MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Entering the final weekend of the regular season, the WVU women’s basketball team needed a pair of results to go in their favor to earn a double bye into the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Conference Tournament.
Big 12 Women’s Tournament bracket
West Virginia (23-6, 13-5 Big 12) did their part on Saturday with an 85-69 win at Cincinnati. On Sunday, Iowa State’s 85-63 win over Kansas State allowed the Mountaineers to jump ahead of the Wildcats in the final standings.
The top eight teams receive a single bye while the top four are automatically placed in the quarterfinals. West Virginia is the No. 4 seed and they will play their first game Friday at noon at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Mountaineers will face No.5 Kansas State, No. 12 BYU or No. 13 UCF. BYU meets UCF in Wednesday’s opening round. The winner advances to meet K-State Thursday.
West Virginia finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the final league standings with KSU and Utah. By virtue of their regular season wins over the Wildcats and the Utes, WVU won the tiebreaker over those two teams.
TCU secured the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and the regular season title with a 51-48 win over Baylor in the final game on the league schedule.
2025 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship Schedule
Note: All games at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City; all times listed are eastern time zone
First Round – Wednesday, March 5
Game 1 – UCF 81, BYU 69
Game 2 – Colorado 66, Houston 58
Game 3 – Arizona State 82, Cincinnati 75
Game 4 – Texas Tech 57, Kansas 53
Second Round – Thursday, March 6
Game 5 – Kansas State 80, UCF 65
Game 6 – Colorado 61, Arizona 58
Game 7 – Iowa State 96, Arizona State 88
Game 8 – Texas Tech 75, Utah 64
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 7
Game 9 – West Virginia 73, Kansas State 69
Game 10 – TCU 69, Colorado 62
Game 11 – Baylor 69, Iowa State 63
Game 12 – Oklahoma State 62, Texas Tech 59
Semifinals – Saturday, March 8
Game 13 – TCU 71, West Virginia 65
Game 14 – Baylor 84, Oklahoma State 74 (OT)
Final – Sunday, March 9*
Game 15 – TCU 64, Baylor 59