The top 16 teams for the Women’s NCAA Tournament have been revealed.
Sites need to get prepared and tickets sold, so the NCAA released the top 16 teams ― who will host the opening two rounds of Women’s March Madness ― on Saturday afternoon with a show on ESPN.
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The selection committee for the tournament unveiled the top 16 in alphabetical order. Actual seeding order will be released on Sunday night during the Selection Sunday show at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. Thirty-one teams will get automatic bids by virtue of winning their conference tournaments.
The top four seeds are all but locked in with UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina. The Huskies (34-0) are the lone undefeated team in the country and UCLA has only one loss. Texas and South Carolina have beat up on each other in the competitive SEC conference.
Here are the cities and basketball arenas that will be hosting the first and second games of the women’s tournament.
First- and second-round hosts for Women’s March Madness
In alphabetical order:
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Duke, Durham, North Carolina | Cameron Indoor Stadium
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Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa | Carver-Hawkeye Arena
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LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | Pete Maravich Assembly Center
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Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky | KFC Yum! Center
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Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan | Crisler Center
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Minnesota, Minneapolis | Williams Arena
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North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Carmichael Arena
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Ohio State, Columbus, Ohio | Value Center Arena
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Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma | Lloyd Noble Center
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South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina | Colonial Life Arena
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TCU, Forth Worth, Texas | Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena
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Texas, Austin, Texas | Moody Center
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UCLA, Los Angeles | Pauley Pavilion
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UConn, Storrs, Connecticut | Gampel Pavilion
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Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee | Memorial Gym
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West Virginia, Morgantown | Hope Coliseum
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Women’s March Madness host teams revealed for first two rounds
