| 1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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| 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) |
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| 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.
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.
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
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| 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.
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