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The 2012
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(WNIT) was a
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of 64
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(NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the
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. 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
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won their first WNIT title, defeating the
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in the championship game, 75–68. Toni Young of Oklahoma State was named tournament MVP.


Preseason WNIT

The pre-season 2011 is the 18th edition of the
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(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
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scored 32 points for Baylor in a win over Notre Dame.


Championship Bracket

Source:


Consolation Brackets

Source:


Consolation Rounds 1 & 2

* Games Played at
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Consolation Rounds 1 & 2

* Games Played at McNeese State


Consolation Round 3

* Quarterfinal Losers ''Team listed on top is home team''


Post-Season Tournament

The post-season 2012
Women's National Invitation Tournament The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...
(WNIT) is a
single-elimination tournament A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, ...
of 64
National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...
(NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the
2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began March 17 and concluded April 3, 2012. The Final Four was played at Pepsi Center in Denver. For only the second time in history, and the first time since 1989, all four of the number on ...
. 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 The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater. The program's mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates at the National ...
won their first WNIT title by the score of 75–68 over the
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. 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.


Participants


Automatic bids

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


Bracket

Source: ''Team listed on top is home team''


Region 1


Region 2


Region 3


Region 4


Semifinals and championship game

Played at host schools


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:


See also

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2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament The 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2011-12 ...
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2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament The 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began March 17 and concluded April 3, 2012. The Final Four was played at Pepsi Center in Denver. For only the second time in history, and the first time since 1989, all four of the number on ...
*
2012 Women's Basketball Invitational The 2012 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2012 ...


References

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Women's National Invitation Tournament The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...
Women's National Invitation Tournament The Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) is a women's national college basketball tournament. It used to feature both a preseason and postseason version played every year, but the preseason tournament was last held in 2023. It is operate ...