2001 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Raleigh Storrs Ruston Knoxville West Lafayette Lubbock Cincinnati Notre Dame Nashville Ames Salt Lake City Norman Piscataway Gainesville Durham 2001 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 2001, 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 Iowa was unable to host so fifth seeded Utah 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 Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
East	1&2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
East	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Mideast	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Mideast	1&2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Mideast	1&2	Texas Tech University	United Spirit Arena	Lubbock	Texas
Mideast	1&2	Xavier University	Cintas Center	Cincinnati	Ohio
Midwest	1&2	University of Notre Dame	Edmund P. Joyce Center	Notre Dame	Indiana
Midwest	1&2	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium	Nashville	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
Midwest	1&2	University of Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	Salt Lake City	Utah
West	1&2	University of Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center	Norman	Oklahoma
West	1&2	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
West	1&2	University of Florida	O'Connell Center	Gainesville	Florida
West	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina