Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 2012 |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Frankfort Convention Center |
Fabfourcity: | Frankfort, Kentucky |
Champions: | Oklahoma City Stars |
Titlecount: | 6th |
Champgamecount: | 9th |
Champffcount: | 11th |
Runnerup: | Union University Bulldogs |
Gamecount: | 9th |
Runnerffcount: | 13th |
Semifinal1: | Georgetown Tigers |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Lubbock Christian Lady Chaps |
Fabfourcount2: | 2nd |
Coty: | Rob Edmisson |
Cotyschool: | Oklahoma City |
Mvp: | Taylor Booze |
Mvpteam: | Oklahoma City |
Poty: | Lavanda Ross |
Potyschool: | Union (TN) |
Hustle: | Abby Ballman |
Hustleschool: | Shawnee State |
Topscorer: | Robyn Foster |
Topscorerteam: | Shorter |
Points: | 41 |
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]
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.