NCAA Announces Sites for 2013; MAAC, Rider to Host Trenton Regional
MAAC Sports
INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA
Division I Women's Basketball Committee has announced the selections of the
first- and second-round and regional sites for the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's
Basketball Championship.
Cities chosen to host first- and
second-round games in 2013 include Baton Rouge, La.; Boulder, Colo.; College
Park, Md.; College Station, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Durham, N.C.; Iowa City,
Iowa; Knoxville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Lubbock, Texas; Newark, Del.; Queens, N.Y.;
Spokane, Wash.; Stanford, Calif.; Storrs, Conn., and Waco, Texas. The four
selected regional sites are Norfolk, Va.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Spokane, Wash.,
and Trenton, N.J.
"As a committee we are excited
that in 2013 our championship will be hosted by institutions from nine
different conferences, with Delaware and St. John's hosting for the first time,"
said Greg Christopher, director of athletics at Bowling Green State University
and chair of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee. "Having this
geographic blend of sites is important to the committee as we continue to grow
the game of women's basketball."
The following regional sites will
host games either Saturday, March 30 and Monday, April 1 or Sunday, March 31 and
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 (dates to be determined in June, 2012):
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Site
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Host(s)
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Ted Constant Center
Norfolk, Virginia
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Old Dominion University
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Chesapeake Energy Arena
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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TBD
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Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Spokane, Washington
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Washington State University
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Sun National
Bank Arena
Trenton, New
Jersey
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Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference
Rider University
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strong fundamentals, high quality of play, sportsmanship, role model
student-athletes and family oriented entertainment. The latest NCAA Graduation
Success Rate figures show 86 percent of NCAA Division I women's basketball players
graduate. In terms of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate, which measures
term-by-term academic success, the overall score is 966, well above the NCAA
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