2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

2019 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
Season	2018–19
Teams	64
Finals site	Amalie Arena; Tampa, Florida
Champions	Baylor Lady Bears (3rd title, 3rd title game,; 4th Final Four)
Runner-up	Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7th title game,; 9th Final Four)
Semifinalists	UConn Huskies (20th Final Four); Oregon Ducks (1st Final Four);
Winning coach	Kim Mulkey (3rd title)
MOP	Chloe Jackson (Baylor)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2018	2020»

The 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 64 teams to determine the national champion for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 38th annual edition of the tournament began on March 22, and concluded with the championship game on April 7 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, with the University of South Florida serving as host. The tournament field was announced on March 18.

Three schools, Colonial champion Towson, MEAC champion Bethune–Cookman and Southland champion Abilene Christian, made their first appearance in the tournament. Meanwhile, Tennessee continued its record streak of making every NCAA women's basketball tournament at 38 consecutive appearances. UConn also continued its record streak of 12 consecutive Final Four appearances.

Tournament procedure edit

Pending any changes to the format, a total of 64 teams will enter the 2019 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 selection committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 64.

2019 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 since 2015. However, the subregional that would otherwise have been hosted by South Carolina was moved to Charlotte, North Carolina due to the Gamecocks' home, Colonial Life Arena, being used for the men's tournament.

Subregionals (first and second rounds)

March 22–24
- KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky (Host: University of Louisville)
- Dale F. Halton Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
- Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa (Host: University of Iowa)
- Reed Arena, College Station, Texas (Host: Texas A&M University)
- Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
- Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida (Host: University of Miami)
- Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville, Mississippi (Host: Mississippi State University)
- Matthew Knight Arena, Eugene, Oregon (Host: University of Oregon)
March 23–25
- Edmund P. Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
- Xfinity Center, College Park, Maryland (Host: University of Maryland)
- Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)
- Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York (Host: Syracuse University)
- Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)
- Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa (Host: Iowa State University)
- Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University)
- Ferrell Center, Waco, Texas (Host: Baylor University)

Albany

Greensboro

Chicago

Portland

Tampa Bay

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2019 NCAA regionals and Final Four

Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 29-April 1^[1]
- Albany regional, Times Union Center, Albany, New York (Hosts: MAAC)^[2]
- Chicago regional, Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois (Host: DePaul)^[3]
- Greensboro regional, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)^[4]
- Portland regional, Moda Center, Portland, Oregon (Host: Oregon State)^[5]

National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship)

April 5 and April 7
- Amalie Arena, Tampa, Florida (Host: University of South Florida)^[6]

This is the third time that the women's Final Four was played in Tampa (previously, in 2008 and 2015).^[7]

Subregionals tournament and automatic qualifiers edit

Automatic qualifiers edit

The following teams automatically qualified for the 2019 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament.

Conference	Team	Record	Appearance	Last bid
ACC	Notre Dame	30–3	26th	2018
America East	Maine	25–7	9th	2018
American	UConn	31–2	31st	2018
Atlantic 10	Fordham	25–8	3rd	2014
ASUN	Florida Gulf Coast	27–4	6th	2018
Big 12	Baylor	31–1	18th	2018
Big East	DePaul	25–7	24th	2018
Big Sky	Portland State	25–7	2nd	2010
Big South	Radford	25–6	4th	1996
Big Ten	Iowa	26–6	26th	2018
Big West	UC Davis	25–6	2nd	2011
Colonial	Towson	20–12	1st	Never
C-USA	Rice	28–3	3rd	2005
Horizon	Wright State	27–6	2nd	2014
Ivy League	Princeton	22–9	8th	2018
MAAC	Quinnipiac	26–6	5th	2018
MAC	Buffalo	23–9	3rd	2018
MEAC	Bethune–Cookman	21–10	1st	Never
Missouri Valley	Missouri State	23–9	15th	2016
Mountain West	Boise State	28–4	6th	2018
Northeast	Robert Morris	22–10	6th	2017
Ohio Valley	Belmont	26–6	5th	2018
Pac-12	Stanford	28–4	33rd	2018
Patriot	Bucknell	28–5	4th	2017
SEC	Mississippi State	30–2	11th	2018
Southern	Mercer	25–7	2nd	2018
Southland	Abilene Christian	23–9	1st	Never
SWAC	Southern	20–12	5th	2010
Summit League	South Dakota State	26–6	9th	2018
Sun Belt	Little Rock	21–10	6th	2018
West Coast	BYU	25–6	13th	2016
WAC	New Mexico State	26-6	6th	2017

