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2012 Women's Basketball Invitational
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ChampionsMinnesota
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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. 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

See also

References

  1. "2012 WBI Bracket" (PDF). www.womensbasketballinvitational.com. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
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