article

The 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tourament, marks the 25th NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship. This year's events were held March 18-April 4, 2006 at several sites, with the Championship game held in Boston. The Maryland Terrapins, coached by Brenda Frese, won their first National Championship, beating the Duke Blue Devils, coached by Gail Goestenkors, 78-75 in overtime. Laura Harper of the Terrapins was named Most Outstanding Player.

The field is set at 64 teams, with 31 automatic bids and 33 at-large bids. Unlike the men's game, there is no play-in game. In addition, the first two rounds and regionals are usually played on "neutral" sites.

Regionals

The Regional sites for this year (named after the city, a practice that is in use for the second straight year) were:

Albuquerque Region: The Pit, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
San Antonio Region: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)
Bridgeport Regional: Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Host: Fairfield University)
Cleveland Regional: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference)

First Two Rounds

The tournament once again used the pod system, meaning that teams were more likely to play closer to home. The sites for the first two rounds (the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) were as follows:

Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois (Host: DePaul University)
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Colorado at Boulder and Big 12 Conference)
McKale Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Memorial Gymasium, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Ted Constant Convocation Center, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey (Host: Rider University and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Mackey Arena, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

NOTE: Unless specified, the site is an on-campus arena.

The Final Four

Qualifying teams

  1. |#1
  1. |#2
  1. |#3
  1. |#4
  1. |#5
  1. |#6
  1. |#7
  1. |#8
  1. |#9
  1. |#10
  1. |#11
  1. |#12
  1. |#13
  1. |#14
  1. |#15
  1. |#16
Cleveland
Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
North Carolina ACC 29-1 Tournament Champion
Tennessee SEC 28-4 Tournament Champion
Rutgers Big East 25-4 At-Large Bid
Purdue Big Ten 24-6 At-Large Bid
UCLA Pac-10 20-10 Tournament Champion
Texas A&M Big 12 23-8 At-Large Bid
George Washington A-10 22-8 At-Large Bid
Vanderbilt SEC 20-10 At-Large Bid
Louisville Big East 19-9 At-Large Bid
Old Dominion CAA 22-8 Tournament Champion
TCU MWC 18-11 At-Large Bid
Bowling Green MAC 28-2 Tournament Champion
Missouri State MVC 17-14 Tournament Champion
Dartmouth Ivy League 23-6 Regular Season Co-Champion
(Winner of Three-Team Playoff)
Army Patriot 20-10 Tournament Champion
UC Riverside Big West 16-14 Tournament Champion
{| class="wikitable" Albuquerque Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
  1. |#1 Ohio State Big Ten 28-2 Tournament Champion
    1. |#2 Maryland ACC 28-4 At-Large Bid
      1. |#3 Baylor Big 12 24-6 At-Large Bid
        1. |#4 Arizona State Pac-10 24-6 At-Large Bid
          1. |#5 Utah MWC 24-6 Tournament Champion
            1. |#6 Florida SEC 21-8 At-Large Bid
              1. |#7 St. John's Big East 21-7 At-Large Bid
                1. |#8 Boston College ACC 19-11 At-Large Bid
                  1. |#9 Notre Dame Big East 18-11 At-Large Bid
                    1. |#10 California Pac-10 18-1 At-Large Bid
                      1. |#11 New Mexico MWC 21-9 At-Large Bid
                        1. |#12 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 20-10 Tournament Champion
                          1. |#13 Stephen F. Austin Southland 23-7 Tournament Champion
                            1. |#14 Northern Arizona Big Sky 22-10 Tournament Champion
                              1. |#15 Sacred Heart NEC 26-4 Tournament Champion
                                1. |#16 Oakland Mid-Con 15-15 Tournament Champion
{| class="wikitable" Bridgeport Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
  1. |#1 Duke ACC 26-3 At-Large Bid
    1. |#2 UConn Big East 29-4 Tournament Champion
      1. |#3 Georgia SEC 21-8 At-Large Bid
        1. |#4 Michigan State Big Ten 22-9 At-Large Bid
          1. |#5 Kentucky SEC 21-8 At-Large Bid
            1. |#6 Temple A-10 24-7 Tournament Champion
              1. |#7 Virginia Tech ACC 20-9 At-Large Bid
                1. |#8 Southern California Pac-10 18-11 At-Large Bid
                  1. |#9 South Florida Big East 19-11 At-Large Bid
                    1. |#10 Missouri Big 12 21-9 At-Large Bid
                      1. |#11 Hartford Am. East 26-3 Tournament Champion
                        1. |#12 Chattanooga Southern 27-3 Tournament Champion
                          1. |#13 Milwaukee Horizon 22-8 Tournament Champion
                            1. |#14 Marist MAAC 23-6 Tournament Champion
                              1. |#15 Coppin State MEAC 22-8 Tournament Champion
                                1. |#16 Southern SWAC 20-10 Tournament Champion
{| class="wikitable" San Antonio Seed School Conference Record Berth Type
  1. |#1 LSU SEC 27-3 At-Large Bid
    1. |#2 Oklahoma Big 12 29-4 Tournament Champion
      1. |#3 Stanford Pac-10 23-7 At-Large Bid
        1. |#4 DePaul Big East 25-6 At-Large Bid
          1. |#5 NC State ACC 19-11 At-Large Bid
            1. |#6 Florida State ACC 19-9 At-Large Bid
              1. |#7 BYU MWC 25-5 At-Large Bid
                1. |#8 Minnesota Big Ten 19-9 At-Large Bid
                  1. |#9 Washington Pac-10 18-10 At-Large Bid
                    1. |#10 Iowa Big Ten 17-11 At-Large Bid
                      1. |#11 Louisiana Tech WAC 26-4 Tournament Champion
                        1. |#12 Tulsa C-USA 25-5 Tournament Champion
                          1. |#13 Liberty Big South 25-5 Tournament Champion
                            1. |#14 Southeast Missouri OVC 22-8 Tournament Champion
                              1. |#15 Pepperdine WCC 14-16 Tournament Champion
                                1. |#16 Florida Atlantic Atl. Sun 20-10 Tournament Champion

Brackets

*-Overtime game.

Cleveland Regional

Albuquerque Regional

Bridgeport Regional

San Antonio Regional

Final Four

Alb-Albuquerque; Bpt-Bridgeport; Cle-Cleveland; SA-San Antonio.

See also

NCAA Women's Basketball Championship

 

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the "2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament".

Home Page • arts • business • computers • games • health • hospitals • home • kids & teens • news • physicians • recreation• reference • regional • science • shopping • society • sports • world