# 2012 Big East women's basketball tournament

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 | First round Friday, March 2, 2012 Bigeast.tv | First round Friday, March 2, 2012 Bigeast.tv | Second round Saturday, March 3, 2012 BETV | Second round Saturday, March 3, 2012 BETV | Second round Saturday, March 3, 2012 BETV | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 4, 2012 ESPNU | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 4, 2012 ESPNU | Quarterfinals Sunday, March 4, 2012 ESPNU | Semifinals Monday, March 5, 2012 ESPNU | Semifinals Monday, March 5, 2012 ESPNU | Semifinals Monday, March 5, 2012 ESPNU | Championship Game Tuesday, March 6, 2012 ESPN | Championship Game Tuesday, March 6, 2012 ESPN | 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 | 12 | Syracuse | 48 | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Providence | 47 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 9 | South Florida | 62 | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 59 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Pittsburgh | 59 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Notre Dame | 54 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Connecticut | 63 |
| | | | 2 | St. John's | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | BYE | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | St. John's | 68$^{OT}$ | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Louisville | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Louisville | 63 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Villanova | 47 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Villanova | 61 | 10 | Villanova | 47 | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Seton Hall | 60 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | 43 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Marquette | 54 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* $^{OT}$ - Denotes Overtime Game