1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
SiteMoody Coliseum
Dallas, Texas
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Winning coachCandi Harvey (1st title)
MVPAlicia Thompson (Texas Tech)
1995–96 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Texas131 .929219  .700
No. 9 Texas Tech131 .929275  .844
SMU95 .6431911  .633
No. 25 Texas A&M86 .5712012  .625
Rice68 .4291314  .481
Houston410 .2861216  .429
Baylor311 .2141119  .367
TCU014 .000225  .074
1996 SWC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6–9, 1996, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas. [1]

Number 4 seed Texas A&M defeated 2 seed Texas Tech 72–68 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament.

Texas Tech, SMU, and Texas received at-large bids for the NCAA tournament.

Format and seeding

The tournament consisted of an 8 team single-elimination tournament. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Place Seed Team Conference Overall
W L  % W L  %
1
1
Texas
13
1
.929
21
9
.700
1
2
Texas Tech
13
1
.929
27
5
.844
3
3
SMU
9
5
.643
19
11
.633
4
4
Texas A&M
8
6
.571
20
12
.625
5
5
Rice
6
8
.429
13
14
.481
6
6
Houston
4
10
.286
12
16
.429
7
7
Baylor
3
11
.214
11
19
.367
8
8
TCU
0
14
.000
2
25
.074

Tournament

Quarterfinal
Wednesday, March 6
Semifinals
Friday, March 8
Finals
Saturday, March 9
         
1 Texas 109
8 TCU 78
1 Texas 61
4 Texas A&M 75
4 Texas A&M 91
5 Rice 63
4 Texas A&M 72
2 Texas Tech 68
3 SMU 76
6 Houston 81
6 Houston 75
2 Texas Tech 77
2 Texas Tech 90
7 Baylor 79

References

  1. "2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 80–86. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Texas Sports. pp. 80–86. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  3. "2019-20 Texas Tech Lady Raider Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas Tech Red Raiders. pp. 91–95. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  4. "2018-19 SMU Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). SMU Mustangs. pp. 45–45. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  5. "2018-19 Texas A&M Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas A&M Aggies. pp. 104–106. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  6. "2019-20 Rice Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). Rice Owls. pp. 90–95. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  7. "Houston 2019-20 Women's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Houston Cougars. pp. 130–133. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  8. "2019-2020 Baylor Women's Basketball Media Almanac" (PDF). Baylor Bears. pp. 132–132. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  9. "2019-20 TCU Women's Basketball Fact Book" (PDF). TCU Horned Frogs. pp. 88–88. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
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