The Huskies will not play an NCAA tournament game in the state of Connecticut for the first time this season. That will change in 2010-11.
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced today that UConn will be one of 16 first- and second-round regional sites for the 2011 NCAA tournament. The games will be played at Gampel Pavilion.
It will be the 17th time that UConn has hosted NCAA tournament games at Gampel Pavilion, including last season en route to a sixth national championship. The Huskies are 28-2 in NCAA tournament games at Gampel Pavilion.
Other cities chosen to host 2011 first- and second-round games are Albuquerque, N.M.; Auburn, Ala.; Charlottesville, Va.; Cincinnati, Ohio; College Park, Md.; Columbus, Ohio; Durham, N.C.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Spokane, Wash.; Shreveport, La.; Stanford, Calif.; University Park, Pa.; Waco, Texas; and Wichita, KS.
The regionals will be held in Dayton, Ohio; Philadelphia; Dallas; and Spokane, Wash.
“The committee was pleased with the level of interest in our championship that we found from cities, institutions and conferences across the country,’’ Iowa senior associate director of athletics and chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee Jane Meyer said. “Of the 20 preliminary sites for 2011, we have 11 different conferences represented, with Wichita and Shreveport hosting for the first time.’’
Rich