Tournament seeds edit

Albany regional – Times Union Center,
Albany, New York
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI	Berth type
1	Louisville	ACC	29–3	3	At-large
2	UConn	American	31–2	6	Automatic
3	Maryland	Big Ten	28–4	14	At-large
4	Oregon State	Pac-12	24–7	24	At-Large
5	Gonzaga	West Coast	28–4	13	At-Large
6	UCLA	Pac-12	20–12	35	At-Large
7	Rutgers	Big Ten	22–9	29	At-Large
8	Michigan	Big Ten	21–11	46	At-Large
9	Kansas State	Big 12	21–11	33	At-Large
10	Buffalo	MAC	23–9	25	Automatic
11	Tennessee	SEC	19–12	60	At-Large
12	Little Rock	Sun Belt	21–10	61	Automatic
13	Boise State	Mountain West	28–4	39	Automatic
14	Radford	Big South	26–6	75	Automatic
15	Towson	Colonial	20–12	107	Automatic
16	Robert Morris	Northeast	24–9	173	Automatic

Chicago regional – Wintrust Arena,
Chicago, Illinois
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI	Berth type
1	Notre Dame	ACC	30–3	1	Automatic
2	Stanford	Pac-12	28–4	4	Automatic
3	Iowa State	Big 12	25–8	11	At-Large
4	Texas A&M	SEC	24–8	16	At-Large
5	Marquette	Big East	26–7	12	At-Large
6	DePaul	Big East	26–7	18	Automatic
7	BYU	West Coast	25–6	26	Automatic
8	Central Michigan	MAC	25–7	32	At-Large
9	Michigan State	Big Ten	20–11	43	At-Large
10	Auburn	SEC	22–9	50	At-Large
11	Missouri State	Missouri Valley	23–9	52	Automatic
12	Rice	C-USA	28–3	31	Automatic
13	Wright State	Horizon	27–6	59	Automatic
14	New Mexico State	WAC	26–6	125	Automatic
15	UC Davis	Big West	25–6	72	Automatic
16	Bethune–Cookman	MEAC	21–10	201	Automatic

Greensboro regional – Greensboro Coliseum,
Greensboro, North Carolina
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI	Berth type
1	Baylor	Big 12	31–1	2	Automatic
2	Iowa	Big Ten	26–6	7	Automatic
3	NC State	ACC	26–5	9	At-Large
4	South Carolina	SEC	21–9	17	At-Large
5	Florida State	ACC	23–8	21	At-Large
6	Kentucky	SEC	23–7	22	At-Large
7	Missouri	SEC	23–10	30	At-Large
8	California	Pac-12	19–12	42	At-Large
9	North Carolina	ACC	18–14	38	At-Large
10	Drake	Missouri Valley	27–6	20	At-Large
11	Princeton	Ivy	22–9	44	Automatic
12	Bucknell	Patriot	28–4	37	Automatic
13	Belmont	Ohio Valley	26–6	47	Automatic
14	Maine	America East	25–7	54	Automatic
15	Mercer	Southern	25–7	132	Automatic
16	Abilene Christian	Southland	23–9	124	Automatic

Portland regional – Moda Center,
Portland, Oregon
Seed	School	Conference	Record	RPI	Berth type
1	Mississippi State	SEC	30–2	8	Automatic
2	Oregon	Pac-12	29–4	5	At-Large
3	Syracuse	ACC	24–8	10	At-Large
4	Miami (FL)	ACC	24–8	19	At-Large
5	Arizona State	Pac-12	20–10	23	At-Large
6	South Dakota State	Summit	26–6	27	Automatic
7	Texas	Big 12	23–9	28	At-Large
8	South Dakota	Summit	28–5	40	At-Large
9	Clemson	ACC	19–12	51	At-Large
10	Indiana	Big Ten	20–12	48	At-Large
11	Quinnipiac	MAAC	28–4	41	Automatic
12	UCF	American	26–6	15	At-Large
13	Florida Gulf Coast	Atlantic Sun	28–4	63	Automatic
14	Fordham	Atlantic 10	25–8	82	Automatic
15	Portland State	Big Sky	25–7	106	Automatic
16	Southern	SWAC	20–12	152	Automatic

Tournament records edit

Baylor recorded 217 field goals, setting the record for most field goals made in a single tournament.^[8]

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 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 29			Regional final Elite 8 March 31

