The Big 12 has released its 2016-17 women's basketball conference composite schedule.

League games will begin on Thursday, December 29 and conclude on Monday, February 27. The early start date allows each team to have a bye during conference play. Dates may be adjusted after the television schedule is released. Institutions will release their own non-conference schedules once completed.

The conference slate features a double round robin format for the sixth-consecutive year consisting of 18 games with squads playing each other twice. The team(s) that finishes with the highest winning percentage in league games will be crowned the Big 12 regular season champion.

Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena will host the 2017 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship for the fifth time. The postseason event was also contested in Oklahoma City in 2016, 2014, 2009 and 2007. The women’s championship will remain in Oklahoma City through the 2019 campaign.

Two first round matchups will be played on Friday, March 3, followed by quarterfinals on Saturday, March 4. Semifinals are scheduled for Sunday, March 5 with the final contested on Monday, March 6. The winner earns the Big 12's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.

The Big 12 Conference will also serve as host of the 2017 Women’s Final Four at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Semifinals are scheduled for Friday, March 31 with the national championship game to be played on Sunday, April 2.