2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 19, 2011 and concluded on April 5, 2011. The Texas A&M Aggies won the championship, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76–70 in the final held at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.[1][2][3]

2011 NCAA Division I
Women's Basketball Tournament
Teams64
Finals siteConseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsTexas A&M Aggies (1st title)
Runner-upNotre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachGary Blair (1st title)
MOPDanielle Adams (Texas A&M)
NCAA Division I Women's Tournaments
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The tournament was also notable for a historic run by Gonzaga that ultimately ended in the final of the Spokane Region. With the help of two games on their home court and a regional held less than two miles away, the #11-seeded Bulldogs became the lowest seed ever to make a regional final in the history of the women's tournament.[4]

Subregionals
Albuquerque
Auburn
Charlottesville
Cincinnati
College Park
Columbus
Durham
Knoxville
Salt Lake City
Spokane
Bossier City
Palo Alto
Storrs
University Park
Waco
Wichita
2011 NCAA subregionals

The format is the same as the Men's Tournament, except that there are 64 teams; this in turn means there is no "First Four" round. Thirty-one automatic bids for conference champions and 33 at-large bids are available.

Subregionals were played from March 19 through March 22.

The following 16 sites were used for first and second-round games:[5]

Regionals and Final Four
Dayton
Spokane
Dallas
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
2011 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the city rather than the region of geographic importance since 2005, which were held from March 26 to March 29, were at these sites:[5]

NOTES: 1. Unless noted, all sites are on campus.
2. This marked the first time since the NCAA started pre-determining subregional sites that one city hosted both a sub-regional and regional final as Spokane served as a host city twice in the same tournament.

Regional winners advanced to the Final Four held April 3 and 5 at Conseco Fieldhouse (now Bankers Life Fieldhouse) in Indianapolis, hosted by Butler University and the Horizon League as per the NCAA's policy of hosting one of each of the men's and women's Final Four every five years in the home city of the NCAA offices.

Tournament records
  • Field goals—Maya Moore attempted 30 field goals in the semifinal against Notre Dame, the most ever attempted in a Final Four game.
  • Free throws—Texas A&M completed ten out of ten free throw attempts, tied for the highest percentage free throw shooting by a team in an NCAA Tournament game (minimum-nine attempts).
  • Free throws—Marquette completed zero free throws in a game against Texas, tied for the fewest free throws completed in an NCAA Tournament game.
  • Field goals—Nicole Griffin, Oklahoma, hit 15 of 19 Field goal attempts, the highest field goal completion percentage for an individual in an NCAA Tournament.[6]

Qualifying teams – automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2011 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA tournament.[6] Tennessee continues its record of being present at every NCAA Tournament since the NCAA began sanctioning women's sports in the 1981–82 school year.

Automatic Bids
    Record  
Qualifying School Conference Regular
Season		 Conference Seed
Arkansas–Little Rock Sun Belt 23–7 14–2 12
Baylor Big 12 31–2 15–1 1
Bowling Green MAC 28–4 13–3 12
UC Davis Big West 24–8 10–6 16
UCF C-USA 22–10 12–4 13
Connecticut Big East 32–1 16–0 1
Duke ACC 29–3 12–2 2
Fresno State WAC 25–7 14–2 12
Gardner–Webb Big South 23–10 11–5 14
Gonzaga West Coast 28–4 14–0 11
Green Bay Horizon 32–1 18–0 5
Hampton MEAC 26–6 15–1 13
Hartford America East 17–15 11–5 16
James Madison Colonial 26–7 16–2 11
Marist MAAC 30–2 18–0 10
McNeese State Southland 26–6 15–1 15
Montana Big Sky 18–14 10–6 14
Navy Patriot 20–11 10–4 14
Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 27–5 17–1 13
Ohio State Big Ten 22–9 10–6 4
Prairie View A&M SWAC 21–11 14–4 16
Princeton Ivy 24–4 13–1 12
Saint Francis (PA) Northeast 22–11 14–4 13
Samford Southern 25–7 15–5 14
South Dakota State Summit 19–13 12–6 15
Stanford Pac-10 29–2 18–0 1
Stetson Atlantic Sun 20–12 14–7 16
Tennessee SEC 31–2 16–0 1
Tennessee–Martin Ohio Valley 21–10 14–4 15
Utah Mountain West 18–16 7–9 15
Xavier Atlantic 10 28–2 14–0 2

Qualifying teams – at-large

Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.[6]

