2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2012 (2012) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteFrankfort Convention Center
Kentucky Frankfort, Kentucky
ChampionsOklahoma City Stars (6th title, 9th title game,
11th Fab Four)
Runner-upUnion University Bulldogs (9th title game,
13th Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearRob Edmisson (Oklahoma City)
Player of the yearLavanda Ross (Union (TN))
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Abby Ballman (Shawnee State)
Chuck Taylor MVPTaylor Booze (Oklahoma City)
Top scorerRobyn Foster (Shorter)
(41 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
«2011 2013»

The 2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2011–12 basketball season.

Oklahoma City defeated Union (TN) in the championship game, 69–48, to claim the Stars' sixth NAIA national title and first since 2002.

The tournament was played at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Kentucky, the first venue change for the event since 1990.[1]

Qualification

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See also: 2011–12 NAIA Division I women's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

Bracket

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1 Oklahoma City 91
8 Our Lady of the Lake 73
1 Oklahoma City 76
4 Westminster (UT) 47
5 Belhaven 49
4 Westminster (UT) 75
1 Oklahoma City 78
3 Azusa Pacific 61
3 Azusa Pacific 77*
6 MidAmerica Nazarene 72
3 Azusa Pacific 67
2 Shawnee State 61
7 William Woods 47
2 Shawnee State 68
1 Oklahoma City 85
2 Lubbock Christian 55
2 Lubbock Christian 79
7 LSU Shreveport 55
2 Lubbock Christian 70
3 Lewis–Clark State 61
6 Loyola New Orleans 63
3 Lewis–Clark State 74
2 Lubbock Christian 66
1 Westmont 61
4 Saint Xavier 75
5 Campbellsville 57
4 Saint Xavier 56
1 Westmont 70
8 Lyon (AR) 57
1 Westmont 59
1 Oklahoma City 69
1 Union (TN) 48
1 Freed–Hardeman 82
8 Avila 84**
8 Avila 71
5 Georgetown (KY) 80
5 Georgetown (KY) 70
4 Vanguard 68
5 Georgetown (KY) 70
7 Rogers State 63
3 Olivet Nazarene 83
6 Shorter 84
6 Shorter 59
7 Rogers State 64
7 Rogers State 80*
2 Cumberlands (KY) 73
5 Georgetown (KY) 50
1 Union (TN) 62
2 Lee (TN) 66
7 Biola 69
7 Biola 73
3 Langston 58
6 Columbia (MO) 64
3 Langston 76
7 Biola 52
1 Union (TN) 74
4 Xavier Louisiana 74
5 Southern Nazarene 67
4 Xavier Louisiana 43
1 Union (TN) 58
8 Lindsey Wilson 50
1 Union (TN) 63

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
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