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 tournamentor2012 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.
| Teams | 16 | ||||
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| Champions | Minnesota | ||||
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Seattle will be making its first division I postseason appearance, SIU Edwardsville will host its first ever division I postseason game.
| 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 | ||||||||||||
#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 | ||||||||||||
| Championship game March 25 | ||||
| 7 | Northern Iowa | 74 | ||
| 2 | Minnesota | 88 | ||