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
- No. 9 Xavier beats Mississippi Valley St. 92-52
- Women's Top 25 Capsules
- No. 16 Georgia rallies to beat Rutgers
- Rack leads Mississippi St. past Maryland 84-55
- Gonzaga easily defeats Washington 81-52
- No. 8 Baylor routs 17th-ranked Cal
- Bjorklund leads Lady Vols past Virginia, 77-63
- Morris' 26 leads Kansas to 77-66 win over Michigan
- Cheek's double-double helps Duke top Charlotte
- San Diego State cracks Top 25; UConn still No. 1
- Hightower gets 1,000th point as No. 7 LSU cruises
- No. 4 North Carolina tops UNLV 78-68
- Pedersen leads No. 2 Stanford to victory.
- W. Michigan 51, Michigan St. 74
- No. 23 Louisville beats Tennessee Tech 84-54
- Johnson helps Michigan St beat Western Michigan
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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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