INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A pair of BIG EAST schools, DePaul and Notre Dame, were among the 16 sites selected to host the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. 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. The dates will 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
The 2012 Women’s Basketball Final Four will be held at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., on April 1 & 3.
