2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - Locations

Locations

Nashville University Park Norfolk Chicago Denver Tucson Trenton 2006 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues Bridgeport San Antonio Cleveland Boston 2006 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The tournament once again used the pod system, meaning that teams were more likely to play closer to home earlier in the tournament. The sites for the first two rounds were as follows:

• March 18 and 20:

Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois (Host: DePaul University)

Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Colorado at Boulder and Big 12 Conference)

McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)

Memorial Gymasium, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)

• March 19 and 21:

Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion University)

Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey (Host: Rider University and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)

Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania (Host: Pennsylvania State University)

Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana (Host: Purdue University)

The Regional sites for this year (named after the city, a practice that is in use for the second consecutive year) were:

• March 25 and 27

Albuquerque Regional: The Pit, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Host: University of New Mexico)

San Antonio Regional: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)

• March 26 and 28

Bridgeport Regional: Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Host: Fairfield University)

Cleveland Regional: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference)

The winners of the regionals advanced to the Final Four, held at TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts on April 2–4, 2006, hosted by Harvard University and Northeastern University.