2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament August 2023 WNIT Women's 2012 64 Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma Oklahoma State 1st James Madison 1st Jim Littell 1st Toni Young Oklahoma State 6,157 (championship game) 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 Division I women's 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, defeating the James Madison Dukes in the championship game, 75–68.2012-03-31 WNIT: OSU women end tragic season with championship https://oklahoman.com/article/3662615/wnit-osu-women-end-tragic-season-with-championship/ 2021-04-25 Oklahoman.com en-US Toni Young of Oklahoma State was named tournament MVP. 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.Notre Dame vs. Baylor - Game Recap - November 20, 2011 - ESPN https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/313240239 https://web.archive.org/web/20210425174805/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap/_/gameId/313240239 dead April 25, 2021 2021-04-25 ESPN.com enBrice Cherry Griner lifts Lady Bears past Notre Dame for WNIT title https://wacotrib.com/sports/college/baylor/griner-lifts-lady-bears-past-notre-dame-for-wnit-title/article_1c30c5b7-4f70-541a-a0e4-48d7956d1521.html 2021-04-25 WacoTrib.com en Championship Bracket Source:2011 Preseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/4/11_pre_bracket_championship.pdf?id=52 2021-04-25 womensnit.com enn y First Round November 11, 2011 Quarterfinals November 13, 2011 Semifinals November 14, 2011 Championship November 15, 2011 Baylor 82 Howard 28 Chattanooga 65 UAB 59 UCLA 67 McNeese State 59 East Tennessee State 76 Tennessee Tech 87 Notre Dame 81 Akron 61 Indiana State 64 Detroit 62 Hartford 64 Manhattan 45 Drexel 52 Long Island 60 Baylor 91 Chattanooga 31 UCLA 74 Tennessee Tech 52 Notre Dame 99 Indiana State 34 Hartford 54 Long Island 45 Baylor 83 UCLA 50 Notre Dame 98 Hartford 43 Baylor 94 Notre Dame 81 Consolation Brackets Source:2011 Consolation Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/4/2011_consolation_bracket_nonwriteable.pdf?id=53 2021-04-25 womensnit.com en Consolation Rounds 1 & 2 Games Played at Akron y n 1 y Round 1 November 18, 2011 Round 2 November 19, 2011 Detroit 56 Drexel 61 Akron 64 Howard 63 Drexel 67 Akron 60 n Round 2 November 19, 2011 Detroit 58 Howard 60 Consolation Rounds 1 & 2 Games Played at McNeese State y n 1 y Round 1 November 18, 2011 Round 2 November 19, 2011 UAB 59 East Tennessee State 47 McNeese State 69 Manhattan 52 UAB 56 McNeese State 61OT n Round 2 November 19, 2011 East Tennessee State 53 Manhattan 86 Consolation Round 3 Quarterfinal Losers n Round 3 November 18, 2011 Tennessee Tech 53 Long Island 62 n Round 3 November 18, 2011 Indiana State* 54 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 Division I women's 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 their first WNIT title by the score of 75–68 over the James Madison Dukes. Oklahoma State was coached by Jim Littell, who took over following the death of head coach Kurt Budke in a plane crash on November 17, 2011.Griffin David OSU Women's Basketball Coach, Assistant Killed In Plane Crash https://www.news9.com/story/5e35af8483eff40362bebf17/osu-womens-basketball-coach-assistant-killed-in-plane-crash 2021-04-25 www.news9.com en Participants Automatic bids LegendSchoolConference01 1Boston UniversityAmerica East02 2TempleAtlantic 1003 3ACC04 4StetsonAtlantic Sun05 5Texas TechBig 1206 6South FloridaBig East07 7Northern ColoradoBig Sky08 8High PointBig South09 9Big Ten10Cal PolyBig West11James MadisonCAA12MemphisC-USA13DetroitHorizon14HarvardIvy League15HowardMEAC16FairfieldMAAC17MAC18Missouri StateMVC19UNLVMountain West20QuinnipiacNortheast21Eastern IllinoisOhio Valley22Pac-1223AmericanPatriot24SEC25DavidsonSouthern26Central ArkansasSouthland27Oral RobertsThe Summit28Florida AtlanticSun Belt29Mississippi Valley StateSWAC30Utah StateWAC31San DiegoWCC In addition to the 31 automatic bids from respective