2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament


The 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Women's Division I 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 by the score of 75-68 over James Madison.

Preseason WNIT

The pre-season 2011 is the 18th edition of the Women's National Invitation Tournament, 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

Consolation Brackets

Consolation Rounds 1 & 2

Team listed on top is home team

Post-Season Tournament

The post-season 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament is a single-elimination tournament of 64 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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

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

Team listed on top is home team

Region 1

Region 2

Region 3

Region 4

WNIT Semifinals and WNIT Championship Game

Played at host schools