1	Louisville	69

16	Robert Morris	34
			1	Louisville	71
Louisville, Kentucky (Fri/Sun)
			8	Michigan	50
8	Michigan	84

9	Kansas State	54
						1	Louisville	61

						4	Oregon State	44
5	Gonzaga	68

12	Little Rock	51
			5	Gonzaga	70
Corvallis, Oregon (Sat/Mon)
			4	Oregon State	76
4	Oregon State	80*

13	Boise State	75
									1	Louisville	73

									2	UConn	80
6	UCLA	89

11	Tennessee	77
			6	UCLA	85
College Park, MD (Sat/Mon)
			3	Maryland	80
3	Maryland	73

14	Radford	51
						6	UCLA	61

						2	UConn	69
7	Rutgers	71

10	Buffalo	82
			10	Buffalo	72
Storrs, Connecticut (Fri/Sun)
			2	UConn	84
2	UConn	110

15	Towson	61

* – Denotes overtime period

Albany regional final edit

ESPN

March 31
12:00 pm

Box Score

#2 UConn Huskies 80, #1 Louisville Cardinals 73
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 19–18, 16–19, 23–20
Pts: K. L. Samuelson – 29 Rebs: N. Collier – 13 Asts: N. Collier – 6		Pts: A. Durr – 21 Rebs: A. Durr – 9 Asts: J. Jones – 6

Times Union Center – Albany, New York
Attendance: 9,204
Referees: Cheryl Flores, Maj Forsberg, Dee Kanter

Albany Regional all tournament team edit

Napheesa Collier, UConn (MOP)
Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn
Crystal Dangerfield, UConn
Asia Durr, Louisville
Sam Fuehring, Louisville

Chicago regional – Chicago, Illinois edit

First round Round of 64 March 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 30			Regional final Elite 8 April 1

1	Notre Dame	92

16	Bethune-Cookman	50
			1	Notre Dame	91
South Bend, Indiana (Sat/Mon)
			9	Michigan State	63
8	Central Michigan	88

9	Michigan State	89
						1	Notre Dame	87

						4	Texas A&M	80
5	Marquette	58*

12	Rice	54
			5	Marquette	76
College Station, Texas (Fri/Sun)
			4	Texas A&M	78
4	Texas A&M	84

13	Wright State	61
									1	Notre Dame	84

									2	Stanford	68
6	DePaul	78

11	Missouri State	89
			11	Missouri State	69
Ames, Iowa (Sat/Mon)
			3	Iowa State	60
3	Iowa State	97

14	New Mexico State	61
						11	Missouri State	46

						2	Stanford	55
7	BYU	73

10	Auburn	64
			7	BYU	63
Stanford, California (Sat/Mon)
			2	Stanford	72
2	Stanford	79

15	UC Davis	54

* – Denotes overtime period

Chicago regional final edit

ESPN2

April 1
9:00 pm

Box Score

#2 Stanford Cardinal 68, #1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 84
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 20–15, 13–26, 22–32
Pts: K. Williams – 20 Rebs: A. Smith – 8 Asts: A. Smith – 4		Pts: J. Young – 25 Rebs: J. Shepard – 14 Asts: M. Mabrey – 6

Wintrust Arena – Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 5,555
Referees: Infini Robinson, Roy Gulbeyan, Brenda Pantoja

Chicago Regional all tournament team edit

Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame (MOP)
Jessica Shepard, Notre Dame
Alanna Smith, Stanford
Kiana Williams, Stanford
Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M

Greensboro regional – Greensboro, North Carolina edit

First round Round of 64 March 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 30			Regional final Elite 8 April 1

1	Baylor	95

16	Abilene Christian	38
			1	Baylor	102
Waco, Texas (Sat/Mon)
			8	California	63
8	California	92

9	North Carolina	72
						1	Baylor	93

						4	South Carolina	68
5	Florida State	70

12	Bucknell	67
			5	Florida State	64
Charlotte, North Carolina (Fri/Sun)
			4	South Carolina	72
4	South Carolina	74

13	Belmont	52
									1	Baylor	85

									2	Iowa	53
6	Kentucky	82

11	Princeton	77
			6	Kentucky	57
Raleigh, North Carolina (Sat/Mon)
			3	NC State	72
3	NC State	63

14	Maine	51
						3	NC State	61

						2	Iowa	79
7	Missouri	77*

10	Drake	76
			7	Missouri	52
Iowa City, Iowa (Fri/Sun)
			2	Iowa	68
2	Iowa	66

15	Mercer	61

* – Denotes overtime period

Greensboro regional final edit

ESPN2

April 1
7:00 pm

Box Score

#2 Iowa Hawkeyes 53, #1 Baylor Lady Bears 85
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 14–20, 15–24, 11–20
Pts: M. Gustafson – 23 Rebs: M. Gustafson – 9 Asts: K. Doyle, H. Stewart 4		Pts: L. Cox – 22 Rebs: L. Cox – 11 Asts: D. Richards – 6

