1997 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Austin Tuscaloosa Washington Baton Rouge Norfolk Ruston Gainesville Knoxville Boulder Storrs Champaign Athens Charlottesville Stanford Lawrence 1997 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 1997, 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 most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:

• Fourth seeded Tulane was unable to host due to a "facility/hotel availability conflict", so fifth seeded George Washington hosted three first and second round games

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	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
East	1&2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
East	1&2	University of Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
East	1&2	George Washington University	Charles E. Smith Athletic Center	Washington	District of Columbia
Mideast	1&2	Louisiana State University	LSU Assembly Center (Pete Maravich Assembly Center)	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
Mideast	1&2	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
Mideast	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Mideast	1&2	University of Florida	O'Connell Center	Gainesville	Florida
Midwest	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	University of Colorado	CU Events Center (Coors Events Center)	Boulder	Colorado
Midwest	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
Midwest	1&2	University of Illinois	Assembly Hall (Champaign)	Champaign	Illinois
West	1&2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
West	1&2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
West	1&2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1&2	University of Kansas	Allen Field House	Lawrence	Kansas