The first round of the 2012 NCAA women's basketball tournament has come and gone with mostly expected results. The left side of the bracket had two lower seeds advance to the second round, both in the Des Moines Region. Both underdogs advanced in Sunday games, first No. 9 Florida State and later, No. 11 Kansas took care of former conference foe Nebraska and made the committee's "Last Four In" designation look more than justified.
All game times listed are Eastern. Each school's name is linked to their Dance Card. For more tournament coverage, be sure and visit our "NCAA Tournament 2012" section.
| Des Moines Region | ||||
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four |
| March 17-18 | March 19-20 | March 24 | March 26 | April 1 |
| (1) Baylor | ||||
| 81-40 | Baylor | |||
| (16) UC-Santa Barbara | ||||
| Bowling Green, OH; 7:05 pm, 3/20 | ||||
| (8) Ohio State | ||||
| 70-65 | Florida | |||
| (9) Florida | ||||
| (5) Georgetown | ||||
| 61-56 | Georgetown | |||
| (12) Fresno State | ||||
| Chapel Hill, NC; 7:15 pm, 3/20 | ||||
| (4) Georgia Tech | ||||
| 76-50 | Georgia Tech | |||
| (13) Sacred Heart | ||||
| vs. Fresno Region | ||||
| (6) Nebraska | winner | |||
| 57-49 | Kansas | in Denver | ||
| (11) Kansas | ||||
| Little Rock, AR; 9:40 pm, 3/20 | ||||
| (3) Delaware | ||||
| 73-42 | Delaware | |||
| (14) Arkansas-Little Rock | ||||
| (7) DePaul | ||||
| 59-55 | DePaul | |||
| (10) BYU | ||||
| Chicago, IL; 9:40 pm, 3/19 | ||||
| (2) Tennessee | ||||
| 72-49 | Tennessee | |||
| (15) Tennessee-Martin | ||||
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| Fresno Region |
| (1) Stanford | ||||
| 73-51 | Stanford | |||
| (16) Hampton | ||||
| Norfolk, VA; 7:15 pm, 3/19 | ||||
| (8) West Virginia | ||||
| 68-55 | West Virginia | |||
| (9) Texas | ||||
| (5) South Carolina | ||||
| 80-48 | South Carolina | |||
| (12) Eastern Michigan | ||||
| West Lafayette, IN; 7:20 pm, 3/19 | ||||
| (4) Purdue | ||||
| 83-68 | Purdue | |||
| (13) South Dakota State | ||||
| vs. Des Moines | ||||
| (6) Oklahoma | Region Winner | |||
| 88-67 | Oklahoma | in Denver | ||
| (11) Michigan | ||||
| Norman, OK; 9:45 pm, 3/20 | ||||
| (3) St. John's | ||||
| 69-67 | St. John's | |||
| (14) Creighton | ||||
| (7) Vanderbilt | ||||
| 60-46 | Vanderbult | |||
| (10) Middle Tennessee | ||||
| Nashville, TN; 9:35 pm, 3/20 | ||||
| (2) Duke | ||||
| 82-47 | Duke | |||
| (15) Samford | ||||