Greensboro Coliseum – Greensboro, North Carolina
Attendance: 4,164
Referees: Cynthia Brooks, Joseph Vaszily, Amy Bonner

Greensboro Regional all tournament team edit

Lauren Cox, Baylor (MOP)
DiDi Richards, Baylor
Chloe Jackson, Baylor
Kalani Brown, Baylor
Megan Gustafson, Iowa

Portland regional – Portland, Oregon edit

First round Round of 64 March 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 29			Regional final Elite 8 March 31

1	Mississippi State	103

16	Southern	46
			1	Mississippi State	85
Starkville, Mississippi (Fri/Sun)
			9	Clemson	61
8	South Dakota	66

9	Clemson	79
						1	Mississippi State	76

						5	Arizona State	53
5	Arizona State	60

12	UCF	45
			5	Arizona State	57
Coral Gables, Florida (Fri/Sun)
			4	Miami (FL)	55
4	Miami (FL)	69

13	Florida Gulf Coast	62
									1	Mississippi State	84

									2	Oregon	88
6	South Dakota State	76

11	Quinnipiac	65
			6	South Dakota State	75
Syracuse, New York (Sat/Mon)
			3	Syracuse	64
3	Syracuse	70

14	Fordham	49
						6	South Dakota State	53

						2	Oregon	63
7	Texas	65

10	Indiana	69
			10	Indiana	68
Eugene, Oregon (Fri/Sun)
			2	Oregon	91
2	Oregon	78

15	Portland State	40

Portland regional final edit

ESPN

March 31
2:00 pm

Box Score

#2 Oregon Ducks 88, #1 Mississippi State Bulldogs 84
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 21–17, 19–21, 29–25
Pts: S. Ionescu – 31 Rebs: S. Ionescu, S. Sabally – 7 Asts: S. Ionescu – 8		Pts: T. McCowan – 19 Rebs: T. McCowan – 15 Asts: J. Holmes – 13

Moda Center – Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 11,538
Referees: Mark Zentz, Michol Murray, Pualani Spurlock

Portland Regional all tournament team edit

Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon (MOP)
Satou Sabally, Oregon
Ruthy Hebard, Oregon
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Anriel Howard, Mississippi State

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 (Baylor's Greensboro Region) plays against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region (Mississippi State's Portland Region), and the champion of the second overall top seed's region (Notre Dame's Chicago Region) plays against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region (Louisville's Albany Region).

Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida edit

National semifinals Final Four April 5			National championship game April 7

G1	Baylor	72

P2	Oregon	67
			G1	Baylor	82

			C1	Notre Dame	81
C1	Notre Dame	81

A2	UConn	76

National semifinals edit

ESPN2

Friday, April 5
7:00 pm

Box Score

P#2 Oregon Ducks 67, G#1 Baylor Lady Bears 72
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 19–14, 21–23, 12–16
Pts: S. Ionescu – 18 Rebs: R. Hebard – 10 Asts: S. Ionescu – 4		Pts: K. Brown – 22 Rebs: L. Cox – 10 Asts: L. Cox – 7

Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 20,062
Referees: Cheryl Flores, Michael McConnell, Lisa Jones

ESPN2

Friday, April 5
9:30 pm

Box Score

A#2 Connecticut Huskies 76, C#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 81
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 14–17, 24–23, 22–29
Pts: K. L. Samuelson, 20 Rebs: N. Collier, 15 Asts: C. Dangerfield, 9		Pts: A. Ogunbowale, 23 Rebs: B. Turner, 15 Asts: J. Shepard, 7

Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida
Attendance: 20,062
Referees: Beverly Roberts, Michol Murray, Joe Vaszily

National championship edit

ESPN

April 7, 2019
6:00 pm EDT

Box Score

C#1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 81, G#1 Baylor Lady Bears 82
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 17–18, 24–23, 26–16
Pts: A. Ogunbowale – 31 Rebs: B. Turner – 12 Asts: J. Young – 6 Stls: A. Ogunbowale – 2		Pts: C. Jackson – 26 Rebs: K. Brown – 13 Asts: J. Landrum, D. Richards – 6 Stls: D. Richards, C. Jackson – 2

Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
Attendance: 20,127
Referees: Dee Kantner, Brenda Pantoja, Maj Forsberg

Final Four all-tournament team edit

Chloe Jackson (MOP), Baylor
Kalani Brown, Baylor
Lauren Cox, Baylor
Marina Mabrey, Notre Dame
Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame

