2017 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

2017 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams6
Finals site
ChampionsOklahoma (5th title)
Runner-upOklahoma State (3rd title game)
Winning coachPatty Gasso (5th title)
MVPPaige Parker (Oklahoma)
Attendance3,172
2017 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma ‍y 17 1   .944 61 9   .871
No. 7 Baylor ‍‍‍y 13 5   .722 48 15   .762
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12 6   .667 38 25   .603
Texas ‍‍‍y 7 10   .412 33 26   .559
Iowa State ‍‍‍ 6 12   .333 23 35   .397
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 4 14   .222 19 36   .345
Kansas ‍‍‍ 3 14   .176 24 28   .462
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from NFCA [1]

The 2017 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, OK from May 12 through May 13, 2017. It was the first Big 12 softball tournament since 2010. Oklahoma won their fifth conference tournament and earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[2][3]

Oklahoma, Baylor, Oklahoma State and Texas received bids to the NCAA tournament.[4] Oklahoma and Baylor would go on to play in the 2017 Women's College World Series.

Oklahoma went on to win the 2017 National Championship.

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "2017 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.