At-large Bids
    Record  
Qualifying School Conference Regular
Season		 Conference Seed
Arizona State Pac-10 20–10 11–7 7
Dayton Atlantic 10 21–11 9–5 11
DePaul Big East 27–6 13–3 3
Florida State ACC 23–7 11–3 3
Georgetown Big East 23–8 9–7 5
Georgia SEC 21–10 10–6 6
Georgia Tech ACC 23–10 9–5 5
Houston C-USA 26–5 16–0 8
Iowa Big Ten 22–8 10–6 6
Iowa State Big 12 22–10 9–7 7
Kansas State Big 12 21–10 10–6 8
Kentucky SEC 24–8 11–5 4
Louisiana Tech WAC 24–7 15–1 10
Louisville Big East 20–12 10–6 7
Marquette Big East 23–8 10–6 8
Maryland ACC 23–7 9–5 4
Miami ACC 27–4 12–2 3
Michigan State Big Ten 26–5 13–3 4
Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 23–7 14–2 11
North Carolina ACC 25–8 8–6 5
Notre Dame Big East 26–7 13–3 2
Oklahoma Big 12 21–11 10–6 6
Penn State Big Ten 24–9 11–5 6
Purdue Big Ten 20–11 9–7 9
Rutgers Big East 19–12 11–5 7
St. John's Big East 21–10 9–7 9
Temple Atlantic 10 23–8 13–1 10
Texas Big 12 19–13 7–9 9
Texas A&M Big 12 27–5 13–3 2
Texas Tech Big 12 22–10 8–8 8
UCLA Pac-10 27–4 16–2 3
Vanderbilt SEC 20–11 10–6 10
West Virginia Big East 23–9 8–8 9

Tournament seeds
Philadelphia Regional Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Connecticut Big East 32–1 Automatic
2 Duke ACC 29–3 Automatic
3 DePaul Big East 27–6 At-large
4 Maryland ACC 23–7 At-large
5 Georgetown Big East 23–8 At-large
6 Penn State Big Ten 24–9 At-large
7 Iowa State Big 12 22–10 At-large
8 Kansas State Big 12 21–10 At-large
9 Purdue Big Ten 20–11 At-large
10 Marist MAAC 30–2 Automatic
11 Dayton Atlantic 10 21–11 At-large
12 Princeton Ivy 24–4 Automatic
13 Saint Francis (PA) Northeast 22–11 Automatic
14 Navy Patriot 20–11 Automatic
15 Tennessee-Martin Ohio Valley 21–10 Automatic
16 Hartford America East 17–15 Automatic
Dayton Regional University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Tennessee SEC 31–2 Automatic
2 Notre Dame Big East 26–7 At-large
3 Miami (FL) ACC 27–4 At-large
4 Ohio State Big Ten 22–9 Automatic
5 Georgia Tech ACC 23–10 At-large
6 Oklahoma Big 12 21–11 At-large
7 Arizona State Pac-10 20–10 At-large
8 Marquette Big East 23–8 At-large
9 Texas Big 12 19–13 At-large
10 Temple Atlantic 10 23–8 At-large
11 James Madison CAA 26–7 Automatic
12 Bowling Green MAC 28–4 Automatic
13 UCF Conference USA 22–10 Automatic
14 Gardner-Webb Big South 23–10 Automatic
15 Utah Mountain West 18–16 Automatic
16 Stetson Atlantic Sun 20–12 Automatic
Spokane Regional Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Stanford Pac-10 29–2 Automatic
2 Xavier Atlantic 10 28–2 Automatic
3 UCLA Pac-10 27–4 At-large
4 Kentucky SEC 24–8 At-large
5 North Carolina ACC 25–8 At-large
6 Iowa Big Ten 22–8 At-large
7 Louisville Big East 20–12 At-large
8 Texas Tech Big 12 22–10 At-large
9 St. John's Big East 21–10 At-large
10 Vanderbilt SEC 20–11 At-large
11 Gonzaga West Coast 28–4 Automatic
12 Fresno State WAC 25–7 Automatic
13 Hampton MEAC 26–6 Automatic
14 Montana Big Sky 18–14 Automatic
15 South Dakota State Summit 19–13 Automatic
16 UC Davis Big West 24–8 Automatic
Dallas Regional American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Baylor Big 12 31–2 Automatic
2 Texas A&M Big 12 27–5 At-large
3 Florida State ACC 23–7 At-large
4 Michigan State Big Ten 26–5 At-large
5 Green Bay Horizon 32–1 Automatic
6 Georgia SEC 21–10 At-large
7 Rutgers Big East 19–12 At-large
8 Houston Conference USA 26–5 At-large
9 West Virginia Big East 23–9 At-large
10 Louisiana Tech WAC 24–7 At-large
11 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 23–7 At-large
12 Arkansas-Little Rock Sun Belt 23–7 Automatic
13 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley 27–5 Automatic
14 Samford Southern 25–7 Automatic
15 McNeese State Southland 26–6 Automatic
16 Prairie View A&M SWAC 21–11 Automatic

Bids by conference

Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.[6]

