June 30, 2003
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Arizona State University was selected as one of 16 hosts for the first and second rounds of the 2004 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship. Wells Fargo Arena on ASU's campus will serve as the site for the games in Tempe.
If the Sun Devils qualify for postseason play in the 2003-04 season, they are guaranteed the opportunity to play at home for the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament.
The Administrative Committee of the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet has approved the sites.
The first- and second-round sites for the 2004 championship, which will be held March 20 and 22 and March 21 and 23, are as follows:
Site Host The Pit/Bob King Court (15,983) University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New MexicoJames H. Hilton Coliseum (14,100) Iowa State University Ames, Iowa
Frank Erwin Center (16,079) University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas
Pete Maravich Assembly Center (13,340) Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Cassell Coliseum (10,052) Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, Virginia and State University
McKenzie Arena (12,000) University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga
St. John Arena (13,276) Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Duke University Durham, North Carolina
Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard (8,754) Fairfield University Fairfield, Connecticut
Williams Arena (14,625) University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Twin Cities
Adams Center/Dahlberg Arena (7,321) University of Montana Missoula, Montana
The Liacouras Center (10,206) Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Thunderdome (6,000) University of California, Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara
Joyce Center (11,418) University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana
Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center (11,682) Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida
Wells Fargo Arena (14,141) Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona