For Immediate Release

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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

Scott Smith
Vice President Chattanooga Sports & Events Committee
423/756-8689

NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COMMITTEE SELECTS
ADDITIONAL FIRST- AND SECOND-ROUND SITES FOR 2009 AND 2010

INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee has selected 17 additional first- and second-round sites for the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship and those sites have been approved by the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet.
The sites were added after the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced in the summer of 2007 that the championship would be expanding to 16 pre-determined first- and second-round sites beginning in 2009.
Additional cities chosen to host first- and second-round games in 2009 include Bowling Green, Kentucky; Chattanooga, Tennessee; East Lansing, Michigan; Iowa City, Iowa; Notre Dame, Indiana; San Diego, California; Seattle, Washington and Storrs, Connecticut.
The additional first and second rounds of the 2010 championship will be played in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Ames, Iowa; Cincinnati, Ohio; Durham, North Carolina; Louisville, Kentucky; Norman, Oklahoma; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Tallahassee, Florida and Seattle.
“The committee was pleased with the amount of interest generated when we announced that we were going to 16 pre-determined sites again in 2009 and 2010,” said Judy Southard, senior associate director of athletics at Louisiana State University and chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. “To be able to get a good blend of cities that have past hosting experience in combination with a number of new cities and venues is good for the continued growth of the game of women’s basketball and our championship.”

The following first- and second-round sites have been added to host games either Saturday, March 21, and Monday, March 23 or Sunday, March 22 and Tuesday, March 24, 2009:

Site	Host
E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky	Western Kentucky University
McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee	University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Jack Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan	Michigan State University
Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa	University of Iowa
Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana	University of Notre Dame
Cox Arena San Diego, California	San Diego State University
Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington	University of Washington
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut	University of Connecticut

The following first- and second-round sites will host games either Saturday, March 20, and Monday, March 22 or Sunday, March 21 and Tuesday, March 23, 2010:

Site	Host
The Pit/Bob King Court Albuquerque, New Mexico	University of New Mexico
James. H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa	Iowa State University
Cintas Center Cincinnati, Ohio	Xavier University
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina	Duke University
Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky	University of Louisville
Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma	University of Oklahoma
Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	University of Pittsburgh
Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida	Florida State University
Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington	University of Washington

The exact dates for the sites will be announced at a later date.

2009
FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS
March 21 & 23 and March 22 & 24

The Pit/Bob King Court Albuquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico, host Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana State University, host E.A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, Kentucky Western Kentucky University, host McKenzie Arena Chattanooga, Tennessee University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, host Comcast Center College Park, Maryland University of Maryland, College Park, host Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Ohio State University, host Arena at Gwinnett Duluth, Georgia University of Georgia, host Jack Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan Michigan State University, host

Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa, host United Spirit Arena Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech University, host Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana University of Notre Dame, host Galen Center Los Angeles, California University of Southern California, host Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey Rutgers University, host Cox Arena San Diego, California San Diego State University, host Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington University of Washington, host Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, Connecticut University of Connecticut, host

REGIONALS

March 28 & 30 Berkeley Regional Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California University of California, Berkeley, host Raleigh Regional RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina State University, host

March 29 & 31 Oklahoma City Regional Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Big 12 Conference, host Trenton Regional Sovereign Bank Arena Trenton, New Jersey Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Rider University, hosts

WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR
April 5 & 7
Scottrade Center
St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri Valley Conference, host

2010
FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS
March 20 & 22 and March 21 & 23

The Pit/Bob King Court Albuquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico, host James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa Iowa State University, host Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas University of Texas, Austin, host Haas Pavilion Berkeley, California University of California, Berkeley, host Cintas Center Cincinnati, Ohio Xavier University, host Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina Duke University, host Thompson-Boling Arena Knoxville, Tennessee University of Tennessee, Knoxville, host Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky University of Louisville, host

Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, host Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, Virginia Old Dominion University, host Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, host Joyce Center Notre Dame, Indiana University of Notre Dame, host Petersen Events Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh, host Bank of America Arena Seattle, Washington University of Washington, host Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, Florida Florida State University, host Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, Arizona Arizona State University, host

REGIONALS
March 27 & 29 and March 28 & 30

Dayton Regional University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio University of Dayton, host Kansas City Regional Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri Big 12 Conference, host

Memphis Regional FedEx Forum Memphis, Tennessee University of Memphis, host Sacramento Regional ARCO Arena Sacramento, California University of the Pacific, host

WOMEN'S FINAL FOUR
April 4 & 6
Alamodome
San Antonio, Texas
University of Texas at San Antonio, host

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