2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament

The 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The tournament were played entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee. The Oklahoma State Cowgirls won their first WNIT title by the score of 75-68 over James Madison.

Preseason WNIT

The pre-season 2011 is the 18th edition of the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), an annual event hosted entirely at campus sites. The championship game had the No. 1-ranked Baylor hosting the No. 2-ranked Notre Dame. The WNIT MVP Brittney Griner scored 32 points for Baylor in a win over Notre Dame.

Championship Bracket
First Round
November 11, 2011 		Quarterfinals
November 13, 2011 		Semifinals
November 14, 2011 		Championship
November 15, 2011
        
Baylor 82
Howard 28
Baylor 91
Chattanooga 31
Chattanooga 65
UAB 59
Baylor 83
UCLA 50
UCLA 67
McNeese State 59
UCLA 74
Tennessee Tech 52
East Tennessee State 76
Tennessee Tech 87
Baylor 94
Notre Dame 81
Notre Dame 81
Akron 61
Notre Dame 99
Indiana State 34
Indiana State 64
Detroit 62
Notre Dame 98
Hartford 43
Hartford 64
Manhattan 45
Hartford 54
Long Island 45
Drexel 52
Long Island 60

Consolation Brackets

Consolation Round 3
  • Quarterfinal Losers
Round 3
November 18, 2011
   
1 Tennessee Tech 53
2 Long Island 62
Round 3
November 18, 2011
   
1 Indiana State* 54
2 Chattanooga 75

Team listed on top is home team

Post-Season Tournament

The post-season 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The tournament is played entirely on campus sites. The highest ranked team in each conference that did not receive a bid to the NCAA Tournament received an automatic bid to this tournament. The remaining slots were filled by the WNIT Selection Committee.

The Oklahoma State Cowgirls won the first WNIT title by the score of 75-68 over James Madison, with the inaugural coach Jim Littell, which he took over few days later after the death of Kurt Budke in a plane crash on November 17, 2011.

Participants

Bracket

[1]

Team listed on top is home team

Region 1
First round
March 14–16 		Second round
March 17–19 		Third round
March 21–23 		Quarterfinals
March 24–26
        
Oregon State 66
UC Davis 48
Oregon State 56
Saint Mary's 41
Saint Mary's 71
UNLV 63
Oregon State 49
Washington 55
Washington 90
Cal Poly 71
Washington 52
Utah 39
Utah 69
Utah State 58
Washington 47
San Diego 58
Texas Tech 85
Eastern Illinois 71
Texas Tech 69
Tulane 55
Tulane 68
Mississippi Valley State 61
Texas Tech 51
San Diego 60
San Diego 60
Cal State Northridge 58
San Diego 83
Pacific 75
Pacific 77
Arizona State 62

Region 2
First round
March 14–16 		Second round
March 17–19 		Third round
March 21–23 		Quarterfinals
March 24–26
        
Illinois State 69
Central Michigan 68
Illinois State 55
Villanova 58
Villanova 58
American 39
Villanova 47
Colorado 48
South Dakota 61
Drake 53
South Dakota 55
Colorado 64
Colorado 54
Northern Colorado 42
Colorado 70
Oklahoma State 78
Wichita State 79
Oral Roberts 57
Wichita State 44
Oklahoma State 63
Oklahoma State 72
Central Arkansas 51
Oklahoma State 70
Missouri State 57
Missouri State 81
UMKC 79
Missouri State 82
Memphis 65
Memphis 60
Chattanooga 59

Region 3
First round
March 14–16 		Second round
March 17–19 		Third round
March 21–23 		Quarterfinals
March 24–26
        
Temple 75
Quinnipiac 60
Temple 64
Harvard 59
Hofstra 71
Harvard 73
Temple 68
Syracuse 82
Hartford 42
Syracuse 59
Syracuse 65
Drexel 43
Fairfield 41
Drexel 57
Syracuse 74OT
Toledo 73
Toledo 59
Detroit 49
Toledo 74
Cincinnati 51
Cincinnati 68OT
Duquesne 63
Toledo 81
VCU 64
Saint Joseph's 67
Boston University 56
Saint Joseph's 65
VCU 67OT
Bowling Green 71
VCU 72

Region 4
First round
March 14–16 		Second round
March 17–19 		Third round
March 21–23 		Quarterfinals
March 24–26
        
NC State 88
High Point 78
NC State 62
Appalachian State 66
UNC Wilmington 73
Appalachian State 79
Appalachian State 58
Virginia 74
Virginia 59OT
Howard 56
Virginia 68
Richmond 55
Richmond 76
Miami (Ohio) 54
Virginia 59
James Madison 68
James Madison 64
Davidson 49
James Madison 84OT
Wake Forest 76
Charlotte 61
Wake Forest 72
James Madison 72
South Florida 45
South Florida 76
FAU 20
South Florida 77
FIU 61
FIU 75
Stetson 47

WNIT Semifinals and WNIT Championship Game

Played at host schools

Semifinals
March 28
CBSSN 		Championship Game
March 31
CBSSN
      
San Diego 57
Oklahoma State 73
Oklahoma State 75
James Madison 68
Syracuse 71
James Madison 74

See also

References
  1. "2012 WNIT Bracket" (PDF). Retrieved 14 March 2012.
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