conferences, 33 teams, with a winning record, will receive an at-large bid to the tournament. At-Large bids LegendSchoolConference01 1Appalachian StateSouthern 02 2Arizona StatePac-1203 3Bowling GreenMAC04 4Cal State NorthridgeBig West05 5Central MichiganMAC06 6CharlotteAtlantic 1007 7ChattanoogaSouthern08 8CincinnatiBig East09 9ColoradoPac-1210DrakeMVC11DrexelCAA12DuquesneAtlantic 1013Florida InternationalSun Belt14HartfordAmerica East15HofstraColonial16Illinois StateMissouri Valley17Miami (OH)MAC18North Carolina StateACC19Oklahoma StateBig 1220Oregon StatePac-1221PacificBig West22RichmondAtlantic 1023St Joseph'sAtlantic 1024St. Mary'sWCC25South DakotaThe Summit26SyracuseBig East27Texas TechBig 1228ToledoMAC29TulaneC-USA30UC DavisBig West31UMKCThe Summit32UNC WilmingtonCAA33UtahPac-1234VillanovaBig East35VirginiaACC36VCUCAA37Wake ForestACC38WashingtonPac-1239Wichita StateMVC Bracket Source:2012 Postseason Bracket (PDF) - WNIT Pre and Post Tournament https://womensnit.com/documents/2019/3/4/12_post_bracket.pdf?id=24 2021-04-25 womensnit.com en Team listed on top is home team Region 1 n y First roundMarch 14–16 Second roundMarch 17–19 Third roundMarch 21–23 QuarterfinalsMarch 24–26 Oregon State UC Davis 66 48 Saint Mary's UNLV 71 63 Washington Cal Poly 90 71 Utah Utah State 69 58 Pacific Arizona State 77 62 San Diego Cal State Northridge 60 58 Texas Tech Eastern Illinois 85 71 Tulane Mississippi Valley State 68 61 Oregon State Saint Mary's 56 41 Washington Utah 52 39 San Diego Pacific 83 75 Texas Tech Tulane 69 55 Oregon State Washington 49 55 Texas Tech San Diego 51 60 Washington San Diego 47 58 Region 2 n y First roundMarch 14–16 Second roundMarch 17–19 Third roundMarch 21–23 QuarterfinalsMarch 24–26 Illinois State Central Michigan 69 68 Villanova American 58 39 South Dakota Drake 61 53 Colorado Northern Colorado 54 42 Wichita State Oral Roberts 79 57 Oklahoma State Central Arkansas 72 51 Missouri State UMKC 81 79 Memphis Chattanooga 60 59 Illinois State Villanova 55 58 South Dakota Colorado 55 64 Wichita State Oklahoma State 44 63 Missouri State Memphis 82 65 Villanova Colorado 47 48 Oklahoma State Missouri State 70 57 Colorado Oklahoma State 70 78 Region 3 n y First roundMarch 14–16 Second roundMarch 17–19 Third roundMarch 21–23 QuarterfinalsMarch 24–26 Temple Quinnipiac 75 60 Hofstra Harvard 71 73 Hartford Syracuse 42 59 Fairfield Drexel 41 57 Toledo Detroit 59 49 Cincinnati Duquesne 68OT 63 Saint Joseph's Boston University 67 56 Bowling Green VCU 71 72 Temple Harvard 64 59 Syracuse Drexel 65 43 Toledo Cincinnati 74 51 Saint Joseph's VCU 65 67OT Temple Syracuse 68 82 Toledo VCU 81 64 Syracuse Toledo 74OT 73 Region 4 n y First roundMarch 14–16 Second roundMarch 17–19 Third roundMarch 21–23 QuarterfinalsMarch 24–26 NC State High Point 88 78 UNC Wilmington Appalachian State 73 79 Virginia Howard 59 OT 56 Richmond Miami (Ohio) 76 54 James Madison Davidson 64 49 Charlotte Wake Forest 61 72 FIU Stetson 75 47 South Florida FAU 76 20 NC State Appalachian State 62 66 Virginia Richmond 68 55 James Madison Wake Forest 84 OT 76 South Florida FIU 77 61 Appalachian State Virginia 58 74 James Madison South Florida 72 45 Virginia James Madison 59 68 Semifinals and championship game Played at host schools SemifinalsMarch 28CBSSN Championship GameMarch 31CBSSN San Diego 57 Oklahoma State 73 Syracuse 71 James Madison 74 Oklahoma State 75 James Madison 68 All-tournament team Toni Young, Oklahoma State (MVP) Liz Donohoe, Oklahoma State Kirby Burkholder, James Madison Tarik Hislop, James Madison Kayla Alexander, Syracuse Dominique Conners, San Diego Source:https://womensnit.com/news/2019/2/21/postseason-wnit-oklahoma-state-captures-wnit-title.aspx Oklahoma State captures WNIT title womensnit.com March 31, 2012 March 28, 2022 See also 2012 National Invitation Tournament References Women's National Invitation Tournament Category:Women's National Invitation Tournament Women's National Invitation Tournament Women's National Invitation Tournament