2012 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

2012 NCAA Women's Division I Volleyball Tournament

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

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.

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.

Seed School Conference Berth type
1 Penn State Big Ten Automatic
2 Stanford Pac-12 Automatic
3 Texas Big 12 Automatic
4 Nebraska Big Ten At-Large
5 Oregon Pac-12 At-Large
6 USC Pac-12 At-Large
7 UCLA Pac-12 At-Large
8 Minnesota Big Ten At-Large
9 Florida State Atlantic Coast Automatic
10 Louisville Big East Automatic
11 Kansas Big 12 At-Large
12 BYU West Coast Automatic
13 Washington Pac-12 At-Large
14 Florida Southeastern Automatic
15 Iowa State Big 12 At-Large
16 Kentucky Southeastern At-Large
Arizona State Pac-12 At-Large
Arkansas Southeastern At-Large
Belmont Ohio Valley Automatic
Binghamton America East Automatic
Bowling Green Mid-American Automatic
California Pac-12 At-Large
Central Arkansas Southland Automatic
Cleveland State Horizon Automatic
Colgate Patriot Automatic
College of Charleston Southern Automatic
Colorado State Mountain West Automatic
Creighton Missouri Valley Automatic
Dayton Atlantic 10 Automatic
East Tennessee State Atlantic Sun Automatic
Fairfield Metro Atlantic Automatic
Hawaii Big West Automatic
Hofstra Colonial Automatic
IPFW Summit Automatic
Jackson State Southwestern Athletic Automatic
Kansas State Big 12 At-Large
Liberty Big South Automatic
LIU-Brooklyn Northeast Automatic
Loyola Marymount West Coast At-Large
Marquette Big East At-Large
Maryland-Eastern Shore Mid-Eastern Athletic Automatic
Miami Atlantic Coast At-Large
Michigan Big Ten At-Large
Michigan State Big Ten At-Large
New Mexico State Western Athletic Automatic
North Carolina Atlantic Coast At-Large
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast At-Large
Northern Colorado Big Sky Automatic
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley At-Large
Notre Dame Big East At-Large
Ohio State Big Ten At-Large
Oklahoma Big 12 At-Large
Pepperdine West Coast At-Large
Purdue Big Ten At-Large
San Diego West Coast At-Large
San Diego State Mountain West At-Large
Santa Clara West Coast At-Large
St. Mary's West Coast At-Large
Tennessee Southeastern At-Large
Texas A&M Southeastern At-Large
Tulsa Conference USA Automatic
Western Kentucky Sun Belt Automatic
Wichita State Missouri Valley At-Large
Yale Ivy League Automatic

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 State 3
  Binghamton 0
1 Penn State 3
University Park, PA
Bowling Green 0
  Yale 2
  Bowling Green 3
1 Penn State 3
16 Kentucky 0
  Ohio State 3
  Notre Dame 0
Ohio State 1
Lexington, KY
16 Kentucky 3
16 Kentucky 3
  East Tennessee State 0
1 Penn State 3
8 Minnesota 1
9 Florida State 3
  Hofstra 0
9 Florida State 2
Tallahassee, FL
Purdue 3
  Colorado State 0
  Purdue 3
Purdue 1
8 Minnesota 3
  Creighton 3
  Marquette 0
Creighton 1
Minneapolis, MN
8 Minnesota 3
8 Minnesota 3
  Liberty 0

Nebraska Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
5 Oregon 3
  Northern Colorado 0
5 Oregon 3
Eugene, OR
Dayton 0
  Pepperdine 2
  Dayton 3
5 Oregon 3
12 BYU 1
  Oklahoma 3
  Arizona State 2
Oklahoma 0
Provo, UT
12 BYU 3
12 BYU 3
  New Mexico State 0
5 Oregon 3
4 Nebraska 1
13 Washington 3
  Central Arkansas 0
13 Washington 3
Seattle, WA
Hawaii 2
  Santa Clara 0
  Hawaii 3
13 Washington 0
4 Nebraska 3
  Kansas State 0
  Northern Iowa 3
Northern Iowa 0
Lincoln, NE
4 Nebraska 3
4 Nebraska 3
  Maryland-Eastern Shore 0

Texas Regional

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

California Regional

First round Second round Regional semifinals Regional finals
            
7 UCLA 3
  LIU-Brooklyn 0
7 UCLA 1
Los Angeles, CA
Michigan State 3
  Michigan State 3
  San Diego 2
Michigan State 0
Michigan 3
  Tennessee 2
  Michigan 3
Michigan 3
Louisville, KY
10 Louisville 1
10 Louisville 3
  Belmont 1
Michigan 3
2 Stanford 1
15 Iowa State 3
  IPFW 2
15 Iowa State 3
Ames, IA
North Carolina 2
  California 1
  North Carolina 3
15 Iowa State 0
2 Stanford 3
  Western Kentucky 3
  Loyola Marymount 0
Western Kentucky 0
Stanford, CA
2 Stanford 3
2 Stanford 3
  Jackson State 0

Final Four

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

Record by conference

Conference # of Bids Record Win % R32 S16 E8 F4 CM NC
Big Ten 7 19–7* .731 7 6 4 2
Pac-12 7 14–7 .667 5 4 3 1 1
Big 12 5 10–4 .714 4 2 1 1 1 1
Southeastern 5 5–5 .500 3 2
West Coast 6 3–6 .333 2 1
Missouri Valley 3 4–3 .571 3 1
Atlantic Coast 4 2–4 .333 2
Atlantic 10 1 1–1 .500 1
Big East 3 1–3 .250 1
Big West 1 1–1 .500 1
Mid-American 1 1–1 .500 1
Southern 1 1–1 .500 1
Sun Belt 1 1–1 .500 1
Mountain West 2 0–2 .000
Other 17 0–17 .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.

See also

References

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