2012 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

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2012 NCAA women's Division Ivolleyball tournament
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2012 Division I Championship
Champions Texas (2nd NCAA (3rd national) title)
Runner-up Oregon (1st title match)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Jerritt Elliott (1st title)
Most outstanding player Bailey Webster (Texas)
Final Four All-Tournament TeamHannah Allison (Texas)
Haley Eckerman (Texas)
Sha'Dare McNeal (Texas)
Alaina Bergsma (Oregon)
Liz Brenner (Oregon)
Lexi Erwin (Michigan)
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The 2012 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament started on November 29, 2012, and ended on December 15 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky with Texas winning the national championship. The NCAA selection show was televised on Sunday, November 25, 2012.

Contents

With its appearance in the Final Four, Michigan became the second unseeded team to make it that far since seeding began in 1997 (and in 2000 in its current method).

Texas won their second NCAA volleyball championship in school history, defeating first-time finalist Oregon (winner over Penn State in its semi-final) in a three-set final match sweep.

Qualifying teams

The champions of the NCAA's 31 conferences qualify automatically. Twenty-two conferences hold tournaments, while the other nine award their automatic bid on the basis of being the league's regular-season champion. Those that do not hold tournaments are the Atlantic Coast, Big 12, Big West, Big Ten, Ivy League, Mountain West, Pac-12, Southeastern and West Coast Conferences. The other 33 bids are apportioned on an at-large basis. Only the top 16 teams overall are seeded.

Records

Purdue Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPI [1] Record
Binghamton America East Automatic25013-17
Bowling Green Mid-American Automatic5321-10
Colorado State Mountain West Automatic3421-7
Creighton Missouri Valley Automatic2628-3
East Tennessee State Atlantic Sun Automatic13423-12
9 Florida State Atlantic Coast Automatic827-3
Hofstra Colonial Automatic15221-13
16 Kentucky Southeastern At-Large1920-10
Liberty Big South Automatic12425-7
Marquette Big East At-Large3327-6
8 Minnesota Big Ten At-Large924-7
Notre Dame Big East At-Large3820-9
Ohio State Big Ten At-Large2522-10
1 Penn State Big Ten Automatic229-2
Purdue Big Ten At-Large2921-10
Yale Ivy League Automatic6618-5
Nebraska Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Arizona State Pac-12 At-Large4220-13
12 BYU West Coast Automatic1126-3
Central Arkansas Southland Automatic4930-4
Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic2026-4
Hawaii Big West Automatic1726-2
Kansas State Big 12 At-Large2321-8
Maryland-Eastern Shore Mid-Eastern Athletic Automatic15828-5
4 Nebraska Big Ten At-Large523-6
New Mexico State Western Athletic Automatic9122-10
Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic6524-10
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley At-Large4424-9
Oklahoma Big 12 At-Large2721-10
5 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large1025-4
Pepperdine West Coast At-Large3520-11
Santa Clara West Coast At-Large4520-11
13 Washington Pac-12 At-Large1623-6
Texas Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Arkansas Southeastern At-Large3022-9
Cleveland State Horizon Automatic7123-6
Colgate Patriot Automatic17617-13
College of Charleston Southern Automatic4826-7
Fairfield Metro Atlantic Automatic14522-8
14 Florida Southeastern Automatic1225-4
11 Kansas Big 12 At-Large725-6
Miami (FL) Atlantic Coast At-Large2225-5
NC State Atlantic Coast At-Large4322-9
San Diego State Mountain West At-Large4123-7
St. Mary's West Coast At-Large3217-10
3 Texas Big 12 Automatic323-4
Texas A&M Southeastern At-Large1524-5
Tulsa Conference USA Automatic4726-9
6 USC Pac-12 At-Large1327-5
Wichita State Missouri Valley At-Large4022-9
California Regional
SeedSchoolConferenceBerth TypeRPIRecord
Belmont Ohio Valley Automatic16718-16
California Pac-12 At-Large3915-15
15 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large1820-7
IPFW Summit Automatic5725-6
Jackson State Southwestern Athletic Automatic25224-11
LIU-Brooklyn Northeast Automatic12725-7
10 Louisville Big East Automatic429-3
Loyola Marymount West Coast At-Large4618-12
Michigan Big Ten At-Large3123-11
Michigan State Big Ten At-Large3623-9
North Carolina Atlantic Coast At-Large1425-5
San Diego West Coast At-Large2421-6
2 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic127-3
Tennessee Southeastern At-Large2122-7
7 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large622-7
Western Kentucky Sun Belt Automatic2832-3

All together, the Big Ten and Pac-12 got six at-large bids in addition to their automatic, the West Coast Conference got five, the Big 12 and the Southeastern four, the Atlantic Coast three, the Big East and Missouri Valley two, and the Mountain West received one at-large bid. The other 22 conferences only got their automatic qualifiers in.

