2006 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2006 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2006 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship, was the 2006 edition of the Big 12 Conference's

Big 12 Conference

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championship tournament. The tournament was held at the Reunion Arena

Reunion Arena

Reunion Arena was an indoor arena, in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas . It held 18,293 for basketball and 17,001 for ice hockey.It was demolished in November 2009 and the site was cleared by the end of the year.-History:...

in Dallas

Dallas, Texas

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from 7 March until 10 March 2006. The Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals were televised on the ESPN

ESPN

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family of networks. The championship game, held on March 10, 2006, featured the number 1 seeded Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma Sooners

The University of Oklahoma features 19 varsity sports teams. Both men's and women's teams are called the Sooners, a nickname given to the early participants in the land rushes which initially opened the Oklahoma Indian Territory to non-native settlement. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A,...

, and the number 2 seeded Baylor Bears

Baylor Bears

Baylor Bears refers to the sports teams of Baylor University. Baylor's men's sports teams are nicknamed the Bears, and some women's teams are nicknamed the Lady Bears. Student athletes participate in the NCAA's Division I, and Baylor is the only private school in the Big 12 Conference...

. Oklahoma won this contest by a 72-61 score.

Tournament bracket

See also