Bids Conference Teams
9 Big East Connecticut, DePaul, Georgetown, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Rutgers, St. John's, West Virginia
7 Big 12 Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
6 ACC Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina
5 Big Ten Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State, Penn State, Purdue
4 SEC Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, Vanderbilt
3 Atlantic 10 Xavier, Dayton, Temple
3 Pac-10 Stanford, Arizona State, UCLA
2 C-USA UCF, Houston
2 Sun Belt Arkansas–Little Rock, Middle Tennessee
2 WAC Fresno State, Louisiana Tech
1 America East Hartford
1 Atlantic Sun Stetson
1 Big Sky Montana
1 Big South Gardner-Webb
1 Big West UC Davis
1 Colonial James Madison
1 Horizon Green Bay
1 Ivy Princeton
1 MAAC Marist
1 MAC Bowling Green
1 MEAC Hampton
1 Missouri Valley Northern Iowa
1 Mountain West Utah
1 Northeast Saint Francis (PA)
1 Ohio Valley Tennessee–Martin
1 Patriot Navy
1 Southern Samford
1 Southland McNeese State
1 Summit South Dakota State
1 SWAC Prairie View
1 West Coast Gonzaga

Bids by state

The sixty-four teams came from thirty states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas had the most teams with six bids. Twenty states did not have any teams receiving bids.[6]

NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 2011
Bids State Teams
6 Texas Baylor, Prairie View, Houston, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech
4 California Fresno State, Stanford, UC Davis, UCLA
4 Florida Stetson, UCF, Florida State, Miami
4 Ohio Bowling Green, Ohio State, Xavier, Dayton
4 Tennessee Tennessee, Tennessee–Martin, Middle Tennessee, Vanderbilt
3 Iowa Northern Iowa, Iowa, Iowa State
3 Pennsylvania Penn State, Saint Francis (PA), Temple
3 North Carolina Duke, Gardner-Webb, North Carolina
2 Connecticut Connecticut, Hartford
2 Georgia Georgia, Georgia Tech
2 Indiana Notre Dame, Purdue
2 Kentucky Kentucky, Louisville
2 Louisiana McNeese State, Louisiana Tech
2 Maryland Navy, Maryland
2 New Jersey Princeton, Rutgers
2 New York Marist, St. John's
2 Virginia Hampton, James Madison
2 Wisconsin Green Bay, Marquette
1 Alabama Samford
1 Arizona Arizona State
1 Arkansas Arkansas–Little Rock
1 District of Columbia Georgetown
1 Illinois DePaul
1 Kansas Kansas State
1 Michigan Michigan State
1 Montana Montana
1 Oklahoma Oklahoma
1 South Dakota South Dakota State
1 Utah Utah
1 Washington Gonzaga
1 West Virginia West Virginia

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)[7]

Philadelphia Region
First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 21–22 		Regional Semifinals
March 27 		Regional Finals
March 29
            
1 Connecticut 75
16 Hartford 39
1 Connecticut 64
Storrs, CT
9 Purdue 40
8 Kansas State 45
9 Purdue 53
1 Connecticut 68
5 Georgetown 63
5 Georgetown 65
12 Princeton 49
5 Georgetown 79
College Park, MD
4 Maryland 57
4 Maryland 70
13 Saint Francis (PA) 48
1 Connecticut 75
2 Duke 40
6 Penn State 75
11 Dayton 66
6 Penn State 73
University Park, PA
3 DePaul 75
3 DePaul 56
14 Navy 43
3 DePaul 63
2 Duke 70
7 Iowa State 64
10 Marist 74
10 Marist 66
Durham, NC
2 Duke 71
2 Duke 90
15 Tennessee–Martin 45

Dayton Region
First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 21–22 		Regional Semifinals
March 26 		Regional Finals
March 28
            
1 Tennessee 99
16 Stetson 34
1 Tennessee 79
Knoxville, TN
8 Marquette 70
8 Marquette 68
9 Texas 65
1 Tennessee 85
4 Ohio State 75
5 Georgia Tech 69
12 Bowling Green 58
5 Georgia Tech 60
Columbus, OH
4 Ohio State 67
4 Ohio State 80
13 UCF 69
1 Tennessee 59
2 Notre Dame 73
6 Oklahoma 86
11 James Madison 72
6 Oklahoma 88
Charlottesville, VA
3 Miami 83
3 Miami 80
14 Gardner–Webb 62
6 Oklahoma 53
2 Notre Dame 78
7 Arizona State 45
10 Temple 63
10 Temple 64
Salt Lake City, UT
2 Notre Dame 77
2 Notre Dame 67
15 Utah 54

Spokane Region
First round
March 19–20 		Second round
March 21–22 		Regional Semifinals
March 26 		Regional Finals
March 28
            
