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Oklahoma won the 2023 Big 12 softball tournament ;at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. With the victory, the Sooners receive an automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA DI softball tournament field, which will be announced at 7 p.m. ET Sunday, May 14 on ESPN2.
We're tracking the automatic DI softball qualifiers and conference tournaments here.
Below are the final scores from the 2023 Big 12 softball tournament:
Saturday, May 13 | Championship
- Game 6 — No. 1 Oklahoma 6, No. 2 Texas 1
Past results:
- Game 1 — No. 5 Iowa State 8, No. 4 Baylor 1
- Game 2 — No. 2 Texas 7, No. 7 Texas Tech 6 (8)
- Game 3 — No. 6 Kansas 8, No. 3 Oklahoma State 7 (resumed from Thursday night)
- Game 4 — No. 1 Oklahoma 9, No. 5 Iowa State 0
- Game 5 — No. 2 Texas 9, No. 6 Kansas 1
Here is the seven-team bracket for the 2023 Big 12 softball championship:
Past Big 12 tournament champions
Here are the annual Big 12 softball tournament champions since the tournament began in 1996. From 2011-16, the Big 12 did not host a conference tournament.
| YEAR | CHAMPION |
|---|---|
| 1996 | Oklahoma |
| 1997 | Missouri |
| 1998 | Nebraska |
| 1999 | Texas |
| 2000 | Nebraska |
| 2001 | Oklahoma |
| 2002 | Texas |
| 2003 | Texas |
| 2004 | Nebraska |
| 2005 | Texas |
| 2006 | Kansas |
| 2007 | Oklahoma |
| 2008 | Texas A&M |
| 2009 | Missouri |
| 2010 | Oklahoma |
| 2011-16 | No conference tournament took place |
| 2017 | Oklahoma |
| 2018 | Oklahoma |
| 2019 | Canceled due to rain |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Oklahoma |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State |
| 2023 | Oklahoma |
