Auburn to host 2011 Women’s NCAA Tournament first and second rounds
The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee has selected Auburn University to serve as a first- and second-round host for the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The games will take place in the new Auburn Arena, which will be in its first year of operation.
Auburn will host games either Saturday, March 19, and Monday, March 21, or Sunday, March 20, and Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The dates will be determined in June 2010.
Ticket information for the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship first- and second- round contests at Auburn will be available in January 2010. The public can check www.NCAA.com and www.AuburnTigers.com for updated information on ticket prices and release dates.
The 2011 event will mark the first time for Auburn to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament under its current bid format. The Tigers hosted NCAA Tournament games on nine occasions between 1983 and 1993, posting an 11-0 record over that time. Auburn last hosted on March 21, 1993, when the Tigers downed Louisville, 66-61.
Auburn will be one of 16 first- and second-round sites in 2011. The Tigers made their second straight NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009, the team's 18th overall, finishing the season with a 30-4 record and the team's first Southeastern Conference Championship in 20 years.