2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

2018 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
Season	2017–18
Teams	64
Finals site	Nationwide Arena; Columbus, Ohio
Champions	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title, 6th title game,; 8th Final Four)
Runner-up	Mississippi State Bulldogs (2nd title game,; 2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists	UConn Huskies (19th Final Four); Louisville Cardinals (3rd Final Four);
Winning coach	Muffet McGraw (2nd title)
MOP	Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2017	2019»

The 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 16, 2018, and concluded with the national championship game on Sunday, April 1. The Final Four was played at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.^[1] This is the third time that the women's Final Four was played in Ohio after previously being held in Cincinnati in 1997 and Cleveland in 2007 and the first time that the women's Final Four was played in Columbus.^[2] For only the fourth time in the tournament’s 37-year history, all four of the number one seeds made it to the Final Four (1989, 2012, 2015).

Tennessee continued its record streak of making every NCAA women's basketball tournament at 37 consecutive appearances. Connecticut also continued its record streak of 11 consecutive Final Four appearances.

Tournament procedure edit

Pending any changes to the format, a total of 64 teams will enter the 2016 tournament. 32 automatic bids shall be awarded to each program that wins their conference's tournament. The remaining 36 bids are "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The tournament is split into four regional tournaments, and each regional has teams seeded from 1 to 16, with the committee ostensibly making every region as comparable to the others as possible.^{[citation needed]} The top-seeded team in each region plays the #16 team, the #2 team plays the #15, etc. (meaning where the two seeds add up to 17, that team will be assigned to play another).

The basis for the subregionals returned to the approach used between 1982 and 2002; the top sixteen teams, as chosen in the bracket selection process, hosted the first two rounds on campus.

The selection committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 64.

2018 NCAA tournament schedule and venues edit

The first two rounds, also referred to as the subregionals, were played at the sites of the top 16 seeds, as was done in 2016 and 2017. The following are the sites selected to host the last four rounds of the 2018 tournament.^[3]^[4]^[5]

First and Second rounds (Subregionals)

March 16–18
- KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky (Host: University of Louisville)
- Thompson–Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee)
- Reed Arena, College Station, Texas (Host: Texas A&M University)
- Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)
- Edmund P. Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
- Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina (Host: University of South Carolina)
- Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon (Host: University of Oregon)
- Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas (Host: Baylor University)
March 17–19
- Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
- Stegeman Coliseum, Athens, Georgia (Host: University of Georgia)
- St. John Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University)
- Donald L. Tucker Civic Center, Tallahassee, Florida (Host: Florida State University)
- Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi (Host: Mississippi State University)
- Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)
- Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (Host: University of California, Los Angeles)
- Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

Albany

Kansas City

Lexington

Spokane

Columbus

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2018 NCAA regionals and Final Four

March 23–25
- Kansas City regional, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 12)
- Lexington regional, Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)
March 24–26
- Albany regional, Times Union Center, Albany, New York (Hosts: MAAC)
- Spokane regional, Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: University of Idaho)

National semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)

March 30 and April 1
- Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University)^[2]^[1]

Subregionals tournament and automatic qualifiers edit

Selections for the 2018 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship were announced at 7 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, March 12 via ESPN.

The basis for the subregionals returned to the approach used between 1982 and 2002; the top sixteen teams, as chosen in the bracket selection process, hosted the first two rounds on campus.

A total of 64 teams entered the 2018 tournament. 32 automatic bids teams were given to teams that won their conference tournament. The remaining 32 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

The selection committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 64.

Automatic qualifiers edit

The following teams automatically qualified for the 2018 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament.

