2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament

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 Rounds 1 & 2

Round 1
November 18, 2011		 Round 2
November 19, 2011
 Detroit 56  
 Drexel 61      Drexel 67
 Akron 64      Akron 60
 Howard 63  
Round 2
November 19, 2011
   
1 Detroit 58
2 Howard 60

Consolation Rounds 1 & 2

Round 1
November 18, 2011		 Round 2
November 19, 2011
 UAB 59  
 East Tennessee State 47      UAB 56
 McNeese State 69      McNeese State 61OT
 Manhattan 52  
Round 2
November 19, 2011
   
1 East Tennessee State 53
2 Manhattan 86

Consolation Round 3

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

Automatic bids

Legend School Conference
1
Boston University
America East
2
Temple
Atlantic 10
3
Wake Forest
ACC
4
Stetson
Atlantic Sun
5
Texas Tech
Big 12
6
South Florida
Big East
7
Northern Colorado
Big Sky
8
High Point
Big South
9
Big Ten
10
Cal Poly
Big West
11
James Madison
CAA
12
Memphis
C-USA
13
Detroit
Horizon
14
Harvard
Ivy League
15
Howard
MEAC
16
Fairfield
MAAC
17
MAC
18
Missouri State
MVC
19
UNLV
Mountain West
20
Quinnipiac
Northeast
21
Eastern Illinois
Ohio Valley
22
Pac-12
23
American
Patriot
24
SEC
25
Davidson
Southern
26
Central Arkansas
Southland
27
Oral Roberts
The Summit
28
Florida Atlantic
Sun Belt
29
Mississippi Valley State
SWAC
30
Utah State
WAC
31
San Diego
WCC

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

Legend School Conference
1
Appalachian State
Southern
2
Arizona State
Pac-12
3
Bowling Green
MAC
4
Cal State Northridge
Big West
5
Central Michigan
MAC
6
Charlotte
Atlantic 10
7
Chattanooga
Southern
8
Cincinnati
Big East
9
Colorado
Pac-12
10
Drake
MVC
11
Drexel
CAA
12
Duquesne
Atlantic 10
13
Florida International
Sun Belt
14
Hartford
America East
15
Hofstra
Colonial
16
Illinois State
Missouri Valley
17
Miami (OH)
MAC
18
North Carolina State
ACC
19
Oklahoma State
Big 12
20
Oregon State
Pac-12
21
Pacific
Big West
22
Richmond
Atlantic 10
23
St Joseph's
Atlantic 10
24
St. Mary's
WCC
25
South Dakota
The Summit
26
Syracuse
Big East
27
Texas Tech
Big 12
28
Toledo
MAC
29
Tulane
C-USA
30
UC Davis
Big West
31
UMKC
The Summit
32
UNC Wilmington
CAA
33
Utah
Pac-12
34
Villanova
Big East
35
VCU
CAA
35
Wake Forest
ACC
35
Washington
Pac-12
35
Wichita State
MVC

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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