A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma | ||||
Champions | Oklahoma State (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | James Madison (1st title game) | ||||
Winning coach | Jim Littell (1st title) | ||||
MVP | Toni Young (Oklahoma State) | ||||
Attendance | 6,157 (championship game) | ||||
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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.[1] 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.[2][3]
Championship Bracket
Source:[4]
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
Source:[5]
Consolation Rounds 1 & 2
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Consolation Rounds 1 & 2
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Consolation Round 3
- Quarterfinal Losers
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 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.[6]
Participants
Automatic bids
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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
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