1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament

1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament
1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	8
Site	Moody Coliseum; Dallas, Texas
Champions	Texas A&M (1st title)
Winning coach	Candi Harvey (1st title)
MVP	Alicia Thompson (Texas Tech)
	Southwest Conference women's basketball tournaments ← 1995

1995–96 Southwest Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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, 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
Place	Seed	Team	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

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

[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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