2012 Big East women's basketball tournament

2012 Big East women's basketball tournament
Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Teams16
SiteXL Center
Hartford, Connecticut
ChampionsConnecticut (18th title)
Winning coachGeno Auriemma (18th title)
TelevisionBigEast.tv, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN
2011–12 Big East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Notre Dame 15 1   .938 35 4   .897
No. 3 Connecticut 13 3   .813 33 5   .868
No. 14 St. John's 13 3   .813 24 10   .706
No. T17 Georgetown 11 5   .688 23 9   .719
West Virginia 11 5   .688 24 10   .706
No. 19 Louisville 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Rutgers 10 6   .625 22 10   .688
DePaul 9 7   .563 23 11   .676
South Florida 8 8   .500 19 16   .543
Syracuse 6 10   .375 22 15   .595
Villanova 6 10   .375 19 15   .559
Cincinnati 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Providence 5 11   .313 13 17   .433
Marquette 4 12   .250 14 17   .452
Seton Hall 1 15   .063 8 23   .258
Pittsburgh 0 16   .000 8 22   .267
2012 Big East Basketball Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.