Conference	Team	Record	Appearance	Last bid
ACC	Louisville	32–2	21st	2017
America East	Maine	23–9	8th	2004
American	Connecticut	32–0	30th	2017
Atlantic 10	George Washington	19–13	18th	2016
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast	30–4	5th	2017
Big 12	Baylor	31–1	17th	2017
Big East	DePaul	26–7	23rd	2017
Big Sky	Northern Colorado	26–6	1st	Never
Big South	Liberty	24–9	17th	2013
Big Ten	Ohio State	27–6	25th	2017
Big West	Cal State Northridge	19–15	4th	2015
Colonial	Elon	25–7	2nd	2017
C-USA	Western Kentucky	24–8	20th	2017
Horizon	Green Bay	29–3	18th	2017
Ivy League	Princeton	24–5	7th	2016
MAAC	Quinnipiac	27–5	4th	2017
Mid-American	Central Michigan	28–4	4th	2013
MEAC	North Carolina A&T	23–8	4th	2016
Missouri Valley	Drake	26–7	12th	2017
Mountain West	Boise State	23–9	5th	2017
Northeast	Saint Francis (PA)	24–9	12th	2011
Ohio Valley	Belmont	31–3	4th	2017
Pac-12	Oregon	30–4	14th	2017
Patriot	American	26–6	2nd	2015
SEC	South Carolina	26–6	15th	2017
Southern	Mercer	30–2	1st	Never
Southland	Nicholls State	19–13	1st	Never
SWAC	Grambling State	19–13	6th	1999
Summit	South Dakota State	26–6	8th	2016
Sun Belt	Little Rock	23–9	5th	2015
West Coast	Gonzaga	27–5	10th	2017
WAC	Seattle	18–14	1st	Never

Tournament seeds edit

Albany regional – Times Union Center,
Albany, New York
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI^[6]	Berth type
1	Connecticut	American	32–0	1	Automatic
2	South Carolina	SEC	26–6	11	Automatic
3	Florida State	ACC	25–6	8	At-large
4	Georgia	SEC	25–6	26	At-Large
5	Duke	ACC	22–8	19	At-Large
6	South Florida	American	26–7	14	At-Large
7	California	Pac-12	21–10	43	At-Large
8	Miami (FL)	ACC	21–10	53	At-Large
9	Quinnipiac	MAAC	27–5	37	Automatic
10	Virginia	ACC	18–13	33	At-Large
11	Buffalo	Mid-American	27–5	22	At-Large
12	Belmont	Ohio Valley	31–3	57	Automatic
13	Mercer	Southern	30–2	48	Automatic
14	Little Rock	Sun Belt	23–9	88	Automatic
15	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	23–8	154	Automatic
16	Saint Francis (PA)	Northeast	24–9	99	Automatic

Kansas City regional – Sprint Center,
Kansas City, Missouri
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI	Berth type
1	Mississippi State	SEC	32–1	5	At-Large
2	Texas	Big 12	26–6	12	At-Large
3	UCLA	Pac-12	24–7	10	At-Large
4	NC State	ACC	24–8	17	At-Large
5	Maryland	Big Ten	25–7	18	At-Large
6	Iowa	Big Ten	24–7	21	At-Large
7	Arizona State	Pac-12	21–12	55	At-Large
8	Syracuse	ACC	22–8	38	At-Large
9	Oklahoma State	Big 12	20–10	58	At-Large
10	Nebraska	Big Ten	21–10	60	At-Large
11	Creighton	Big East	18–12	49	At-Large
12	Princeton	Ivy League	24–5	27	Automatic
13	Elon	Colonial	25–7	31	Automatic
14	American	Patriot	26–6	46	Automatic
15	Maine	America East	23–9	70	Automatic
16	Nicholls State	Southland	19–13	189	Automatic

Lexington regional – Rupp Arena,
Lexington, Kentucky
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI	Berth type
1	Louisville	ACC	32–2	3	Automatic
2	Baylor	Big 12	31–1	4	Automatic
3	Tennessee	SEC	24–7	9	At-Large
4	Stanford	Pac-12	22–10	13	At-Large
5	Missouri	SEC	24–7	24	At-Large
6	Oregon State	Pac-12	23–7	42	At-Large
7	Michigan	Big Ten	22–9	39	At-Large
8	Marquette	Big East	23–9	25	At-Large
9	Dayton	Atlantic 10	23–6	36	At-Large
10	Northern Colorado	Big Sky	26–6	32	Automatic
11	Western Kentucky	C-USA	24–8	50	Automatic
12	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	30–4	47	Automatic
13	Gonzaga	West Coast	27–5	34	Automatic
14	Liberty	Big South	24–9	82	Automatic
15	Grambling State	SWAC	19–13	210	Automatic
16	Boise State	Mountain West	23–9	111	Automatic

