Big 12 Women’s Basketball Seeding for the 2026 Tournament

The TCU Horned Frogs are the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Conference women’s basketball tournament for the second straight year and seeks to defend its tournament title from a season ago.

The Big 12 released the complete field, with seeds, game times and television designations after the completion of Sunday’s games.

TCU will attempt to win the league’s regular-season and tournament title for the second straight year under third-year coach Mark Campbell. The Horned Frogs get a double bye, which means they won’t play their quarterfinal game until Friday. The other seeds with double byes include No. 2 West Virginia, No. 3 Baylor and No. 4 Colorado.

The next four seeds — No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 6 Texas Tech, No. 7 Iowa State and No. 8 Arizona State — received single byes and will not play until Thursday. The remaining eight teams begin the tournament on Wednesday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

The winner of the tournament receives the Big 12’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

The Big 12 women will be the first to play on the LED Court that will be used for both the men’s and women’s tournaments, created by ASB Glassfloor based in Orlando, Fla., The Big 12 Tournaments mark the first time ASB GlassFloor’s LED court technology will be utilized for official competition in the United States.

Big 12 2026 Women’s Basketball Tournament

At T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.

All times central

First Round (Wednesday, March 4)

Game 1: No. 12 Kansas State vs. No. 13 Cincinnati, 11 a.m., ESPN+

Game 2: No. 9 BYU vs. No. 16 Houston, 1:30 p.m., ESPN+

Game 3: No. 10 Arizona State vs. No. 15 Arizona, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+

Game 4: No. 11 Kansas vs. No. 14 UCF, 8 p.m., ESPN+

Second Round (Thursday, March 5)

Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 Texas Tech, 11 a.m., ESPN+

Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 8 Utah, 1:30 p.m., ESPN+

Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 7 Iowa State, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+

Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. No. 6 Colorado, 8 p.m., ESPN+

Quarterfinals (Friday, March 6)

Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. No. 4 Oklahoma State, 11 a.m., ESPN+

Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. No. 1 TCU, 1:30 p.m., ESPN+

Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. No. 2 West Virginia, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+

Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. No. 3 Baylor, 8 p.m., ESPN+

Semifinals (Saturday, March 7)

Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 3 p.m., ESPN+

Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 5:30 p.m., ESPN+

Championship (Sunday, March 8)

Game 15: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner, 4 p.m., ESPN

Note: if BYU advances to Game 15 title game will be played on Monday, March 9, at 3 p.m.