2002 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Durham Waco Columbia West Lafayette Storrs University Park Manhattan Chapel Hill Knoxville Nashville Ames Norman Boulder Stanford Lubbock 2002 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 2002, 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	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
East	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina
East	1&2	Baylor University	Ferrell Center	Waco	Texas
East	1&2	University of South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum	Columbia	South Carolina
Mideast	1&2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Mideast	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
Mideast	1&2	Pennsylvania State University	Bryce Jordan Center	University Park	Pennsylvania
Mideast	1&2	Kansas State University	Bramlage Coliseum	Manhattan	Kansas
Midwest	1&2	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
Midwest	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
West	1&2	University of Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center	Norman	Oklahoma
West	1&2	University of Colorado	CU Events Center (Coors Events Center)	Boulder	Colorado
West	1&2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1&2	Texas Tech University	United Spirit Arena	Lubbock	Texas