1 Stanford 86
16 UC Davis 59
1 Stanford 75
Stanford, CA
9 St. John's 49
8 Texas Tech 50
9 St. John's 55
1 Stanford 72
5 North Carolina 65
5 North Carolina 82
12 Fresno State 68
5 North Carolina 86
Albuquerque, NM
4 Kentucky 74
4 Kentucky 66*
13 Hampton 62
1 Stanford 83
11 Gonzaga 60
6 Iowa 86
11 Gonzaga 92
11 Gonzaga 89
Spokane, WA
3 UCLA 75
3 UCLA 55
14 Montana 47
11 Gonzaga 76
7 Louisville 69
7 Louisville 81
10 Vanderbilt 62
7 Louisville 85
Cincinnati, OH
2 Xavier 75
2 Xavier 72
15 South Dakota State 56

Dallas Region
First round
March 20 		Second round
March 22 		Regional Semifinals
March 27 		Regional Finals
March 29
            
1 Baylor 66
16 Prairie View A&M 30
1 Baylor 82
Waco, TX
9 West Virginia 68
8 Houston 73
9 West Virginia 78

1 Baylor 86
5 Green Bay 76
5 Green Bay 59
12 Arkansas–Little Rock 55
5 Green Bay 65
Wichita, KS
4 Michigan State 56
4 Michigan State 69
13 Northern Iowa 66
1 Baylor 46
2 Texas A&M 58
6 Georgia 56
11 Middle Tennessee 41
6 Georgia 61
Auburn, AL
3 Florida State 59
3 Florida State 76
14 Samford 46
6 Georgia 38
2 Texas A&M 79
7 Rutgers 76
10 Louisiana Tech 51
7 Rutgers 48
Bossier City, LA
2 Texas A&M 70
2 Texas A&M 87
15 McNeese State 47

Final Four – Indianapolis, Indiana
National Semifinals
April 3 		National Championship Game
April 5
      
P1 Connecticut 63
DT2 Notre Dame 72
DT2 Notre Dame 70
DL2 Texas A&M 76
S1 Stanford 62
DL2 Texas A&M 63

Record by conference
Conference # of Bids Record Win % Round
of 32		 Sweet
Sixteen		 Elite
Eight		 Final
Four		 Championship
Game
Big East 9 19–9 .679 9 5 2 2 1
Big 12 7 11–6 .647 3 3 2 1 1
ACC 6 9–6 .600 6 2 1 – –
Big Ten 5 5–5 .500 4 1 – – –
SEC 4 6–4 .600 3 2 1 – –
Pac-10 3 5–3 .625 2 1 1 1 –
Atlantic 10 3 2–3 .400 2 – – – –
Conference USA 2 0–2 .000 – – – – –
Sun Belt 2 0–2 .000 – – – – –
WAC 2 0–2 .000 – – – – –
Horizon 1 2–1 .500 1 1 – – –
West Coast 1 3–1 .750 1 1 1 – –
MAAC 1 1–1 .500 1 – – – –

Eighteen conferences went 0–1: the America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Ivy League, MEAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC and the Summit

All-Tournament Team

Game officials
  • Lisa Jones (Semi-Final)
  • Felicia Grinter (Semi-Final)
  • Denise Brooks (Semi-Final)
  • Lisa Mattingly (Semi-Final)
  • Cameron Inouye (Semi-Final)
  • Susan Blauch (Semi-Final)
  • Dee Kantner (Final)
  • Tina Napier (Final)
  • Michael Price (Final)[6]

Media coverage

Television

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament. For the first and second round, ESPN aired select games nationally on ESPN or ESPNU. All other games were aired regionally on ESPN2 and streamed online via ESPN3. Most of the nation got whip-a-round coverage during this time, which allowed ESPN to rotate between the games and focus the nation on the one that was the closest. The regional semifinals were split between ESPN and ESPN2, and ESPN aired the regional finals, national semifinals, and championship match.[8]

Studio host & analysts

Commentary teams

See also

References
  1. Voepel, Mechelle (April 5, 2011). "Adams, White lead Texas A&M to title". ESPN. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  2. Kinkhabwala, Aditi (April 6, 2011). "Texas A&M Wins Women's Basketball Title". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  3. Lopresti, Mike (April 6, 2011). "As Texas A&M wins first title, fight for parity continues". USA Today. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  4. Associated Press (March 26, 2011). "Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga hold off Louisville to earn Elite 8 trip". ESPN. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  5. "First, Second round Sites For 2011 Tourney Announced". Retrieved October 30, 2009.
  6. Nixon, Rick. "Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  7. Women's Basketball Bracket Archived July 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, NCAA, March 19, 2011
  8. Margolis, Rachel (March 14, 2011). "ESPN Networks to Air All 63 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Games". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
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