2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships will commence March 22, 2008 and conclude April 8 of that same year.

Regionals

Once again, the system is the same as the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams go and there is no play-in game. Automatic bids are secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids. The regions (once again named after the host cities, a practice began in 2005) will be held from March 29 to April 1 in the following regions:

Greensboro Regional, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)

New Orleans Regional, New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: University of New Orleans)

Oklahoma City Regional, Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Host: University of Oklahoma)

Spokane Regional, Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: Washington State University)

The subregionals, which will use the "pod system", keeping most teams close to the home cities, will be held from March 22 to March 25 at these locations:

The Pit, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Host: Fairfield University)

Comcast Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Wells Fargo Arena at the Iowa Events Center, Des Moines, Iowa (Host: Iowa State University)

Ted Constant Convocation Center, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Mackey Arena, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, the sites are on-campus sites.

The regional winners will advance to the Final Four, to be held April 6 and 8, 2008 at the St. Pete Times Forum, in Tampa, Florida, hosted by the University of South Florida.

2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Regionals

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