1996 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
| 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina |
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| Champions | Tennessee (4th title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Georgia (2nd title game) | ||||
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The 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament took place from March 15–31, 1996. The Final Four consisted of Connecticut, Georgia, Stanford, and Tennessee. Tennessee defeated Georgia 83–65 in the championship game.
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1994 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament.
Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.
Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In seventeen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from fourteen of the conferences.
In 1996, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first round game. In all cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity.
The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations:
The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 23 to March 25 at these sites:
Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four held March 29 and March 31 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Charlotte Coliseum, (co-hosted by Davidson College and UNC Charlotte).
The sixty-four teams came from thirty-two states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas and Tennessee had the most teams with five bids. Eighteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.
University Hall
Charlottesville, VA
University Hall
Charlottesville, VA
Allstate Arena
Rosemont, IL
Allstate Arena
Rosemont, IL
William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX
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