Spokane regional – Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena,
Spokane, Washington
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI	Berth type
1	Notre Dame	ACC	29–3	2	At-Large
2	Oregon	Pac-12	30–4	7	Automatic
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	27–6	6	Automatic
4	Texas A&M	SEC	24–9	16	At-Large
5	DePaul	Big East	26–7	20	Automatic
6	LSU	SEC	19–9	29	At-Large
7	Green Bay	Horizon	29–3	23	Automatic
8	South Dakota State	Summit	26–6	28	Automatic
9	Villanova	Big East	22–8	30	At-Large
10	Minnesota	Big Ten	23–8	41	At-Large
11	Central Michigan	Mid-American	28–4	15	Automatic
12	Oklahoma	Big 12	16–14	35	At-Large
13	Drake	Missouri Valley	26–7	63	Automatic
14	George Washington	Atlantic 10	19–13	77	Automatic
15	Seattle	WAC	18–14	196	Automatic
16	Cal State Northridge	Big West	19–15	178	Automatic

Tournament records edit

Mississippi State's Teaira McCowan recorded 109 rebounds, setting the record for the most rebounds in a tournament.^[7]
Texas hit 103 of 178 field-goal attempts, hitting 57.9% of the attempts, setting a record for the highest field-goal percentage in a tournament.^[7]

Bracket edit

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period

Albany Regional – Albany, New York edit

First Round Round Of 64 March 16–17			Second Round Round Of 32 March 18–19			Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 24			Regional Final Elite 8 March 26

1	UConn	140

16	St. Francis (PA)	52
			1	UConn	71
Storrs, Connecticut (Sat/Mon)
			9	Quinnipiac	46
8	Miami (FL)	72

9	Quinnipiac	86
						1	UConn	72

						5	Duke	59
5	Duke	72

12	Belmont	58
			5	Duke	66
Athens, Georgia (Sat/Mon)
			4	Georgia	40
4	Georgia	68

13	Mercer	63
									1	UConn	94

									2	South Carolina	65
6	South Florida	79

11	Buffalo	102
			11	Buffalo	86
Tallahassee, Florida (Sat/Mon)
			3	Florida State	65
3	Florida State	91

14	Little Rock	49
						11	Buffalo	63

						2	South Carolina	79
7	California	62

10	Virginia	68
			10	Virginia	56
Columbia, South Carolina (Fri/Sun)
			2	South Carolina	66
2	South Carolina	63

15	North Carolina A&T	52

Albany Regional Final edit

ESPN

Monday, March 26
7:00 pm

Box Score

#1 Connecticut Huskies 94, #2 South Carolina Gamecocks 65
Scoring by quarter: 30–12, 24–21, 22–14, 18–18
Pts: G. Williams 23 Rebs: N. Collier 7 Asts: K. Samuelson 7		Pts: A. Wilson 27 Rebs: A. Wilson 8 Asts: D. Cliney/T. Harris/B. Jackson/A. Jennings 2

Times Union Center – Albany, New York
Attendance: 9,522
Referees: Eric Brewton, Roy Gulbeyan, Brenda Pantoja

Albany Regional all tournament team edit

Gabby Williams, UConn (MOP)
Cierra Dillard, Buffalo
A'ja Wilson, South Carolina
Crystal Dangerfield, UConn
Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn^[8]

Kansas City Regional – Kansas City, Missouri edit

First Round Round Of 64 March 16–17			Second Round Round Of 32 March 18–19			Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 23			Regional Final Elite 8 March 25

1	Mississippi State	95

16	Nicholls State	50
			1	Mississippi State	71
Starkville, Mississippi (Sat/Mon)
			9	Oklahoma State	56
8	Syracuse	57

9	Oklahoma State	84
						1	Mississippi State	71

						4	NC State	57
5	Maryland	77

12	Princeton	57
			5	Maryland	60
Raleigh, North Carolina (Fri/Sun)
			4	NC State	74
4	NC State	62

13	Elon	35
									1	Mississippi State	89

									3	UCLA	73
6	Iowa	70

11	Creighton	76
			11	Creighton	64
Los Angeles, California (Sat/Mon)
			3	UCLA	86
3	UCLA	71

14	American	60
						3	UCLA	84

						2	Texas	75
7	Arizona State	73

10	Nebraska	62
			7	Arizona State	65
Austin, Texas (Sat/Mon)
			2	Texas	85
2	Texas	83

15	Maine	54

Kansas City Regional final edit

ESPN

Sunday, March 25
7:30 pm

Box Score

#1 Mississippi State Bulldogs 89, #3 UCLA Bruins 73
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 19–9, 21–24, 26–23
Pts: V. Vivians 24 Rebs: T. McCowan 21 Asts: R. Johnson/M. William 5		Pts: J. Canada 23 Rebs: J. Canada 8 Asts: J. Canada 5

