1999 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Knoxville Durham Blacksburg Athens Clemson Storrs Ames Chapel Hill Piscataway West Lafayette Lubbock Baton Rouge Los Angeles Ruston Fort Collins 1999 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 1999, 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 Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
East	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina
East	1&2	Virginia Tech	Cassell Coliseum	Blacksburg	Virginia
Mideast	1&2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
Mideast	1&2	Clemson University	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson	South Carolina
Mideast	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
Mideast	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
Midwest	1&2	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
Midwest	1&2	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
Midwest	1&2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Midwest	1&2	Texas Tech University	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Lubbock	Texas
West	1&2	Louisiana State University	LSU Assembly Center (Pete Maravich Assembly Center)	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
West	1&2	University of California, Los Angeles	Pauley Pavilion	Los Angeles	California
West	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
West	1&2	Colorado State University	Moby Arena	Fort Collins	Colorado