The 2012 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament took place in March 2012 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. This was the third consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the conference's teams. The teams finishing 9 through 16 in the regular season standings played first round games, while teams 5 through 8 received byes to the second round. The top 4 teams during the regular season received double-byes to the quarterfinals.