GU to host NCAA women again in 2012

Gonzaga is one of 16 sites the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced for the first round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

The Bulldogs are hosting the 2011 tournament in March and have already sold more than 2,100 all-session packages. Washington State is the host for the 2011 West Regional at the Arena the following weekend.

The 2012 regionals are at Des Moines, Iowa; Fresno, Calif.; Kingston, R.I., and Raleigh, N.C.

First round sites are below.

“As a committee we are excited that in 2012 our championship will be hosted by institutions from 14 different conferences, with College Station, Little Rock and Kingston hosting for the first time,” Marilyn McNeil, vice president and director of athletics at Monmouth University and chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee, said in a NCAA release.  “Having this blend of sites is important to the committee as we continue to look for ways to grow our game.”

Site	Host(s)
Hilton Coliseum	Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Pete Maravich Assembly Center	Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Stroh Center	Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
Arena at Harbor Yard	Fairfield University
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Carmichael Arena	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Allstate Arena	DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
Comcast Center	University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, Maryland
Reed Arena	Texas A&M University, College Station
College Station, Texas
Jack Stephens Center	University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas
Memorial Gymnasium	Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Ted Constant Center	Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
Lloyd Noble Center	University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Joyce Center	University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
McCarthey Athletic Center	Gonzaga University
Spokane, Washington
Tucker Center	Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
Mackey Arena	Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana