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DI Women's Basketball Selects Sites For 2012 Tourney

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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Rick Nixon
Associate Director of the Division I
   Women’s Basketball Championship
317/917-6539




INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee has selected the first- and second-round and regional sites for the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship and those sites have been approved by the Administrative Committee of the NCAA Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet.

 Cities chosen to host first- and second-round games in 2012 include Ames, Iowa; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Bowling Green, Ohio; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; College Park, Maryland; College Station, Texas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville, Tennessee; Norfolk, Virginia; Norman, Oklahoma; Notre Dame, Indiana; Spokane, Washington; Tallahassee, Florida; and West Lafayette, Indiana.  The four selected regional sites are Des Moines, Iowa; Fresno, California; Kingston, Rhode Island; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

“As a committee we are excited that in 2012 our championship will be hosted by institutions from 14 different conferences, with College Station, Little Rock and Kingston hosting for the first time,” said Marilyn McNeil, vice president and director of athletics at Monmouth University and chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee.  “Having this blend of sites is important to the committee as we continue to look for ways to grow our game.”

The following first- and second-round sites will host games either Saturday, March 17, and Monday, March 19 or Sunday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 20, 2012 (dates to be determined in June 2011):

Site                                                                              Host(s)

Hilton Coliseum                                                          Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa                                                                

Pete Maravich Assembly Center                                 Louisiana State University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Stroh Center                                                                Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, Ohio

Arena at Harbor Yard                                                 Fairfield University

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Carmichael Arena                                                       University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina                                       

Allstate Arena                                                             DePaul University

Chicago, Illinois

Comcast Center                                                          University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, Maryland

Reed Arena                                                                 Texas A&M University, College Station

College Station, Texas

Jack Stephens Center                                                 University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

Memorial Gymnasium                                                 Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

Ted Constant Center                                                   Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

Lloyd Noble Center                                                    University of Oklahoma

Norman, Oklahoma

Joyce Center                                                               University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Indiana

McCarthey Athletic Center                                        Gonzaga University

Spokane, Washington

Tucker Center                                                             Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

Mackey Arena                                                             Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana

            The following regional sites will host games either Saturday, March 24 and Monday, March 26 or Sunday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 27, 2012 (dates to be determined in June, 2011):

Site                                                                              Host(s)

Wells Fargo Arena                                                      University of Northern Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

SaveMart Center                                                         California State University, Fresno

Fresno, California

The Ryan Center                                                         University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

RBC Center                                                                North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

 

About the NCAA and Division I Women’s Basketball

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletic opportunities for more than 400,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities.  Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports.  Visit www.ncaa.org and www.ncaa.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes. 

NCAA women’s basketball is characterized by strong fundamentals, high quality of play, sportsmanship, role model student-athletes and family oriented entertainment. The latest NCAA Graduation Success Rate figures show 83 percent of NCAA Division I women’s basketball players graduate. In terms of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate, which measures term-by-term academic success, the overall score is 966, well above the NCAA benchmark of 925.

For the latest news in regard to the Women’s Final Four, visit www.ncaa.com/finalfour  

 

 

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