1996 Big 12 Conference softball tournament

1996 Big 12 Conference
softball tournament
Teams	8
Finals site	ASA Hall of Fame Stadium; Oklahoma City, OK;
Champions	Oklahoma (1st title)
Runner-up	Nebraska (1st title game)
Winning coach	Patty Gasso (1st title)
MVP	Jill Most (Oklahoma)
	; Big 12 Softball Tournament; 1997 →;

1996 Big 12 Conference softball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 12 Oklahoma ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	5	.773	50	–	20	.714
No. 15 Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍^y	17	–	5	.773	37	–	20	.649
Missouri ‍‍‍	10	–	8	.556	31	–	22	.585
No. 17 Nebraska ‍‍‍^y	10	–	8	.556	42	–	23	.646
No. 21 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	11	–	11	.500	39	–	21	.650
Kansas ‍‍‍	10	–	12	.455	31	–	26	.544
Iowa State ‍‍‍	6	–	13	.316	17	–	28	.378
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	1	–	20	.048	4	–	44	.083

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from NFCA/USA Today^[1]

The 1996 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 10 to May 11, 1996. As the tournament winner, Oklahoma earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I softball tournament.^[2]^[3]

Schedule

Source:^[3]^[2]

Game	Time	Matchup	Attendance
First Round – Friday, May 10
1	10:00 a.m.	#7 Iowa State 4, #8 Texas Tech 3
2	12:10 p.m.	#1 Oklahoma 5, #4 Nebraska 4
3	5:20 p.m.	#2 Oklahoma State 11, #3 Missouri 4
4	3:15 p.m.	#5 Texas A&M 3, #6 Kansas 1
5	7:45 p.m.	#4 Nebraska 2, #7 Iowa State 1	1,134
6	10:10 p.m.	#3 Missouri 5, #5 Texas A&M 1	1,134
Championship Round – Saturday, May 11
7	10:10 a.m.	#1 Oklahoma 5, #2 Oklahoma State 0
8	12:30 p.m.	#4 Nebraska 7, #3 Missouri 0
9	2:35 p.m.	#4 Nebraska 1, #2 Oklahoma State 0	1,187
10	4:45 p.m.	#1 Oklahoma 1, #4 Nebraska 0	1,237
Game times in CDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Big 12 tournament championship
Nebraska	0–1	Oklahoma

May 11, 1996 – 4:45 p.m. (CDT) at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Nebraska	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
WP: Jill Most (27–11) LP: Stacie Stafford (19–13) Attendance: 1,237 Boxscore

Source:^[3]

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 196–197. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "1996 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Results" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 198–202. Retrieved June 6, 2020.