2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

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 were secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids. The regions (once again named after the host cities, a practice begun in 2005) will be held from March 29 to April 1 in the following regions:^[1]

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)

UConn playing Cornell in the first round at Arena at Harbor Yard

The subregionals, which once again used the "pod system", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, were held from March 22 to March 25 at these locations:^[1]

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

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

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.

This was the final year that eight sites will host subregional games. Starting with the 2009 tournament, the number of subregional sites will be doubled to sixteen.

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.^[1] USF and the St. Pete Times Forum will also hosted a first and second round Men's Tournament subregional on March 21 and 23. Also, akin to the men's tournament, at the regional sites, the NCAA installed floors that were custom made for the first time.

[edit] Teams receiving bids

A total of 30 teams receive automatic bids for winning their conference tournament championship. Since the Ivy League does not hold a tournament, its regular season champion receives the automatic bid. Because Cornell, Dartmouth, and Harvard finished in a tie for first place, Ivy League rules called for a two-game stepladder playoff. Dartmouth defeated Harvard in the first game and went on to face Cornell for the automatic bid, which Cornell won 64-47. This leaves 33 at-large bids to be decided from the rest of the field by the NCAA. The at-large bids, along with the seeding for each team in the tournament, were announced on Monday, March 17.

School	Record	Conference	Bid Type
Cornell	20-8	Ivy	Playoff Champion
Murray State	24-7	Ohio Valley	Tournament Champion^[2]
East Tennessee State	21-11	Atlantic Sun	Tournament Champion^[3]
Marist	31-2	MAAC	Tournament Champion^[4]
North Carolina	30-2	ACC	Tournament Champion^[5]
Southern Methodist	24-8	C-USA	Tournament Champion^[6]
San Diego	19-12	WCC	Tournament Champion^[7]
Purdue	18-14	Big Ten	Tournament Champion^[8]
Tennessee	30-2	SEC	Tournament Champion^[9]
Xavier	24-8	Atlantic 10	Tournament Champion^[10]
Chattanooga	29-3	SoCon	Tournament Champion^[11]
Stanford	30-3	Pac-10	Tournament Champion^[12]
Oral Roberts	19-13	The Summit	Tournament Champion^[13]
Western Kentucky	26-7	Sun Belt	Tournament Champion^[14]
Connecticut	32-1	Big East	Tournament Champion^[15]
Bucknell	16-15	Patriot	Tournament Champion^[16]
Coppin State	22-11	MEAC	Tournament Champion
Miami (Ohio)	23-10	MAC	Tournament Champion
Fresno State	22-10	WAC	Tournament Champion
UC Santa Barbara	23-7	Big West	Tournament Champion
Jackson State	18-13	SWAC	Tournament Champion
Montana	25-6	Big Sky	Tournament Champion
New Mexico	20-12	Mountain West	Tournament Champion
Texas A&M	26-7	Big 12	Tournament Champion
Texas-San Antonio	23-9	Southland	Tournament Champion
Cleveland State	19-13	Horizon	Tournament Champion
Illinois State	26-6	Missouri Valley	Tournament Champion
Old Dominion	29-4	Colonial	Tournament Champion
Liberty	28-3	Big South	Tournament Champion
Robert Morris	23-9	Northeast	Tournament Champion
Hartford	27-5	America East	Tournament Champion

[edit] Bracket

NOTE: All initals used are the same in the official NCAA Bracket in External Links listed below.

[edit] Greensboro Regional

First round March 22-23			Second round March 24-25			Regional semifinals March 30			Regional finals April 1

1	Connecticut	89
16	Cornell	47
			1	Connecticut	89
Bridgeport, CT
			8	Texas	55
8	Texas	72

9	Minnesota	55
						1	Connecticut	78

						5	Old Dominion	63
5	Old Dominion	82

12	Liberty	62
			5	Old Dominion	88*
Norfolk, VA
			4	Virginia	85
4	Virginia	86

13	UC Santa Barb.	52
									1	Connecticut	66

									2	Rutgers	56
6	George Washington	66

11	Auburn	56
			6	George Washington	55
Stanford, CA
			3	California	53
3	California	77

14	San Diego	60
						6	George Washington	42

						2	Rutgers	53
7	Iowa St.	58

10	Georgia Tech	55
			7	Iowa St.	58
Des Moines, IA
			2	Rutgers	69
2	Rutgers	85

15	Robert Morris	42

[edit] Spokane Regional

First round March 22-23			Second round March 24-25			Regional semifinals March 29			Regional finals March 31

1	Maryland	80
16	Coppin St.	66
			1	Maryland	76
College Park, MD
			8	Nebraska	64
8	Nebraska	61

9	Xavier	58
						1	Maryland	80

						4	Vanderbilt	66
5	West Virginia	61

12	New Mexico	60
			5	West Virginia	46
Albuquerque, NM
			4	Vanderbilt	64
4	Vanderbilt	75

13	Montana	62
									1	Maryland	87

									2	Stanford	98
6	Pittsburgh	63

11	Wyoming	58
			6	Pittsburgh	67
Albuquerque, NM
			3	Baylor	59
3	Baylor	88

14	Fresno St.	67
						6	Pittsburgh	53

						2	Stanford	72
7	UTEP	92

10	Western Ky.	60
			7	UTEP	54
Stanford, CA
			2	Stanford	88
2	Stanford	85

15	Cleveland St.	47

[edit] New Orleans Regional

First round March 22-23			Second round March 24-25			Regional semifinals March 29			Regional finals March 31

