1996 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

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1996 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams8
SiteMoody Coliseum
Dallas, TX
ChampionsTexas A&M (1st title)
Winning coachCandi Harvey (1st title)
MVPAlicia Thompson (Texas Tech)
← 1995
1995-96 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Texas 13 – 1   .929 21 – 9   .700
No. 9 Texas Tech 13 – 1   .929 27 – 5   .844
SMU 9 – 5   .643 19 – 11   .633
No. 25 Texas A&M† 8 – 6   .571 20 – 12   .625
Rice 6 – 8   .429 13 – 14   .481
Houston 4 – 10   .286 12 – 16   .429
Baylor 3 – 11   .214 11 – 19   .367
TCU 0 – 14   .000 2 – 25   .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, TX. [1]

Number 4 seed Texas A&M defeated 2 seed Texas Tech 72-68 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 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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