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Big 12 Announces 2011 Women's Basketball Conference Schedule

The Big 12 has released its 2011 women's basketball conference composite schedule.

Regular season conference action begins on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 and will conclude on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Dates may be adjusted after the television schedule is released. Institutions will release their own non-conference schedules once completed.

The conference schedule contains 16 games for each institution. Teams are divided into divisions solely for scheduling purposes. Each squad will play the five other teams in its division twice and the six teams from the opposite division once. The team(s) that finishes with the best winning percentage in league games is declared the Big 12 regular season champion.

A new format will be featured for the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship to be played March 8, 9, 11 & 12 in Kansas City's Municipal Auditorium. The postseason event will return to its previous starting date of Tuesday with first-round matchups. Quarterfinals will be played on Wednesday with a day off on Thursday and semifinals held on Friday. With the new format, the women's and men's championship finals will be played on the same day for the first time in Big 12 history. The women will play early in the day on Saturday with the men competing Saturday evening.

The Big 12 is coming off a banner season which saw nine teams compete in 2010 postseason play - seven in the NCAA Championship and two in the WNIT. The league advanced two teams to the Women's Final Four in the same season for the first time in Conference history with Baylor and Oklahoma appearances.

League teams continued to play in front of packed houses as the Big 12 captured its 11th consecutive NCAA attendance crown while resetting its own national record for cumulative attendance (1,091,289). The Big 12 drew over one-million fans for the fourth consecutive season and fifth time overall.

2011 Big 12 Women's Basketball Conference Composite Schedule
(Dates subject to change once television schedule is released.)

Saturday, January 8
Colorado at Texas A&M
Iowa State at Baylor
Oklahoma at Nebraska
Oklahoma State at Kansas State 
Texas at Missouri
Texas Tech at Kansas

Tuesday, January 11
Nebraska at Iowa State

Wednesday, January 12 
Kansas at Colorado
Kansas State at Oklahoma
Missouri at Texas Tech
Baylor at Texas
Texas A&M at Oklahoma State

Saturday, January 15
Iowa State at Colorado
Kansas at Nebraska 
Kansas State at Texas Tech
Oklahoma at Texas
Oklahoma State at Baylor
Texas A&M at Missouri

Tuesday, January 18
Colorado at Oklahoma State

Wednesday, January 19 
Missouri at Kansas State
Baylor at Kansas
Texas at Texas A&M
Texas Tech at Oklahoma

Saturday, January 22
Missouri at Colorado
Nebraska at Kansas State
Oklahoma State at Texas
Texas A&M at Iowa State
Texas Tech at Baylor

Sunday, January 23
Oklahoma at Kansas

Wednesday, January 26
Iowa State at Nebraska
Kansas at Missouri
Kansas State at Colorado
Texas at Texas Tech
Texas A&M at Oklahoma

   Saturday, January 29
Kansas at Kansas State
Missouri at Iowa State
Baylor at Texas A&M 
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State 
Texas Tech at Nebraska

Sunday, January 30
Colorado at Texas

Wednesday, February 2
Colorado at Kansas
Nebraska at Missouri
Oklahoma at Baylor
Oklahoma State at Iowa State

Saturday, February 5
Iowa State at Oklahoma 
Kansas at Texas
Kansas State at Missouri
Nebraska at Colorado 
Baylor at Oklahoma State
Texas A&M at Texas Tech

Wednesday, February 9
Iowa State at Kansas
Baylor at Nebraska
Oklahoma at Texas A&M
Texas at Kansas State
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State

Saturday, February 12
Kansas at Texas A&M
Missouri at Oklahoma
Nebraska at Oklahoma State
Texas at Baylor
Texas Tech at Colorado

Sunday, February 13
Kansas State at Iowa State

Monday, February 14
Texas A&M at Baylor 

Tuesday, February 15
Nebraska at Texas

Wednesday, February 16
Colorado at Kansas State
Iowa State at Texas Tech
Oklahoma State at Missouri

  Saturday, February 19
Colorado at Iowa State
Kansas State at Nebraska
Missouri at Kansas
Texas at Oklahoma
Baylor at Texas Tech
Oklahoma State at Texas A&M

Monday, February 21
Texas at Iowa State 

Tuesday, February 22
Missouri at Nebraska
Texas Tech at Texas A&M

Wednesday, February 23
Kansas at Oklahoma State
Kansas State at Baylor
Oklahoma at Colorado

Saturday, February 26
Colorado at Missouri
Iowa State at Kansas State
Nebraska at Kansas
Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
Texas A&M at Texas

Sunday, February 27
Baylor at Oklahoma

Tuesday, March 1
Kansas at Iowa State

Wednesday, March 2
Colorado at Nebraska
Missouri at Baylor
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma
Texas A&M at Kansas State
Texas Tech at Texas

Saturday, March 5
Iowa State at Missouri
Kansas State at Kansas 
Nebraska at Texas A&M
Baylor at Colorado
Oklahoma at Texas Tech
Texas at Oklahoma State