1	North Carolina	85
16	Bucknell	50
			1	North Carolina	80
Norfolk, VA
			8	Georgia	66
8	Georgia	67

9	Iowa	61
						1	North Carolina	78

						4	Louisville	74
5	Kansas St.	69

12	Chattanooga	59
			5	Kansas St.	63
Bridgeport, CT
			4	Louisville	80
4	Louisville	81

13	Miami (Ohio)	67
									1	North Carolina	50

									2	LSU	56
6	Ohio St.	49

11	Florida St.	60
			11	Florida St.	72
Des Moines, IA
			3	Oklahoma St.	73*
3	Oklahoma St.	85

14	East Tenn. St.	73
						3	Oklahoma St.	52

						2	LSU	67
7	Marist	76

10	DePaul	57
			7	Marist	49
Baton Rouge, LA
			2	LSU	68
2	LSU	66

15	Jackson St.	32

[edit] Oklahoma City Regional

First round March 22-23			Second round March 24-25			Regional semifinals March 30			Regional finals April 1

1	Tennessee	94
16	Oral Roberts	55
			1	Tennessee	78
West Lafayette, IN
			9	Purdue	52
8	Utah	59

9	Purdue	66
						1	Tennessee	74

						5	Notre Dame	64
5	Notre Dame	75

12	Southern Methodist	62
			5	Notre Dame	79*
West Lafayette, IN
			4	Oklahoma	75
4	Oklahoma	69

13	Illinois State	61
									1	Tennessee	53

									2	Texas A&M	45
6	Arizona State	61

11	Temple	54
			6	Arizona St.	59
College Park, MD
			3	Duke	67
3	Duke	78

14	Murray State	57
						3	Duke	63

						2	Texas A&M	77
7	Syracuse	55

10	Hartford	59
			10	Hartford	39
Baton Rouge, LA
			2	Texas A&M	63
2	Texas A&M	91

15	Texas-San Antonio	52

[edit] Final Four – St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida

Tournament MOP Candace Parker shooting over Sylvia Fowles in the Semifinals

National Semifinals April 6			National Championship April 8

GRE1	Connecticut	73
SPO2	Stanford	82
			SPO2	Stanford	48
			OKC1	Tennessee	64
NOR2	LSU	46
OKC1	Tennessee	47

Initials: GRE-Greensboro; SPO-Spokane; NOR-New Orleans; OKC-Oklahoma City.

* - Denotes overtime period

[edit] Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship Game
Colonial	1	2-1	0.667	1	-	-	-
Big East	8	13-7	0.650	5	2	1	-
SEC	5	13-4	0.765	3	2	2	1
ACC	6	9-6	0.600	3	2	-	-
Pac-10	3	7-2	0.778	1	1	1	1
Big 12	8	11-7	0.611	2	1	-	-
Atlantic 10	3	2-3	0.400	1	-	-	-
MAAC	1	1-1	0.500	-	-	-	-
America East	1	1-1	0.500	-	-	-	-
WAC	2	1-2	0.333	-	-	-	-
Big Ten	4	1-4	0.200	-	-	-	-
Mountain West	3	0-3	0.000	-	-	-	-

Nineteen conferences — Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Conference USA, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAC, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC, Sun Belt Conference, Summit League and West Coast Conference — went 0-1.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Information. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
^ Associated Press. "MVP Guffey leads Murray State to OVC tournament title", ESPN.com, 2008-03-08. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
^ Associated Press. "ETSU dumps Jacksonville for Atlantic Sun tournament crown", ESPN.com, 2008-03-08. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
^ Associated Press. "Fitz carries Marist to MAAC title, NCAA tourney bid", ESPN.com, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
^ Associated Press. "Tar Heels drop Blue Devils for another ACC tournament title", ESPN.com, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
^ Associated Press. "Gilliam, Shepherd spark SMU to Conference USA tournament title", ESPN.com, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
^ Associated Press. "Henderson's 20 lead San Diego's upset of top-seeded Gonzaga", ESPN.com, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
^ Associated Press. "Freeman's buzzer-beater lifts Purdue over Illinois", ESPN.com, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-09.
^ Associated Press. "Lady Vols avenge Valentine's Day loss, take home another championship", ESPN.com, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
^ Associated Press. "Taylor helps Xavier win league title, earn NCAA berth", ESPN.com, 2008-03-10. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
^ Associated Press. "Lady Mocs win third straight league championship", ESPN.com, 2008-03-10. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
^ Associated Press. "Wiggins' 30 power Stanford past Cal for Pac-10 tourney crown", ESPN.com, 2008-03-10. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
^ Associated Press. "Oral Roberts beats IUPUI to reach second straight NCAA tourney", ESPN.com, 2008-03-11. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
^ Associated Press. "Western Kentucky earns first NCAA tournament bid since '03", ESPN.com, 2008-03-11. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
^ Associated Press. "Huskies win 14th Big East tournament title", ESPN.com, 2008-03-11. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
^ Associated Press. "Bucknell earns second NCAA automatic bid", ESPN.com, 2008-03-12. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.

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