Record by conference edit

Conference	Bids	Record	Win %	R64	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
Big 12	4	7–3	.700	4	2	1	1	1	1	1
ACC	8	14–8	.636	8	7	3	2	1	1	–
American	2	4–2	.667	2	1	1	1	1	–	–
Pac-12	6	14–6	.700	6	6	5	2	1	–	–
Big Ten	6	7–6	.538	6	5	1	1	–	–	–
SEC	7	9–7	.563	7	5	3	1	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	2	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
Summit League	2	2–2	.500	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
Big East	2	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–	–
Mid-American	2	1–2	.333	2	1	–	–	–	–	–
WCC	2	2–2	.500	2	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, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy League, MAAC, MEAC, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt, SWAC and WAC conferences each had one representative that was eliminated in the first round.

Media coverage edit

Television edit

The tournament was covered by ESPN's networks. 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. Over the course of rebroadcasting a studio program discussing the men's tournament, ESPNU accidentally displayed on-screen graphics prematurely revealing the tournament bracket prior to its formal unveiling that evening. The NCAA officially released the brackets two hours earlier than scheduled.^[9] Some watch parties for schools scheduled with the bracket reveal were cancelled, and ESPN apologized for the error.^[10]

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
Eric Frede and Christy Thomaskutty – Charlotte, North Carolina
John Brickley and Christy Winters-Scott – Iowa City, Iowa
Lowell Galindo and A'ja Wilson – College Station, Texas
Adam Amin and Kara Lawson – Storrs, Connecticut
Clay Matvick and Julianne Viani – Coral Gables, Florida
Paul Sunderland and Steffi Sorensen – Starkville, Mississippi
Dave Pasch and LaChina Robinson – Eugene, Oregon

Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight Friday/Sunday

Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo, and Holly Rowe – Albany, New York
Dave Pasch, LaChina Robinson, and Brooke Weisbrod – Portland, Oregon

Final Four

Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo, and Holly Rowe – Tampa, Florida

First & second rounds Saturday/Monday

Courtney Lyle and Tamika Catchings – Notre Dame, Indiana
Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod – College Park, Maryland
Melissa Lee and Mike Thibault – Raleigh, North Carolina
Sam Gore and Blair Schaefer – Syracuse, New York
Elise Woodward and Dan Hughes – Stanford, California
Brenda VanLengen and Andraya Carter – Ames, Iowa
Tiffany Greene and Mary Murphy – Corvallis, Oregon
Pam Ward and Carolyn Peck – Waco, Texas

Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight Saturday/Monday

Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck, and Allison Williams – Greensboro, North Carolina
Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, and Courtney Lyle – Chicago, Illinois

Championship

Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo, and Holly Rowe – Tampa, Florida

Radio edit

Westwood One had exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.^[11]^[12] 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

John Sadak and Julianne Viani – Albany, New York
John Ramey and Kristen Kozlowski – Portland, Oregon

Final Four

John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, and Krista Blunk – Tampa, Florida

Regional finals Monday

Justin Kutcher and Kim Adams – Greensboro, North Carolina
Ted Emrich and Krista Blunk – Chicago, Illinois

Championship

John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, and Krista Blunk – Tampa, Florida

References edit

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^ "DePaul Selected to Host 2019 Women's Basketball Regional at Wintrust Arena". Depaulbluedemons.com. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ "The NCAA just awarded tons of championship events to North Carolina". Outsports.com. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ "NCAA men's, women's basketball tournaments returning to Portland". OregonLive.com. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ "Women's Final Four sites for 2017-20 includes record fourth for New Orleans". NCAA.com. November 17, 2014. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ "Tampa to host women's Final Four in 2019". The Tampa Tribune. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^ Nixon, Rick. "2023 Women's Final Four Championship Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 85. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
^ Draper, Kevin; Whiteside, Kelly (March 18, 2019). "ESPN Slips Up, Revealing the N.C.A.A. Women's Bracket Four Hours Early". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
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^ "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] "2019 - 2022 Future DI NCAA Championship Sites". NCAA.com. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

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2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Contents

Tournament procedure edit

2019 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

Chicago regional – Chicago, Illinois edit

Chicago regional final edit

Chicago Regional all tournament team edit

Greensboro regional – Greensboro, North Carolina edit

Greensboro regional final edit

Greensboro Regional all tournament team edit

Portland regional – Portland, Oregon edit

Portland regional final edit

Portland Regional all tournament team edit

Final Four edit

Amalie Arena – Tampa, Florida edit

National semifinals 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