Bracket

The first two rounds were held on campus sites (the home court of the seeded team). Regional semifinals and finals were held at pre-determined sites. In 2012, those sites were hosted by Purdue, Nebraska, Texas, and California, all of whom made the tournament. Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, where teams cannot be placed into regionals that they host, the selectors in the volleyball tournament were required to place qualifying teams in their 'home' regionals, in order to reduce travel costs.

Purdue Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
1 Penn State3
 Binghamton 0
1 Penn State3
University Park, PA
Bowling Green 0
 Yale 2
 Bowling Green3
1 Penn State3
16 Kentucky 0
 Ohio State3
 Notre Dame 0
Ohio State 1
Lexington, KY
16 Kentucky3
16 Kentucky3
 East Tennessee State 0
1 Penn State3
8 Minnesota 1
9 Florida State3
 Hofstra 0
9 Florida State 2
Tallahassee, FL
Purdue3
 Colorado State 0
 Purdue3
Purdue 1
8 Minnesota3
 Creighton3
 Marquette 0
Creighton 1
Minneapolis, MN
8 Minnesota3
8 Minnesota3
 Liberty 0

Nebraska Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
5 Oregon3
 Northern Colorado 0
5 Oregon3
Eugene, OR
Dayton 0
 Pepperdine 2
 Dayton3
5 Oregon3
12 BYU 1
 Oklahoma3
 Arizona State 2
Oklahoma 0
Provo, UT
12 BYU3
12 BYU3
 New Mexico State 0
5 Oregon3
4 Nebraska 1
13 Washington3
 Central Arkansas 0
13 Washington3
Seattle, WA
Hawaii 2
 Santa Clara 0
 Hawaii3
13 Washington 0
4 Nebraska3
 Kansas State 0
 Northern Iowa3
Northern Iowa 0
Lincoln, NE
4 Nebraska3
4 Nebraska3
 Maryland-Eastern Shore 0

Texas Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
3 Texas3
 Colgate 0
3 Texas3
Austin, TX
Texas A&M 1
 North Carolina State 1
 Texas A&M3
3 Texas3
14 Florida 0
 Miami 2
 College of Charleston3
College of Charleston 0
Gainesville, FL
14 Florida3
14 Florida3
 Tulsa 0
3 Texas3
6 USC 0
11 Kansas3
 Cleveland State 1
11 Kansas 1
Lawrence, KS
Wichita State3
 Wichita State3
 Arkansas 2
Wichita State 0
6 USC3
 St. Mary's3
 San Diego State 2
St. Mary's 0
Los Angeles, CA
6 USC3
6 USC3
 Fairfield 0

California Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
7 UCLA3
 LIU-Brooklyn 0
7 UCLA 1
Los Angeles, CA
Michigan State3
 Michigan State3
 San Diego 2
Michigan State 0
Michigan3
 Tennessee 2
 Michigan3
Michigan3
Louisville, KY
10 Louisville 1
10 Louisville3
 Belmont 1
Michigan3
2 Stanford 1
15 Iowa State3
 IPFW 2
15 Iowa State3
Ames, IA
North Carolina 2
 California 1
 North Carolina3
15 Iowa State 0
2 Stanford3
 Western Kentucky3
 Loyola Marymount 0
Western Kentucky 0
Stanford, CA
2 Stanford3
2 Stanford3
 Jackson State 0

Final Four

National Semifinals National Championship
      
1 Penn State 1
5 Oregon3
5 Oregon 0
3 Texas3
3 Texas3
 Michigan 2

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

Record by conference

Conference# of BidsRecordWin %R32S16E8F4CMNC
Big Ten 719–7*.7317642
Pac-12 714–7.66754311
Big 12 510–4.714421111
Southeastern 55–5.50032
West Coast 63–6.33321
Missouri Valley 34–3.57131
Atlantic Coast 42–4.3332
Atlantic 10 11–1.5001
Big East 31–3.2501
Big West 11–1.5001
Mid-American 11–1.5001
Southern 11–1.5001
Sun Belt 11–1.5001
Mountain West 20–2.000
Other170–17.000

* Three of the Big Ten's losses were to fellow Big Ten schools (so they are also counted as wins).

The columns R32, S16, E8, F4, CM, and NC respectively stand for the Round of 32, Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four, Championship Match, and National Champion.

The America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Colonial Athletic, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy League, Metro Atlantic, Mid-Eastern Athletic, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot League, Southland, Southwestern Athletic, Summit League, and Western Athletic Conferences all qualified one team which lost in the first round.

NCAA tournament record

There is one tournament record broken in 2012 that still stands today:

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References

  1. "112412nittygritty" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved December 4, 2017.