2004 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - First and Second Rounds

First and Second Rounds

Santa Barbara Blacksburg Bridgeport Missoula Columbus Durham Minneapolis Albuquerque Tempe Chattanooga Tallahassee Austin Baton Rouge Ames Philadelphia 2004 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 2004, 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. Sixteen sites for the first two rounds were determined approximately a year before the team selections and seedings were completed, following a practice established in 2003.

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 Notre Dame	Edmund P. Joyce Center	Notre Dame	Indiana
East	1&2	University of California, Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara Events Center	Santa Barbara	California
East	1&2	Virginia Tech	Cassell Coliseum	Blacksburg	Virginia
East	1&2	Fairfield University	Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard	Bridgeport	Connecticut
Mideast	1&2	University of Montana	Dahlberg Arena	Missoula	Montana
Mideast	1&2	Ohio State University	St. John Arena	Columbus	Ohio
Mideast	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina
Mideast	1&2	University of Minnesota	Williams Arena	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Midwest	1&2	University of New Mexico	The Pit (arena)	Albuquerque	New Mexico
Midwest	1&2	Arizona State University	Wells Fargo Arena	Tempe	Arizona
Midwest	1&2	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	McKenzie Arena	Chattanooga	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	Florida State University	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center	Tallahassee	Florida
West	1&2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
West	1&2	Louisiana State University	LSU Assembly Center (Pete Maravich Assembly Center)	Baton Rouge	Louisiana
West	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
West	1&2	Temple University	Liacouras Center	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania