2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - Locations

Locations

Knoxville Storrs College Park Minneapolis Chapel Hill Dallas Fresno 2005 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues Philadelphia Chattanooga Tempe Indianapolis 2005 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

So as to decrease the number of games played on a competing team's home court, the subregionals were held at eight locations, rather than 16, for the first time. Furthermore following the lead of the men's tournament in recent years, the 2005 women's tournament used the "pod system", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, and were held from March 19 to 22 at these locations:

• March 19 and 21:

Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin and Texas Tech University)

Save Mart Center, Fresno, California (Host: Fresno State University)

Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

• March 20 and 22:

Comcast Center, College Park, Maryland (Host: University of Maryland, College Park)

Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)

Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee)

The regionals were held from March 24 to 27 in the following regions. The regionals, for the first time, were named after the city they were played in instead of a direction (East, South, Midwest, West).

• March 26 and 28:

Chattanooga Regional, McKenzie Arena, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)

Tempe Regional, Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Arizona (Host: Arizona State University)

• March 27 and 29:

Kansas City Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: University of Missouri–Kansas City)

Philadelphia Regional, Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Host: Temple University)

The regional winners advanced to the Final Four, held on April 3 and 5, 2005 at the RCA Dome, in Indianapolis, Indiana, hosted by both Butler University and the Horizon League.