The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
09.01.2016 | Women's Basketball
Longhorns will face 10 teams this season that competed in the 2015-16 NCAA Tournament.
AUSTIN, Texas – The Big 12 Conference on Thursday announced its 2016-17 women's basketball conference schedule, which completes the University of Texas schedule.
The complete Texas schedule features 10 teams that advanced to the 2016 NCAA Tournament, including seven teams that advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 or further.
League games will begin on Thursday, December 29 and conclude on Monday, February 27. The early start date allows each team to have a bye during conference play. Dates may be adjusted after the television schedule is released. Institutions will release their own non-conference schedules once completed.
The conference slate features a double round robin format for the sixth-consecutive year consisting of 18 games with squads playing each other twice. The team(s) that finishes with the highest winning percentage in league games will be crowned the Big 12 regular season champion.
Oklahoma City's Chesapeake Energy Arena will host the 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship for the fifth time. The postseason event was also contested in Oklahoma City in 2016, 2014, 2009 and 2007. The women's championship will remain in Oklahoma City through the 2019 campaign.
Two first round matchups will be played on Friday, March 3, followed by quarterfinals on Saturday, March 4. Semifinals are scheduled for Sunday, March 5 with the final contested on Monday, March 6. The winner earns the Big 12's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.
The Big 12 Conference will also serve as host of the 2017 Women's Final Four at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Semifinals are scheduled for Friday, March 31 with the national championship game to be played on Sunday, April 2.
2016-17 TEXAS WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Nov. 6 – Tarleton State (exhibition) – 2:00 p.m. [Gregory Gym]
Nov. 14 – at Stanford – 7:00 p.m. [ESPN2]
Nov. 16 – Houston Baptist – 11:00 a.m.
Nov. 20 – at Mississippi State
Nov. 23 – Northwestern State
Dec. 1 – South Carolina (SEC/Big 12 Challenge) – 6:00 p.m. [ESPN2]
Dec. 4 – vs. UConn (Jimmy V Classic) – 3:00 p.m. [ESPN]
Dec. 11 – Tennessee
Dec. 15 – UT Rio Grande Valley
Dec. 17 – UTSA
Dec. 20 – New Orleans
Dec. 29 – Texas Tech
Jan. 1 – at Iowa State
Jan. 4 – at Kansas
Jan. 7 – TCU
Jan. 10 – Oklahoma State
Jan. 14 – at West Virginia
Jan. 17 – Oklahoma
Jan. 21 – at Texas Tech
Jan. 25 – at TCU
Jan. 28 – West Virginia
Feb. 1 – at Oklahoma State
Feb. 4 – Kansas State
Feb. 6 – at Baylor
Feb. 11 – Kansas
Feb. 13 – at Florida State – 6:00 p.m. [ESPN2]
Feb. 18 – at Oklahoma
Feb. 20 – Baylor
Feb. 24 – Iowa State
Feb. 27 – at Kansas State
March 3-6 – Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship
