1989 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

In 1989, the field expanded to 48 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-12 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, seeds 7 and 10 played for the opportunity to face the 2 seed, seeds 5 and 12 played for the opportunity to face the 4 seed, and seeds 6 and 11 played for the opportunity to face the 3 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:

• Fifth seeded Purdue played fourth seeded LSU at Purdue
• Tenth seeded Montana played seventh seeded Cal St. Fullerton at Montana
• Ninth seeded Oklahoma State played eighth seeded Miami(FL) at Oklahoma State
• Seventh seeded Vanderbilt played tenth seeded St. Joseph’s at St. Joseph’s

• Ninth seeded Bowling Green played eighth seeded Cincinnati at Bowling Green

Because Purdue was also a first round venue, there are only 31 rather than 32 first and second round venues

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

Harrisonburg Storrs Nashville Athens Piscataway Norfolk Philadelphia Columbia Stillwater Normal Missoula Seattle Las Vegas Bowling Green W. Lafayette 1989 NCAA first round Columbus Long Beach Charlottesville Knoxville Raleigh University Auburn Clemson Ruston Iowa City Stanford College Park Austin Boulder Nacogdoches 1989 NCAA second round

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1	Western Kentucky University	E.A. Diddle Arena	Bowling Green	Kentucky
East	1	James Madison University	James Madison University Convocation Center	Harrisonburg	Virginia
East	1	University of Connecticut	Hugh S. Greer Field House	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
East	1	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
East	2	Ohio State University	St. John Arena	Columbus	Ohio
East	2	Long Beach State	University Gym (Gold Mine)	Long Beach	California
East	2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
Mideast	1	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
Mideast	1	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
Mideast	1	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
Mideast	1	Temple University	McGonigle Hall	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania
Mideast	2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
Mideast	2	University of Mississippi	Tad Smith Coliseum	University	Mississippi
Mideast	2	Auburn University	Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum)	Auburn	Alabama
Mideast	2	Clemson University	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson	South Carolina
Midwest	1	University of South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum	Columbia	South Carolina
Midwest	1	Oklahoma State University	Gallagher-Iba Arena	Stillwater	Oklahoma
Midwest	1	Illinois State University	Redbird Arena	Normal	Illinois
Midwest	1 & 2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Midwest	2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
Midwest	2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1	University of Montana	Dahlberg Arena	Missoula	Montana
West	1	University of Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle	Washington
West	1	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	South Gym	Las Vegas	Nevada
West	1	Bowling Green State University	Anderson Arena	Bowling Green	Ohio
West	2	University of Maryland	Cole Field House	College Park	Maryland
West	2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
West	2	University of Colorado	CU Events Center (Coors Events Center)	Boulder	Colorado
West	2	Stephen F. Austin University	William R. Johnson Coliseum	Nacogdoches	Texas