College softball tournament
Collegiate softball tournament
2022 Big 12 Conference softball tournament Teams 7 Format Single-elimination tournament Finals site Champions Oklahoma State (1st title)Runner-up Oklahoma (12th title game)Winning coach Kenny Gajewski (1st title)MVP Morgan Day (Oklahoma State)
2022 Big 12 Conference softball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
PCT
W
L
T
PCT
No. 1 Oklahoma † y
17
–
1
–
0
.944
59
–
3
–
0
.952
No. 7 Oklahoma State ‡ y
14
–
4
–
0
.778
48
–
14
–
0
.774
No. 17 Texas y
12
–
6
–
0
.667
47
–
22
–
1
.679
Iowa State
6
–
12
–
0
.333
28
–
27
–
0
.509
Baylor
6
–
12
–
0
.333
32
–
24
–
0
.571
Texas Tech
5
–
13
–
0
.278
22
–
27
–
0
.449
Kansas
3
–
15
–
0
.167
20
–
36
–
0
.357
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 9, 2022[ 1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today
The 2022 Big 12 Conference softball tournament was held at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma from May 12 through May 14, 2022.[ 2] As the tournament winner, Oklahoma State earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I softball tournament .
All seven teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then will play a single-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a bye.
Bracket
First Round Thursday, May 12
Semi-finals Friday, May 13
Championship Saturday, May 14
1
Oklahoma
5
4
Iowa State
0
4
Iowa State
2 (8)
5
Baylor
1
1
Oklahoma
3
2
Oklahoma State
4 (8)
2
Oklahoma State
2
7
Kansas
0
2
Oklahoma State
6
3
Texas
1
3
Texas
9
6
Texas Tech
1
Schedule
Game
Time*
MatchupNo.
Score
Television
First Round – Thursday, May 12
1
12:00 p.m.
No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 5 Baylor
2–1(8)
ESPNU
2
3:00 p.m.
No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 7 Kansas
2–0
Big 12 Now
3
6:00 p.m.
No. 3 Texas vs. No. 6 Texas Tech
9–1
Semifinals – Friday, May 13
4
1:00 p.m.
No. 1 Oklahoma vs. No. 5 Iowa State
5–0
ESPNU
5
4:00 p.m.
No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 3 Texas
6–1
Big 12 Now
Championship – Saturday, May 14
6
2:00 p.m.
No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. No. 1 Oklahoma
4–3(8)
ESPN2
*Game times in CST . No. – Rankings denote tournament seed. [ 3]
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the all-tournament team:[ 4]
References