2012 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

2012 NCAA women's Division I 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	Michigan (1st Final Four); Penn State (10th Final Four);
Winning coach	Jerritt Elliott (1st title)
Most outstanding player	Bailey Webster (Texas)
Final Four All-Tournament Team	Hannah Allison (Texas); Haley Eckerman (Texas); Sha'Dare McNeal (Texas); Alaina Bergsma (Oregon); Liz Brenner (Oregon); Lexi Erwin (Michigan)
«2011	2013»

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.

Records

Purdue Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI^[1]	Record
	Binghamton	America East	Automatic	250	13-17
	Bowling Green	Mid-American	Automatic	53	21-10
	Colorado State	Mountain West	Automatic	34	21-7
	Creighton	Missouri Valley	Automatic	26	28-3
	East Tennessee State	Atlantic Sun	Automatic	134	23-12
9	Florida State	Atlantic Coast	Automatic	8	27-3
	Hofstra	Colonial	Automatic	152	21-13
16	Kentucky	Southeastern	At-Large	19	20-10
	Liberty	Big South	Automatic	124	25-7
	Marquette	Big East	At-Large	33	27-6
8	Minnesota	Big Ten	At-Large	9	24-7
	Notre Dame	Big East	At-Large	38	20-9
	Ohio State	Big Ten	At-Large	25	22-10
1	Penn State	Big Ten	Automatic	2	29-2
	Purdue	Big Ten	At-Large	29	21-10
	Yale	Ivy League	Automatic	66	18-5

Nebraska Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	Arizona State	Pac-12	At-Large	42	20-13
12	BYU	West Coast	Automatic	11	26-3
	Central Arkansas	Southland	Automatic	49	30-4
	Dayton	Atlantic 10	Automatic	20	26-4
	Hawaii	Big West	Automatic	17	26-2
	Kansas State	Big 12	At-Large	23	21-8
	Maryland-Eastern Shore	Mid-Eastern Athletic	Automatic	158	28-5
4	Nebraska	Big Ten	At-Large	5	23-6
	New Mexico State	Western Athletic	Automatic	91	22-10
	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	Automatic	65	24-10
	Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	At-Large	44	24-9
	Oklahoma	Big 12	At-Large	27	21-10
5	Oregon	Pac-12	At-Large	10	25-4
	Pepperdine	West Coast	At-Large	35	20-11
	Santa Clara	West Coast	At-Large	45	20-11
13	Washington	Pac-12	At-Large	16	23-6

Texas Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	Arkansas	Southeastern	At-Large	30	22-9
	Cleveland State	Horizon	Automatic	71	23-6
	Colgate	Patriot	Automatic	176	17-13
	College of Charleston	Southern	Automatic	48	26-7
	Fairfield	Metro Atlantic	Automatic	145	22-8
14	Florida	Southeastern	Automatic	12	25-4
11	Kansas	Big 12	At-Large	7	25-6
	Miami (FL)	Atlantic Coast	At-Large	22	25-5
	NC State	Atlantic Coast	At-Large	43	22-9
	San Diego State	Mountain West	At-Large	41	23-7
	St. Mary's	West Coast	At-Large	32	17-10
3	Texas	Big 12	Automatic	3	23-4
	Texas A&M	Southeastern	At-Large	15	24-5
	Tulsa	Conference USA	Automatic	47	26-9
6	USC	Pac-12	At-Large	13	27-5
	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	At-Large	40	22-9

California Regional
Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI	Record
	Belmont	Ohio Valley	Automatic	167	18-16
	California	Pac-12	At-Large	39	15-15
15	Iowa State	Big 12	At-Large	18	20-7
	IPFW	Summit	Automatic	57	25-6
	Jackson State	Southwestern Athletic	Automatic	252	24-11
	LIU-Brooklyn	Northeast	Automatic	127	25-7
10	Louisville	Big East	Automatic	4	29-3
	Loyola Marymount	West Coast	At-Large	46	18-12
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-Large	31	23-11
	Michigan State	Big Ten	At-Large	36	23-9
	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	At-Large	14	25-5
	San Diego	West Coast	At-Large	24	21-6
2	Stanford	Pac-12	Automatic	1	27-3
	Tennessee	Southeastern	At-Large	21	22-7
7	UCLA	Pac-12	At-Large	6	22-7
	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	Automatic	28	32-3

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 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

Final Four All-Tournament Team:

Bailey Webster - Texas (Most Outstanding Player)
Hannah Allison - Texas
Hayley Eckerman - Texas
Sha'Dare McNeal - Texas
Alaina Bergsma - Oregon
Liz Brenner - Oregon
Lexi Erwin - Michigan

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.

NCAA tournament record

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

Services aces, tournament (individual record) – Micha Hancock, Penn State – 22 aces (10 vs. Binghamton, 5 vs. Bowling Green, 2 vs. Kentucky, 5 vs. Minnesota.)

References

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

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

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