2012 Big East women's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Teams16
SiteXL Center
Hartford, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (18th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (18th title)
TelevisionBigEast.tv, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN
2011–12 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Notre Dame15–1 .93835–4  .897
Connecticut†13–3 .81333–5  .868
St. John's13–3 .81324–10  .706
Georgetown11–5 .68823–9  .719
West Virginia11–5 .68824–10  .706
Louisville10–6 .62523–10  .697
Rutgers10–6 .62522–10  .688
DePaul9–7 .56323–11  .676
South Florida8–8 .50019–16  .543
Syracuse6–10 .37522–15  .595
Villanova6–10 .37519–15  .559
Cincinnati6–10 .37516–16  .500
Providence5–11 .31313–17  .433
Marquette4–12 .25014–17  .452
Seton Hall1–15 .0638–23  .258
Pittsburgh0–16 .0008–22  .267
† 2012 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll[1]

The 2012 Big East women's basketball tournament took place in March 2012 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament. This was the third consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.

Final regular season standing

2011–12 Big East Women's Basketball Standings[2]
Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
#1 ‡†Notre Dame 15-1 28-2
#2 †St. John's 13-3 21-8 1-0 vs CONN
#3 †Connecticut 13-3 26-4 0-1 vs STJ
#4 †Georgetown 11-5 22-7 1-0 vs WVU
#5 #West Virginia 11-5 21-8 0-1 vs GU
#6 #Rutgers 10-6 21-8 1-0 vs LOU
#7 #Louisville 10-6 21-8 0-1 vs RUT
#8 #DePaul 9-7 21-9
#9 South Florida 8-8 16-14
#10 Villanova 6-10 16-13 1-0 vs CIN
1-0 vs SYR
#11 Cincinnati 6-10 15-14 0-1 vs NOVA
1-0 vs SYR
#12 Syracuse 6-10 17-13 0-1 vs NOVA
0-1 vs CIN
#13 Providence 5-11 13-16
#14 Marquette 4-12 13-16
#15 Seton Hall 1-15 8-22
#16 Pittsburgh 0-16 8-21
‡ – Big East regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.
2012 NCAA Tournament Selection
2012 WNIT Tournament Selection

‡ Regular season Big East champion

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 2, 2012
Bigeast.tv 		Second round
Saturday, March 3, 2012
BETV 		Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 4, 2012
ESPNU 		Semifinals
Monday, March 5, 2012
ESPNU 		Championship Game
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
ESPN
               
4 Georgetown  
  BYE  
4 Georgetown 32
5 West Virginia 39
5 West Virginia 63
12 Syracuse 48
12 Syracuse 57
13 Providence 47
5 West Virginia 45
1 Notre Dame 73
1 Notre Dame  
  BYE  
1 Notre Dame 69
8 DePaul 54
8 DePaul 76
9 South Florida 62
9 South Florida 60
16 Pittsburgh 59
1 Notre Dame 54
3 Connecticut 63
2 St. John's  
  BYE  
2 St. John's 68OT
7 Louisville 61
7 Louisville 63
10 Villanova 47
10 Villanova 61
15 Seton Hall 60
2 St. John's 43
3 Connecticut 74
3 Connecticut  
  BYE  
3 Connecticut 49
6 Rutgers 34
6 Rutgers 52
14 Marquette 43
11 Cincinnati 51
14 Marquette 54
  • OT - Denotes Overtime Game

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2011-12". ESPN. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2011-12 BIG EAST Women's Basketball - Standings/Schedules". Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
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