1996 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Charlottesville Knoxville Lawrence Iowa City Storrs Nashville Durham Athens Ruston Clemson Lubbock University Park Boulder Stanford Tuscaloosa 1996 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 1996, 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	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
East	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
East	1&2	University of Kansas	Allen Field House	Lawrence	Kansas
Mideast	1&2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
Mideast	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
Mideast	1&2	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
Mideast	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina
Midwest	1&2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
Midwest	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	1&2	Clemson University	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson	South Carolina
Midwest	1&2	Texas Tech University	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Lubbock	Texas
West	1&2	Pennsylvania State University	Recreation Building (Rec Hall)	University Park	Pennsylvania
West	1&2	University of Colorado	CU Events Center (Coors Events Center)	Boulder	Colorado
West	1&2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1&2	University of Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	Tuscaloosa	Alabama