2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 NAIA 2012 Women's National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg 200 32 Frankfort Convention Center Kentucky Frankfort, Kentucky Oklahoma City Stars 6th 9th 11th Union University Bulldogs 9th 13th Georgetown Tigers 1st Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps 2nd Rob Edmisson Oklahoma City Taylor Booze Oklahoma City Lavanda Ross Union (TN) Abby Ballman Shawnee State Robyn Foster Shorter 41 The 2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2011–12 basketball season. Oklahoma City defeated Union (TN) in the championship game, 69–48, to claim the Stars' sixth NAIA national title and first since 2002. The tournament was played at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Kentucky, the first venue change for the event since 1990.NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History https://www.naia.org/sports/wbkb/Records/DIWBB_Championship.pdf NAIA 26 March 2022 Qualification 2011–12 NAIA Division I women's basketball season The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance. The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format. Bracket First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship 170 30 yes high 1 Oklahoma City 91 8 Our Lady of the Lake 73 5 Belhaven 49 4 Westminster (UT) 75 3 Azusa Pacific 77* 6 MidAmerica Nazarene 72 7 William Woods 47 2 Shawnee State 68 2 Lubbock Christian 79 7 LSU Shreveport 55 6 Loyola New Orleans 63 3 Lewis–Clark State 74 4 Saint Xavier 75 5 Campbellsville 57 8 Lyon (AR) 57 1 Westmont 59 1 Freed–Hardeman 82 8 Avila 84** 5 Georgetown (KY) 70 4 Vanguard 68 3 Olivet Nazarene 83 6 Shorter 84 7 Rogers State 80* 2 Cumberlands (KY) 73 2 Lee (TN) 66 7 Biola 69 6 Columbia (MO) 64 3 Langston 76 4 Xavier Louisiana 74 5 Southern Nazarene 67 8 Lindsey Wilson 50 1 Union (TN) 63 1 Oklahoma City 76 4 Westminster (UT) 47 3 Azusa Pacific 67 2 Shawnee State 61 2 Lubbock Christian 70 3 Lewis–Clark State 61 4 Saint Xavier 56 1 Westmont 70 8 Avila 71 5 Georgetown (KY) 80 6 Shorter 59 7 Rogers State 64 7 Biola 73 3 Langston 58 4 Xavier Louisiana 43 1 Union (TN) 58 1 Oklahoma City 78 3 Azusa Pacific 61 2 Lubbock Christian 66 1 Westmont 61 5 Georgetown (KY) 70 7 Rogers State 63 7 Biola 52 1 Union (TN) 74 1 Oklahoma City 85 2 Lubbock Christian 55 5 Georgetown (KY) 50 1 Union (TN) 62 1 Oklahoma City 69 1 Union (TN) 48 See also 2012 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2012 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2012 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2012 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament References NAIA Category:NAIA women's basketball championships Category:2012 in sports in Kentucky Category:Women's sports in Kentucky