Sprint Center – Kansas City, MO
Attendance: 4,089
Referees: Tina Napier, Charles Gonzalez, Susan Blauch

Kansas City Regional all tournament team edit

Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State (Co-MOP)^[9]
Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State (Co-MOP)^[9]
Kiara Leslie, NC State^[9]
Jordin Canada, UCLA^[9]
Monique Billings, UCLA^[9]

Lexington Regional – Lexington, Kentucky edit

First Round Round Of 64 March 16–17			Second Round Round Of 32 March 18–19			Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 23			Regional Final Elite 8 March 25

1	Louisville	74

16	Boise State	42
			1	Louisville	90
Louisville, Kentucky (Fri/Sun)
			8	Marquette	72
8	Marquette	84

9	Dayton	65
						1	Louisville	86

						4	Stanford	59
5	Missouri	70

12	Florida Gulf Coast	80
			12	Florida Gulf Coast	70
Stanford, California (Sat/Mon)
			4	Stanford	90
4	Stanford	82

13	Gonzaga	68
									1	Louisville	76

									6	Oregon State	43
6	Oregon State	82

11	Western Kentucky	58
			6	Oregon State	66
Knoxville, Tennessee (Fri/Sun)
			3	Tennessee	59
3	Tennessee	100

14	Liberty	60
						6	Oregon State	72

						2	Baylor	67
7	Michigan	75

10	Northern Colorado	61
			7	Michigan	58
Waco, Texas (Fri/Sun)
			2	Baylor	80
2	Baylor	96

15	Grambling State	46

Lexington Regional Final edit

ESPN

Sunday, March 25
12:00 pm

Summary

#1 Louisville Cardinals 76, #6 Oregon State Beavers 43
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 17–16, 28–12, 17–7
Pts: A. Durr 18 Rebs: J. Jones 6 Asts: K. McWilliams		Pts: M. Gülich 14 Rebs: M. Gülich 8 Asts: D. Evans 5

Rupp Arena – Lexington, KY
Attendance: 6,268
Referees: Dee Kantner, Jesse Dickerson, Michol Murray

Lexington Regional all tournament team edit

Asia Durr, Louisville (MOP)
Myisha Hines-Allen, Louisville
Arica Carter, Louisville
Sam Fuehring, Louisville
Marie Gülich, Oregon State^[10]

Spokane Regional – Spokane, Washington edit

First Round Round Of 64 March 16–17			Second Round Round Of 32 March 18–19			Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 24			Regional Final Elite 8 March 26

1	Notre Dame	99

16	Cal State Northridge	81
			1	Notre Dame	98
Notre Dame, Indiana (Fri/Sun)
			9	Villanova	72
8	South Dakota State	74

9	Villanova	81*
						1	Notre Dame	90

						4	Texas A&M	84
5	DePaul	90

12	Oklahoma	79
			5	DePaul	79
College Station, Texas (Fri/Sun)
			4	Texas A&M	80
4	Texas A&M	89

13	Drake	76
									1	Notre Dame	84

									2	Oregon	74
6	LSU	69

11	Central Michigan	78
			11	Central Michigan	95
Columbus, Ohio (Sat/Mon)
			3	Ohio State	78
3	Ohio State	87

14	George Washington	45
						11	Central Michigan	68

						2	Oregon	83
7	Green Bay	77

10	Minnesota	89
			10	Minnesota	73
Eugene, Oregon (Fri/Sun)
			2	Oregon	101
2	Oregon	88

15	Seattle	45

Spokane Regional Final edit

ESPN

Monday, March 26
9:00 pm

Summary

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 84, #2 Oregon Ducks 74
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 18–25, 21–9, 23–19
Pts: K. Westbeld 20 Rebs: J. Young 13 Asts: M. Mabrey 7		Pts: S. Ionescu 26 Rebs: R. Hebard 10 Asts: S. Ionescu 4

Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena – Spokane, WA
Attendance: 5,226
Referees: Lisa Mattingly, Penny Davis, Kevin Pethtel

Spokane Regional all tournament team edit

Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame (MOP)^[11]
Marina Mabrey, Notre Dame^[11]
Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M^[12]
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon^[12]
Ruthy Hebard, Oregon^[12]

Final Four edit

During the Final Four round, regardless of the seeds of the participating teams, the champion of the top overall top seed's region (Connecticut's Albany Region) plays against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region (Notre Dame's Spokane Region), and the champion of the second overall top seed's region (Mississippi State's Kansas City Region) plays against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region (Louisville's Lexington Region).

Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio edit

National Semifinals Final Four March 30			National Championship Game April 1

A1	UConn	89

S1	Notre Dame	91*
			S1	Notre Dame	61

			KC1	Mississippi State	58
KC1	Mississippi State	73*

L1	Louisville	63

* – Denotes overtime period

Final Four edit

ESPN2

Friday, March 30
7:00 pm

Report

#1 Mississippi State Bulldogs 73, #1 Louisville Cardinals 63 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 18–19, 15–18, 13–11, Overtime: 14–4
Pts: Vivians – 25 Rebs: McCowan – 25 Asts: William – 4		Pts: Durr – 18 Rebs: Jones – 9 Asts: Carter – 3

Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
Attendance: 19,564
Referees: Lisa Mattingly, Penny Davis, Denise Brooks

ESPN2

Friday, March 30
9:52 pm

Report

#1 Connecticut Huskies 89, #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 91 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 27–10, 19–23, 19–22, Overtime: 10–12
Pts: Collier – 24 Rebs: Williams – 10 Asts: Williams – 7		Pts: Young – 32 Rebs: Shepard, Young – 11 Asts: Shepard, Westbeld – 5

Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
Attendance: 19,564
Referees: Lisa Jones, Michael McConnell, Karen Preato

National Championship edit

ESPN

Sunday, April 1
12:00 pm

Report

#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 61, #1 Mississippi State Bulldogs 58
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 3–13, 24–11, 20–17
Pts: J. Shepard – 19 Rebs: K. Westbeld – 9 Asts: Three tied – 2		Pts: V. Vivians – 21 Rebs: T. McCowan – 17 Asts: M. William – 2

Nationwide Arena – Columbus, OH
Attendance: 19,599
Referees: Dee Kantner, Brenda Pantoja, Joseph Vaszily

Final Four all-tournament team edit

Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame (MOP)^[13]
Jessica Shepard, Notre Dame
Victoria Vivians, Mississippi State
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Napheesa Collier, Connecticut

Record by conference edit

Conference	Bids	Record	Win %	R64	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
ACC	8	16–7	.696	8	6	4	2	2	1	1
SEC	7	12–7	.632	7	5	3	2	1	1	–
American	2	4–2	.667	2	1	1	1	1	–	–
Pac-12	6	12–6	.667	6	5	4	3	–	–	–
Big 12	4	5–4	.556	4	3	2	–	–	–	–
Mid-American	2	4–2	.667	2	2	2	–	–	–	–
Big Ten	6	4–6	.400	6	4	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	4	4–4	.500	4	4	–	–	–	–	–
MAAC	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic Sun	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	2	0–2	.000	2	–	–	–	–	–	–

The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
The America East, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy League, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Summit, Sun Belt, SWAC, WAC and West Coast conferences each had one representative that was eliminated in the first round.

Media coverage edit

Television edit

ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.^[14] During the first and second rounds, ESPN aired select games nationally on ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPNews. All other games aired regionally on ESPN, ESPN2, or ESPN3 and were streamed online via WatchESPN. 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 game that had the closest score.

Studio host and analysts edit

Maria Taylor (Host)
Andy Landers (Analyst)
Rebecca Lobo (Analyst) (First, Second rounds, Final Four and National championship game)
Nell Fortner (Analyst) (Regionals, Final Four and National championship game)

Broadcast assignments edit

First & second rounds Friday/Sunday

Beth Mowins and Nell Fortner – Louisville, Kentucky
Brenda VanLengen and Carol Ross – Knoxville, Tennessee
Lowell Galindo and Andraya Carter – College Station, Texas
John Brickley and Mike Thibault – Raleigh, North Carolina
Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod – Notre Dame, Indiana
Paul Sunderland and Steffi Sorensen – Columbia, South Carolina
Dave Pasch and LaChina Robinson – Eugene, Oregon
Eric Frede and Christy Thomaskutty – Waco, Texas

Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight Friday/Sunday

Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, and Allison Williams – Lexington, Kentucky
Pam Ward, Gail Goestenkors, and Courtney Lyle – Kansas City, Missouri

Final Four

Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo, and Holly Rowe – Columbus, Ohio

