2000 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

West Lafayette Storrs Durham Notre Dame Knoxville Lubbock Charlottesville Norfolk Ruston Ames University Park Athens Piscataway Eugene Santa Barbara 2000 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 2000, 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:

• Third seeded Mississippi State was unable to host, so sixth seeded Oregon 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	Louisiana State University	LSU Assembly Center (Pete Maravich Assembly Center)	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
East	1&2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
East	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina
Mideast	1&2	University of Notre Dame	Edmund P. Joyce Center	Notre Dame	Indiana
Mideast	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Mideast	1&2	Texas Tech University	United Spirit Arena	Lubbock	Texas
Mideast	1&2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
Midwest	1&2	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
Midwest	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
Midwest	1&2	Pennsylvania State University	Bryce Jordan Center	University Park	Pennsylvania
West	1&2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
West	1&2	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
West	1&2	University of Oregon	McArthur Court	Eugene	Oregon
West	1&2	University of California, Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara Events Center	Santa Barbara	California