2011–12 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2011–12 Baylor Lady Bears Baylor_University_Athletics_(logo).svg 100 Big 12 Conference Big 12 1 1 40–0 18–0 Kim Mulkey 12th Bill Brock Damion McKinney Rekha Patterson Ferrell Center NCAA tournament National Champions Big 12 Tournament champions Big 12 regular season champions Preseason Women's NIT champions The 2011–12 Baylor Lady Bears women's basketball team represented Baylor University during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey. The team played its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. The Lady Bears began the season as the preseason #1 team in both the Associated Press and the Coaches' Poll. They ran through the season undefeated, winning the Big 12 regular season and the Big 12 Tournament. They became the first team in college basketball history (men's or women's) to finish 40–0 by defeating Notre Dame for the national championship. (In 2014 Connecticut matched the Lady Bears 40–0 mark, tying an NCAA record.) Roster w 2011 Baylor Lady Bears y y w Odyssey Sims y 0 G 5 9 SO Irving, TX MacArthur w Kimetria Hayden n 1 G 5 11 JR Dallas, TX Lincoln w Jordan Madden n 3 G 6 0 JR Lepanto, AR East Poinsett w Shanay Washington n 4 G 6 1 SO Austin, TX Del Valle w Destiny Williams y 10 F 6 1 JR Benton Harbor, MI Benton Harbor w Makenzie Robertson n 14 G 5 10 SO McGregor, TX Midway w Terran Condrey n 20 G 5 7 SR Eufaula, AL Eufaula w Sune Agbuke n 22 F/C 6 4 FR San Antonio, TX Cornerstone Christian w Ashley Field y 24 C 6 2 SR Burnet, TX Faith Academy w Lindsay Palmer n 25 G 5 10 SR Tulsa, OK Union w Brooklyn Pope n 32 G/F 6 1 JR yes Fort Worth, TX Rutgers w Brittney Griner y 42 C 6 9 JR Houston, TX Nimitz w Mariah Chandler n 44 F 6 2 JR Atlanta, GA Southwest Atlanta Christian Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech) Bill Brock (Southeastern Oklahoma State) Damion McKinney (Midwestern State) Rekha Patterson (North Carolina A&T) https://web.archive.org/web/20081122150906/http://baylorbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/bay-w-baskbl-mtt.html Schedule yes |- !colspan=9| Regular season 2011/11/11 6:30 p.m. 82–28 yes 1 Howard Ferrell Center Waco, Texas Women's NIT 7,587 1–0 (0–0) 2011/11/13 2:00 p.m. 91–31 yes 1 Chattanooga Ferrell Center Waco, Texas Women's NIT 7,005 2–0 (0–0) 2011/11/17 7:00 p.m. 83–50 yes 1 UCLA Ferrell Center Waco, Texas Women's NIT 7,577 3–0 (0–0) 2011/11/20 1:00 p.m. 94–81 yes 1 2 Notre Dame Ferrell Center Waco, Texas Women's NIT CBS College Sports 9,477 4–0 (0–0) 2011/11/22 6:30 p.m. 109–59 yes 1 Yale Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 7,681 5–0 (0–0) 2011/11/27 1:00 p.m. 76–67 yes 1 7 Tennessee Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee ESPN 16,623 6–0 (0–0) 2011/11/30 7:00 p.m. 91–39 yes 1 Texas Southern Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 7,041 7–0 (0–0) 2011/12/04 1:00 p.m. 89–60 yes 1 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota 3,814 8–0 (0–0) 2011/12/08 7:00 p.m. 72–41 yes 1 Milwaukee Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 7,066 9–0 (0–0) 2011/12/11 10:00 a.m. 73–59 yes 1 St. John's Madison Square Garden New York, New York Maggie Dixon Classic ESPNU n/a 10–0 (0–0) 2011/12/18 7:30 p.m. 66–61 yes 1 2 Connecticut Ferrell Center Waco, Texas ESPN 10,627 11–0 (0–0) 2011/12/21 7:00 p.m. 90–50 yes 1 McNeese State Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 7,516 12–0 (0–0) 2011/12/30 7:00 p.m. 93–55 yes 1 Mississippi Valley State Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 7,634 13–0 (0–0) 2012/01/04 7:00 p.m. 90–46 no 1 Missouri Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 8,017 14–0 (1–0) 2012/01/07 7:00 p.m. 57–45 no 1 Iowa State Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa 9,103 15–0 (2–0) 2012/01/11 7:00 p.m. 71–44 no 1 Oklahoma State Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 8,707 16–0 (3–0) 2012/01/15 1:30 p.m. 77–59 no 1 Texas Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas 9,002 17–0 (4–0) 2012/01/18 7:00 p.m. 72–64 no 1 20 Texas Tech United Spirit Arena Lubbock, Texas KCEN 12,403 18–0 (5–0) 2012/01/21 7:00 p.m. 76–41 no 1 22 Kansas State Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 9,380 19–0 (6–0) 2012/01/26 7:00 p.m. 89–58 no 1 Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma FSN 8,103 20–0 (7–0) 2012/01/28 7:00 p.m. 74–46 no 1 Kansas Ferrell Center Waco, Texas 10,006 21–0 (8–0) 2012/02/01 7:00 p.m. 71–41 no 1 Missouri Mizzou Arena Columbia, Missouri 3,504 22–0 (9–0) 2012/02/04 7:00 p.m. 70–41 no 1 Kansas State Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas 12,528 23–0 (10–0) 2012/02/06 8:00 p.m. 81–54 no 1 Oklahoma Ferrell Center Waco, Texas Big Monday ESPN2 8,341 24–0 (11–0) 2012/02/11 5:00 p.m. 71–48 no 1 14 Texas A&M Ferrell Center Waco, Texas FSN 10,627 25–0 (12–0) 2012/02/15 7:00 p.m. 81–51 no 1 Oklahoma State Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma 2,648 26–0 (13–0) 2012/02/18 7:00 p.m. 56–51 no 1 Texas Tech Ferrell Center Waco, Texas KCEN 10,381 27–0 (14–0) 2012/02/21 6:30 p.m. 80–59 no 1 Texas Ferrell Center Waco, Texas FSN Southwest 8,592 28–0 (15–0) 2012/02/24 6:30 p.m. 76–45 no 1 Kansas Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, Kansas FSN 4,676 29–0 (16–0) 2012/02/27 6:00 p.m. 69–62 no 1 17 Texas A&M Reed Arena College Station, Texas Big Monday ESPN2 10,265 30–0 (17–0) 2012/03/03 11:00 a.m. 77–53 no 1 Iowa State Ferrell Center Waco, Texas FSN 9,435 31–0 (18–0) |- !colspan=9| Big 12 tournament 2012/03/08 1:30 p.m. 72–48 no 1 Texas Tech Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Big 12 Quarterfinals FSN 5,542 32–0 (18–0) 2012/03/09 12:00 p.m. 86–65 no 1 Kansas State Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Big 12 Semifinals FSN  – 33–0 (18–0) 2012/03/10 12:00 p.m. 73–50 no 1 22 Texas A&M Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Big 12 Finals FSN 4,235 34–0 (18–0) |- !colspan=9| NCAA tournament 2012/03/18 1:30 p.m. 81–40 no 1 UC-Santa Barbara Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio NCAA First Round ESPN2 4,205 35–0 (18–0) 2012/03/20 6:05 p.m. 76–57 no 1 Florida Stroh Center Bowling Green, Ohio NCAA Second Round ESPNU 4,097 36–0 (18–0) 2012/03/24 1:30 p.m. 83–68 no 1 15 Georgia Tech Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa NCAA Sweet Sixteen ESPN 7,941 37–0 (18–0) 2012/03/26 6:00 77–58 no 1 9 Tennessee Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa NCAA Elite Eight ESPN 9,068 38–0 (18–0) 2012/04/01 8:00 p.m. 59–47 no 1 2 Stanford Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado NCAA Final Four ESPN 19,028 39–0 (18–0) 2012/04/03 7:30 p.m. 80–61 no 1 4 Notre Dame Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado NCAA Championship Game ESPN 19,028 40–0 (18–0) yes AP Poll Central Time See also 2011-12 Baylor Bears basketball team References Category:Baylor Bears women's basketball seasons Baylor Lady Bears Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament championship seasons Baylor