12 Conference|format=PDF|access-date=June 16, 2020}} |
Tournament bracket
{{4RoundBracket-Byes | RD1=First Round (March 7)
| RD2=Quarterfinals (March 8)
| RD3=Semifinals (March 9)
| RD4=Finals (March 10)
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=Texas
| RD1-score03=68
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=Iowa State
| RD1-score04=72
| RD1-seed07=5
| RD1-team07=Texas Tech
| RD1-score07=61
| RD1-seed08=12
| RD1-team08=Oklahoma State
| RD1-score08=42
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11=Kansas State
| RD1-score11=72
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12=Kansas
| RD1-score12=52
| RD1-seed15=6
| RD1-team15=Nebraska
| RD1-score15=67
| RD1-seed16=11
| RD1-team16=Colorado
| RD1-score16=59
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=Oklahoma
| RD2-score01=78
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Iowa State
| RD2-score02=74
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Missouri
| RD2-score03=81
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Texas Tech
| RD2-score04=75
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=Baylor
| RD2-score05=79
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Kansas State (OT)
| RD2-score06=74
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=Texas A&M
| RD2-score07=73
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Nebraska
| RD2-score08=64
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Oklahoma
| RD3-score01=78
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Missouri
| RD3-score02=54
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=Baylor
| RD3-score03=53
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04=Texas A&M
| RD3-score04=52
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Oklahoma
| RD4-score01=72
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=Baylor
| RD4-score02=62
}}
See also
References
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{{Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament navbox}}
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