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
- Baylor's Griner becomes 7th woman to dunk
- 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
- No. 4 North Carolina tops UNLV 78-68
- Pedersen leads No. 2 Stanford to victory.
- Northwestern beats DePaul for first time in decade
- 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
- Rack leads Mississippi St. past Maryland 84-55
- Gonzaga easily defeats Washington 81-52
- No. 8 Baylor routs 17th-ranked Cal
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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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