2005 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2005 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2005 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2005 edition of the Big 12 Conference's

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

from 8 March until 12 March 2005. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on the ESPN

ESPN

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family of networks. The championship game, held on March 12, 2005, featured the number 1 seeded Baylor Lady Bears

Baylor Lady Bears basketball

The Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represents Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in NCAA Division I women's basketball competition. They currently compete in the Big 12 Conference...

, and the number 3 seeded Kansas State Wildcats

Kansas State Wildcats

Kansas State University's athletic teams are called the Wildcats. The official color of the teams is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools that have only one official color; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors.Kansas State participates in...

. Baylor won the contest by a 68-55 margin.

Tournament bracket

See also