The 1996 Southwest Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 6âÂÂ9, 1996, at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas.
Number 4 seed defeated 2 seed 72âÂÂ68 to win their first championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament.
Texas Tech, SMU, and Texas received at-large bids for the NCAA tournament.
The tournament consisted of an 8 team single-elimination tournament.