2023 Big 12 Conference softball tournament
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The 2023 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 11 to May 13, 2023. As the tournament winner, Oklahoma earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2]
| Teams | 7 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Oklahoma (8th title) |
| Runner-up | Texas |
| Winning coach | Patty Gasso (8th title) |
| MVP | Haley Lee (Oklahoma) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Oklahoma †‡y | 18 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 61 | – | 1 | – | 0 | .984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Texas y | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .611 | 45 | – | 15 | – | 1 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Oklahoma State y | 10 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .556 | 47 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Baylor y | 8 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .444 | 40 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 6 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .333 | 25 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 25 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 5 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .278 | 31 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 8, 2023[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
All seven teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a single-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.
Bracket
| First Round Thursday, May 11 | Semifinals Friday, May 12 | Championship Saturday, May 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oklahoma | 9(5) | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa State | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Baylor | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Iowa State | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oklahoma | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 7(8) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas Tech | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Texas | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Oklahoma State | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Kansas | 8 | ||||||||||||
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Thursday, May 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 10:00 a.m. | No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 4 Baylor | 8–1 | Big 12 Now | ||
| 2 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 7 Texas Tech vs. No. 2 Texas | 6–7 (8) | |||
| 3 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 6 Kansas vs. No. 3 Oklahoma State | 8–7 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, May 12 | ||||||
| 4 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Oklahoma | 0–9 (5) | ESPNU | ||
| 5 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 6 Kansas vs. No. 2 Texas | 1–9 | Big 12 Now | ||
| Championship – Saturday, May 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 2 Texas vs. No. 1 Oklahoma | 1–6 | Big 12 Now | ||
| *Game times in CST. No. – Rankings denote tournament seed.[3][4][5] | ||||||
Championship game
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | x | 6 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Nicole May (16–0) LP: Citlaly Gutierrez (12–5) Sv: Jordy Bahl (3) Home runs: TEX: Viviana Martinez OKLA: Haley Lee Attendance: 4,684 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the all-tournament team:[6]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Angelina Allen | Iowa State |
| Ellie Spelhaug | |
| Jordy Bahl | Oklahoma |
| Alyssa Brito | |
| Jayda Coleman | |
| Tiare Jennings | |
| Haley Lee (MOP) | |
| Grace Lyons | |
| Rachel Becker | Oklahoma State |
| Bella Dayton | Texas |
| Peyton Blythe | Texas Tech |