The 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 19, 2011 and concluded on April 5, 2011. The Texas A&M Aggies won the championship, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76-70 in the final held at Conseco Fieldhouse (now Bankers Life Fieldhouse) in Indianapolis.
The tournament was also notable for a historic run by Gonzaga that ultimately ended in the final of the Spokane Region. With the help of two games on their home court and a regional held less than two miles away, the #11-seeded Bulldogs became the lowest seed ever to make a regional final in the history of the women's tournament.
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Subregionals
The format is the same as the Men's Tournament, except that there are 64 teams; this in turn means there is no "First Four" round. Thirty-one automatic bids for conference champions and 33 at-large bids are available.
Subregionals were played from March 19 through March 22.
The following 16 sites were used for first and second round games:
- The Pit, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Auburn Arena, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
- John Paul Jones Arena, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- Cintas Center, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Comcast Center, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
- St. John Arena, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Thompson-Boling Arena, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Jon M. Huntsman Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
- McCarthey Athletic Center, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
- CenturyTel Center, Bossier City, Louisiana (Host: Louisiana Tech University)
- Maples Pavilion, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
- Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
- Bryce Jordan Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
- Ferrell Center, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
- INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas (Host: Wichita State University)
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Regionals and Final Four
The Regionals, named for the city rather than the region of geographic importance since 2005, which were held from March 26 to March 29, were at these sites:
- Dayton Regional, University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio
- Spokane Regional, Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: Washington State University)
- Dallas Regional, American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas (Host Big 12 Conference)
- Philadelphia Regional, Liacouras Center, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Regional winners advanced to the Final Four held April 3 and 5 at Conseco Fieldhouse (now Bankers Life Fieldhouse) in Indianapolis, hosted by Butler University and the Horizon League as per the NCAA's policy of hosting one of each of the men's and women's Final Four every five years in the home city of the NCAA offices.
Tournament records
- Field goals--Maya Moore attempted 30 field goals in the semifinal against Notre Dame, the most ever attempted in a Final Four game.
- Free throws--Texas A&M completed ten out of ten free throw attempts, tied for the highest percentage free throw shooting by a team in an NCAA Tournament game (minimum-nine attempts).
- Free throws--Marquette completed zero free throws in a game against Texas, tied for the fewest number of free throws completed in an NCAA Tournament game.
- Field goals--Nicole Griffin, Oklahoma, hot 15 of 19 Field goal attempts, the highest field goal completion percentage for an individual in an NCAA Tournament.
Qualifying teams - automatic
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA tournament. Tennessee continues its record of being present at every NCAA Tournament since the NCAA began sanctioning women's sports in the 1981-82 school year.
Qualifying teams - at-large
Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.
Bids by conference
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.
Bids by state
The sixty-four teams came from thirty states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas had the most teams with six bids. Twenty states did not have any teams receiving bids.
Brackets
* - Denotes overtime period Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)
Philadelphia Region
Dayton Region
Spokane Region
Dallas Region
Final Four - Indianapolis, Indiana
Record by conference
Eighteen conferences went 0-1: the America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Ivy League, MEAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC and the Summit
All-Tournament Team
- Danielle Adams, Texas A&M
- Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame
- Maya Moore, Connecticut
- Tyra White, Texas A&M
- Devereaux Peters, Notre Dame
Game Officials
- Lisa Jones(Semi-Final)
- Felicia Grinter (Semi-Final)
- Denise Brooks (Semi-Final)
- Lisa Mattingly (Semi-Final)
- Cameron Inouye (Semi-Final)
- Susan Blauch (Semi-Final)
- Dee Kantner (Final)
- Tina Napier (Final)
- Michael Price (Final)
Media coverage
Television
ESPN has US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the first and second round, ESPN airs select games nationally on ESPN or ESPNU. All other games are aired regionally on ESPN2 and streamed online via ESPN3. Most of the nation gets whip-a-round coverage during this time, which allows ESPN to rotate between the games and focus on the nation on the one that is the closest. The regional semifinals are split between ESPN and ESPN2, and ESPN airs the regional finals, national semifinals, and championship match.
Studio host & analysts
- Trey Wingo (Host)
- Kara Lawson (Analyst)
- Carolyn Peck (Analyst)
Commentary teams
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