2025 Big 12 Conference softball tournament
College softball tournament
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The 2025 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 7 to May 10, 2025. As the tournament winner, Texas Tech earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I softball tournament.
| Teams | 11 |
|---|---|
| Format | Single-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Texas Tech (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Arizona (1st title game) |
| Winning coach | Gerry Glasco (1st title) |
| MVP | NiJaree Canady (Texas Tech) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Texas Tech †‡y | 20 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .833 | 54 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Arizona y | 17 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .708 | 48 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .787 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 31 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .574 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Oklahoma State y | 13 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .591 | 35 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State y | 14 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .583 | 35 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 32 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .653 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF y | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 35 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .592 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 27 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 6 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .250 | 22 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 5 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .208 | 13 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .245 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 4 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .182 | 22 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 6, 2025[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
Seeds
The tournament featured all eleven teams in this conference (Cincinnati, Colorado, Kansas State, TCU & West Virginia do not field teams). Teams played once per day at the 2025 Big 12 Softball Championship. The seedings were determined upon completion of regular season play. The winning percentage of the teams in conference play determined tournament seedings. There were tiebreakers in place to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Over. | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas Tech#† | 20−4 | 45−12 | ― |
| #2 | Arizona† | 17−7 | 44−11 | ― |
| #3 | Iowa State† | 15−9 | 30−23 | ― |
| #4 | Oklahoma State† | 13−9 | 33−18 | ― |
| #5 | Arizona State† | 14−10 | 25−19 | ― |
| #6 | BYU | 13−11 | 32−16 | ― |
| #7 | UCF | 12−12 | 33−21−1 | ― |
| #8 | Baylor | 11−13 | 27−27 | ― |
| #9 | Kansas | 6−18 | 22−28 | ― |
| #10 | Utah | 5−19 | 13−40 | ― |
| #11 | Houston | 4−18 | 22−25 | ― |
Notes: # – Big 12 regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed
† – Received a single-bye into the conference tournament second round.
Bracket
| Play-in Game May 7 | Quarterfinals May 8 | Semifinals May 9 | Finals May 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Kansas | 3 | 8 | Baylor | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Baylor | 7 | 1 | Texas Tech | 18(5) | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Arizona State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Texas Tech | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Arizona | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Arizona | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Utah | 5 | 7 | UCF | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | UCF | 7 | 2 | Arizona | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Iowa State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Iowa State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Houston | 0 | 6 | BYU | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | BYU | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Wednesday, May 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 2:30 p.m. | No. 8 Baylor vs. No. 9 Kansas | 7–3 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 7 UCF vs. No. 10 Utah | 7–5 | |||
| 3 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Houston | 4–0 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, May 8 | ||||||
| 4 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Arizona State | 1–2 | ESPN+ | ||
| 5 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 Baylor | 4–0 | |||
| 6 | 5:00 p.m. | No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 7 UCF | 4–3 | |||
| 7 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 6 BYU | 4–2 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, May 9 | ||||||
| 8 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 5 Arizona State | 18–0(5) | ESPN+ | ||
| 9 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 2 Arizona vs No. 3 Iowa State | 6–3 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, May 10 | ||||||
| 10 | 11:00 a.m. | No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 2 Arizona | 4–0 | ESPN | ||
| *Game times in CST. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.[4] | ||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the all-tournament team:[5]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Devyn Netz | Arizona |
| Regan Shockey | |
| Sydney Stewart | |
| Kenzie Brown | Arizona State |
| Aleia Agbayani | BYU |
| Ashleigh Griffin | UCF |
| Angelina Allen | Iowa State |
| Mihyia Davis | Texas Tech |
| Alana Johnson | |
| Hailey Toney | |
| NiJaree Canady (MOP) |