2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

2016 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

2016 Women's Final Four logo
Season 2015–16
Teams 64
Finals site Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments
«2015 2017»

The 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament will be played between March and April 2016, with the Final Four played April 3 & 5. The regional locations will be four neutral sites: Bridgeport, Connecticut, Dallas, Lexington, Kentucky, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[1] The Final Four will be played at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.[2] This was the third time that Indianapolis will host a Women's Final Four Basketball tournament; the prior times were in 2005 and 2011.

This will be the last Women's Final Four to be played on the current Sunday/Tuesday schedule. Starting in 2017, the Final Four will change to a Friday/Sunday schedule.[3]

2016 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

The first two rounds, also referred to as the subregionals will be played at the sites of the top 16 seeds, as was done in 2015.


Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

Bridgeport
Dallas
Lexington
Sioux Falls
Indianapolis
2016 NCAA Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red) (Hover over city to see link to arena)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)

See also


References

  1. 1 2 "2016-18 regional hosts". NCAA. Retrieved 20 Jun 2015.
  2. ↑ "2106 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship". NCAA. Retrieved 20 Jun 2015.
  3. ↑ "DI Cabinet shifts dates of women’s basketball tournament" (Press release). NCAA. February 13, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "NCAA® unveils 2016 Women’s Final Four® logo in Indianapolis". NCAA. June 20, 2015. Retrieved 20 Jun 2015.

External links

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