First & second rounds Saturday/Monday

Adam Amin and Kara Lawson – Storrs, Connecticut
Melissa Lee and Amanda Butler – Athens, Georgia
Sam Gore and Christy Winters-Scott – Columbus, Ohio
Clay Matvick and Katie Smith – Tallahassee, Florida
Courtney Lyle and Tamika Catchings – Starkville, Mississippi
Elise Woodward and Dan Hughes – Stanford, California
Tiffany Greene and Chiney Ogwumike – Los Angeles, California
Pam Ward and Gail Goestenkors – Austin, Texas

Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight Saturday/Monday

Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo, and Holly Rowe – Albany, New York
Dave Pasch, LaChina Robinson, and Molly McGrath – Spokane, Washington

Championship

Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo, and Holly Rowe – Columbus, Ohio

Radio edit

Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.^[15]^[16] Teams participating in the regional finals, Final Four, and Championship were allowed to have their own local broadcasts, but they weren’t allowed to stream those broadcasts online.

Regional finals Sunday

Justin Kutcher and Ann Schatz – Lexington, Kentucky
Ted Emrich and Krista Blunk – Kansas City, Missouri

Final Four

John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, and Krista Blunk – Columbus, Ohio

Regional finals Monday

John Sadak and Debbie Antonelli – Albany, New York
Dick Fain and Kristen Kozlowski – Spokane, Washington

Championship

John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, and Krista Blunk – Columbus, Ohio

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Kevin Pelton on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
^ "Arike Ogunbowale of Notre Dame wins most outstanding player honors in NCAA women's basketball tournament". April 2, 2018.
^ Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA Extend Rights Agreement through 2023–24". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
^ "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
^ "WO Sports to Air NCAA Women's Basketball". Radio Online. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

External links edit

NCAA Women's Basketball Division I

[:1-1] "Women's basketball: Columbus to host Final Four in 2018". Buckeye Xtra Sports. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

[:0-2] "Women's Final Four sites for 2017-20 includes record fourth for New Orleans". NCAA.com. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

[3] "2016-18 regional hosts". NCAA.com. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

[4] "Big 12 To Host 2016 and 2018 NCAA Women's Basketball Regionals". Big12Sports.com. November 20, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

[5] "Broadcast Info". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

[6] "DI WBB Nitty Gritty 3-11-18 Selections" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 7, 2019.

[:5-7] Nixon, Rick. "2023 Women's Final Four Championship Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 85. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

[8] Adamec, Carl. "Williams keeps a cool head throughout". Journal Inquirer. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

[:4-9] Journal, Logan Lowery Daily. "MSU NOTEBOOK: Vivians, McCowan share MVP honor". Daily Journal. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

[10] "Louisville routs Oregon State 76-43 to reach Final Four". NewsTimes. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

[:2-11] "Resilient Notre Dame headed to Final Four". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

[:3-12] "Kevin Pelton on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

[13] "Arike Ogunbowale of Notre Dame wins most outstanding player honors in NCAA women's basketball tournament". April 2, 2018.

[14] Margolis, Rachel (December 15, 2011). "ESPN and NCAA Extend Rights Agreement through 2023–24". ESPN. Retrieved December 15, 2011.

[Radio_Rights-15] "NCAA, Westwood One extend deal". NCAA. January 13, 2011. Archived from the original on May 16, 2013. Retrieved May 12, 2013.

[16] "WO Sports to Air NCAA Women's Basketball". Radio Online. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.

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2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Contents

Tournament procedure edit

2018 NCAA tournament schedule and venues edit

Subregionals tournament and automatic qualifiers edit

Automatic qualifiers edit

Tournament seeds edit

Tournament records edit

Bracket edit

Albany Regional – Albany, New York edit

Albany Regional Final edit

Albany Regional all tournament team edit

Kansas City Regional – Kansas City, Missouri edit

Kansas City Regional final edit

Kansas City Regional all tournament team edit

Lexington Regional – Lexington, Kentucky edit

Lexington Regional Final edit

Lexington Regional all tournament team edit

Spokane Regional – Spokane, Washington edit

Spokane Regional Final edit

Spokane Regional all tournament team edit

Final Four edit

Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio edit

Final Four edit

National Championship edit

Final Four all-tournament team edit

Record by conference edit

Media coverage edit

Television edit

Studio host and analysts edit

Broadcast assignments edit

Radio edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit