NCAA chooses women’s hoops sites for 2011 tourney
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Spokane will be the first city to host the opening two rounds and a regional of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament in the same year.
The Washington city was one of 16 chosen by the NCAA women’s basketball committee on Thursday to host the first two rounds in 2011. Gonzaga will host the first two rounds in its on-campus arena while the regional will be hosted by Washington State at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.
Dayton, a regional site this year, Philadelphia and Dallas will host regionals in 2011.
Joining Gonzaga as hosts for the first two rounds are Auburn, Baylor, Connecticut, Duke, Louisiana Tech, Maryland, New Mexico, Ohio State, Penn State, Stanford, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wichita State, and Xavier.
Updated Oct 29, 7:35 pm EDT
- Women's Top 25 Capsules
- No. 6 Tennessee beats Middle Tennessee 69-52
- Jones helps No. 14 Georgia rout Alabama State
- Baylor's Griner becomes 7th woman to dunk
- No. 24 Pittsburgh 75, St Francis, Pa 70
- Griner becomes seventh woman to dunk
- Cheek's double-double helps Duke top Charlotte
- No. 16 Georgia rallies to beat Rutgers
- Barrett helps No. 7 LSU top Tulane
- Lavender and Prahalis lead No. 3 Ohio State to win
- Rolle's 17 leads No. 4 North Carolina to 92-37 win
- Northwestern beats DePaul for first time in decade
- Tuomi helps Vanderbilt stay unbeaten
- No. 9 Xavier beats Mississippi Valley St. 92-52
- San Diego State cracks Top 25; UConn still No. 1
- Hightower gets 1,000th point as No. 7 LSU cruises
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i love tennessee lady vols!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
they will will that national title again!!!! and again year after year!
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I love Connecticut ALSO!
Huskies will win #7.
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i hate connecticut though!!!
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