2012 Big East women's basketball tournament

2012 Big East women's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Teams	16
Site	XL Center Hartford, Connecticut
Champions	Connecticut (18th title)
Winning coach	Geno Auriemma (18th title)
Television	BigEast.tv, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN
Big East women's basketball tournaments

2011–12 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Notre Dame	15	–	1		.938			35	–	4		.897
No. 3 Connecticut†	13	–	3		.813			33	–	5		.868
No. 14 St. John's	13	–	3		.813			24	–	10		.706
No. T17 Georgetown	11	–	5		.688			23	–	9		.719
West Virginia	11	–	5		.688			24	–	10		.706
No. 19 Louisville	10	–	6		.625			23	–	10		.697
Rutgers	10	–	6		.625			22	–	10		.688
DePaul	9	–	7		.563			23	–	11		.676
South Florida	8	–	8		.500			19	–	16		.543
Syracuse	6	–	10		.375			22	–	15		.595
Villanova	6	–	10		.375			19	–	15		.559
Cincinnati	6	–	10		.375			16	–	16		.500
Providence	5	–	11		.313			13	–	17		.433
Marquette	4	–	12		.250			14	–	17		.452
Seton Hall	1	–	15		.063			8	–	23		.258
Pittsburgh	0	–	16		.000			8	–	22		.267
† 2012 Big East Basketball Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

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
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

• 2012 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2012 Big East men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2012 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament website
• 2012 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket