The 2012 Big East women's basketball tournament took place in March 2012 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner received 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 StandingsSeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker#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 CIN1-0 vs SYR#11 Cincinnati 6-10 15-14 0-1 vs NOVA1-0 vs SYR#12 Syracuse 6-10 17-13 0-1 vs NOVA0-1 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 Selection2012 WNIT Tournament Selection
‡ Regular season Big East champion
Bracket
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
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