July 1, 2002

INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee selected McArthur Court on Monday as one of 16 first- and second-round sites for the 2003 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.

The committee forwarded the sites to the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet, which approved them at its recent meeting in Indianapolis. The games will be played on March 22 and 24 and March 23 and 25.

Previously, the NCAA Tournament's first- and second-round sites were generally granted to the top 16 seeds in the field of 64. Oregon and Stanford are the only West Coast schools to host the first two rounds.

2003 NCAA Women's Basketball First/Second Round Sites

Site	                            Host
Bramlage Coliseum (13,340)	    Kansas State
Manhattan, Kansas
Bryce Jordan Center (15,261)	    Penn State
University Park, Pennsylvania
Constant Convocation Center (8,600) Old Dominion
Norfolk, Virginia
Coors Events Center (11,076)	    Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,027)   Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
Lloyd Noble Center (11,800)	    Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Mackey Arena (14,123)	            Purdue
West Lafayette, Indiana
Maples Pavilion (7,391)	            Stanford
Stanford, California
McArthur Court (9,087)	            Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Reynolds Coliseum (10,000)	    North Carolina State
Raleigh, North Carolina
Shoemaker Center (13,176)	    Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Stegeman Coliseum (10,075)	    Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Thomas Assembly Center (7,565)	    Louisiana Tech
Ruston, Louisiana
Thompson-Boling Arena (25,000)	    Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
United Spirit Arena (15,000)	    Texas Tech
Lubbock, Texas
University Arena (16,596)	    New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

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