1998 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Raleigh Storrs Tucson Chapel Hill Knoxville Champaign Ames Ruston West Lafayette Tuscaloosa Lubbock Iowa City Stanford Gainesville Durham 1998 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 1998, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first round game. In all cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity.

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations:

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1&2	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
East	1&2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
East	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1&2	University of Arizona	McKale Center	Tucson	Arizona
Mideast	1&2	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
Mideast	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	University of Illinois	Assembly Hall (Champaign)	Champaign	Illinois
Mideast	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
Midwest	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	1&2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Midwest	1&2	University of Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
Midwest	1&2	Texas Tech University	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Lubbock	Texas
West	1&2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
West	1&2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1&2	University of Florida	O'Connell Center	Gainesville	Florida
West	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina