2008 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament - Subregionals

Subregionals

Baton Rouge Bridgeport College Park Des Moines Norfolk Stanford West Lafayette 2008 NCAA subregionals

Once again, the system was the same as the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams received bids, and there was no play-in game. Automatic bids were secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids.

The subregionals, which once again used the "pod system", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, were held from March 22 to March 25 at these locations:

• The Pit, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Host: University of New Mexico)
• Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Host: Louisiana State University)
• Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Host: Fairfield University)
• Comcast Center, College Park, Maryland (Host: University of Maryland, College Park)
• Wells Fargo Arena at the Iowa Events Center, Des Moines, Iowa (Host: Iowa State University)
• Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion University)
• Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)
• Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana (Host: Purdue University)

This was the fourth and final year that eight sites hosted subregional games. The committee, in September 2007, voted to return to the 16-site format for the early rounds starting with the 2009 tournament.