1987 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

In 1987, the field remained at 40 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-10 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, while seeds 7 and 10 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 2 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exceptions:

• Eighth seeded South Alabama played nine seed Saint Joseph's (PA) at Saint Joseph's (PA)
• Seventh seeded Eastern Washington played tenth seeded University of Oregon at University of Oregon
• Second seeded Ohio State played tenth seeded University of Oregon at University of Oregon
• Third seeded North Carolina State played sixth seeded Villanova at Villanova

Because Oregon hosted both a first and second round game, there were only 23 first and second round locations, rather than 24.

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the twenty-four first round locations:

Durham Austin Piscataway Harrisonburg Villanova Champaign Cookeville 1987 NCAA first round (Philadelphia and Villanova are almost indistinguishable) Auburn Knoxville Charlottesville Evanston Iowa City Monroe Athens Baton Rouge Ruston Seattle Eugene Los Angeles University Long Beach 1987 NCAA second round

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1	Saint Joseph's University	Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
East	1	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina
East	2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
East	2	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
East	2	James Madison University	James Madison University Convocation Center	Harrisonburg	Virginia
East	2	Villanova University	The Pavilion	Villanova	Pennsylvania
Mideast	1	University of Illinois	Assembly Hall (Champaign)	Champaign	Illinois
Mideast	1	Tennessee Tech	Eblen Center	Cookeville	Tennessee
Mideast	2	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
Mideast	2	Auburn University	Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum)	Auburn	Alabama
Mideast	2	University of Tennessee	Stokely Athletic Center	Knoxville	Tennessee
Mideast	2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
Midwest	1	Northwestern University	Welsh-Ryan Arena	Evanston	Illinois
Midwest	2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
Midwest	2	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Ewing Coliseum	Monroe	Louisiana
Midwest	2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
Midwest	2	Louisiana State University	LSU Assembly Center (Pete Maravich Assembly Center)	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
Midwest	2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
West	1	University of Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle	Washington
West	1	University of Oregon	McArthur Court	Eugene	Oregon
West	2	University of Southern California	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles	California
West	2	University of Mississippi	Tad Smith Coliseum	University	Mississippi
West	2	Long Beach State	University Gym (Gold Mine)	Long Beach	California