2012 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2012 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	DeVos Fieldhouse, Holland, Michigan
Champions	Illinois Wesleyan Titans (1st title)
Runner-up	George Fox Bruins (2nd title game)
Third place	St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (5th Final Four)
Fourth place	Amherst Lord Jeffs (4th Final Four)
Winning coach	Mia Smith (1st title)
MOP	Olivia Lett (Illinois Wesleyan)
Attendance	23,593
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The 2012 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 31st annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

Illinois Wesleyan defeated George Fox in the championship game, 57–48, to claim the Titans' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Hope College at the DeVos Fieldhouse in Holland, Michigan.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 2, 2012 Regional sites				Second round March 3, 2012 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2012 Amherst, MA				Sectional finals March 10, 2012 Amherst, MA
	Amherst	84
	St. Joseph's Brooklyn	30
					Amherst	61
	Amherst, MA
					Babson	48
	Babson	68
	Bridgewater State	59
									Amherst	79
									York (PA)	55
	Juniata	84
	Castleton	57
					Juniata	81
	Huntingdon, PA
					York (PA)	90
	Saint Vincent	66
	York (PA)	86
													Amherst	84
													Emmanuel (MA)	61
	Rhode Island College	69
	Baruch	54
					Rhode Island College	52
	Providence, RI
					Emmanuel (MA)	57
	Hartwick	61
	Emmanuel (MA)	68
									Emmanuel (MA)	67
									King's (PA)	56
	William Paterson	79
	Salve Regina	44
					William Patterson	63
	Wilkes-Barre, PA
					King's (PA)	64
	King's (PA)	56
	Oneonta State	42

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 2, 2012 Regional sites				Second round March 3, 2012 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2012 Fredericksburg, VA				Sectional finals March 10, 2012 Fredericksburg, VA
	Mary Washington	39
	Keuka	32
					Mary Washington	53
	Fredericksburg, VA
					Messiah	50
	Messiah	73
	Kean	50
									Mary Washington	46
									Lebanon Valley	41
	Lebanon Valley	73
	Vassar	68
					Lebanon Valley	70
	Annville, PA
					Mount Saint Mary	53
	Mount Saint Mary	63
	Gwynedd Mercy	62
													Mary Washington	45
													George Fox	68
	Ithaca	84
	Elms	37
					Ithaca	51
	Ithaca, NY
					Bowdoin	55
	Southern Maine	68
	Bowdoin	75
									Bowdoin	55
									George Fox	71
	George Fox	58
	Cal Lutheran	35
					George Fox	52
	Newberg, OR
					Lewis & Clark	50
	Lewis & Clark	83
	Concordia Texas	65

Top right sectional

	First round March 2, 2012 Regional sites				Second round March 3, 2012 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2012 Alliance, OH				Sectional finals March 10, 2012 Alliance, OH
	DePauw	66
	Westminster (MO)	46
					DePauw	48
	Greencastle, IN
					Carthage	53
	UW Whitewater	68
	Carthage	74
									Carthage	71
									Centre (KY)	61
	Centre	59
	Guilford	47
					Centre (KY)	57
	Danville, KY
					Washington St. Louis	55
	Washington St. Louis	79
	Ferrum	64
													Carthage	69
													Illinois Wesleyan	77
	Thomas More	94
	Louisiana College	91
					Thomas More	50
	Crestview Hills, KY
					Illinois Wesleyan	87
	Maryville (TN)	42
	Illinois Wesleyan	84
									Illinois Wesleyan	70
									Mount Union	69
	Mount Union	73
	La Roche	63
					Mount Union	61
	Alliance, OH
					Muhlenberg	55
	Muhlenberg	63
	Catholic	54

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 2, 2012 Regional sites				Second round March 3, 2012 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2012 New York, NY				Sectional finals March 10, 2012 New York, NY
	St. Thomas (MN)	71
	Martin Luther	58
					St. Thomas (MN)	51
	St. Paul, MN
					Coe	45
	Coe	72
	UW River Falls	61
									St. Thomas (MN)	50
									Tufts	47
	Tufts	61
	Misericordia	57
					Tufts	55
	Medford, MA
					Johns Hopkins	46
	Johns Hopkins	53
	UNE	51
													St. Thomas (MN)	83
													Calvin	72
	Calvin	59
	Wisconsin Lutheran	47
					Calvin	76
	Grand Rapids, MI
					UW Stevens Point	71
	UW Stevens Point	61
	Franklin	58
									Calvin	68
									Chicago	50
	Chicago	75
	Monmouth (IL)	68
					Chicago	56
	Chicago, IL
					UW Eau Claire	52
	Simpson	61
	UW Eau Claire	69

Final Four

	Final Four March 16, 2012 DeVos Fieldhouse Holland, MI				National championship March 17, 2012 DeVos Fieldhouse Holland, MI
	Amherst	69
	George Fox	76
					George Fox	48
					Illinois Wesleyan	57
	Illinois Wesleyan	67
	St. Thomas (MN)	53			Third place
					Amherst	60
					St. Thomas (MN)	87

All-tournament team

• Olivia Lett, Illinois Wesleyan
• Hannah Munger, George Fox
• Keisha Gordon, George Fox
• Caroline Stedman, Amherst
• Maggie Weiers, St. Thomas (MN)

See also

• 2012 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2012 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2012 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2012 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2012 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved April 18, 2025.