2012 Women's Basketball Invitational

2012 Women's Basketball Invitational
Teams	16
Champions	Minnesota
Women's Basketball Invitationals
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The 2012 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament or 2012 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2012 bracket was announced on March 13, 2012.^[1] All games were hosted by the higher seed throughout the tournament, unless the higher seed's arena was unavailable. The championship game was hosted by the school with the higher end of the season RPI. The tournament was won by the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

2012 Teams

Seattle will be making its first division I postseason appearance, SIU Edwardsville will host its first ever division I postseason game.

West Region

1st Round March 14, 15, 16			Quarterfinals March 17, 18			Semi-finals March 21

1	Seattle	61

8	North Dakota	47
			1	Seattle	82

			5	Wright State	65
4	SIU-Edwardsville	64

5	Wright State	73
						1	Seattle	64

						7	Northern Iowa	68
2	Stephen F. Austin	67

7	Northern Iowa	83
			7	Northern Iowa	78

			3	Sam Houston State	69
3	Sam Houston State	77

6	Rice	55

East Region

#8 Manhattan will host a first round game

1st Round March 14, 15, 16			Quarterfinals March 17, 18			Semi-finals March 23

1	Robert Morris	54

8	Manhattan	77
			8	Manhattan	78

			4	Holy Cross	63
4	Holy Cross	63

5	New Hampshire	59
						8	Manhattan	54

						2	Minnesota	67
2	Minnesota	80

7	Charleston Southern	51
			2	Minnesota	85

			3	Bradley	59
3	Bradley	74

6	Tennessee Tech	71

WBI Championship Game

Championship game March 25

7	Northern Iowa	74

2	Minnesota	88

References

^ "2012 WBI Bracket" (PDF). www.womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "2012 WBI Bracket" (PDF). www.womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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