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2001 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Savvis Center
St. Louis, Missouri

Champions

Notre Dame (1st title)

Runner-up

Purdue (2nd title game)

Semifinalists

Connecticut (5th Final Four)
Missouri St. (2nd Final Four)

MOP

Ruth Riley Notre Dame

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

«2000

2002»

The 2001 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 16 and ended on April 1. The tournament featured 64 teams. The Final Four consisted of Connecticut, Notre Dame, Purdue, and Missouri State, with Notre Dame defeating Purdue 68-66 to win its first NCAA title.^[1] Notre Dame's Ruth Riley was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. ^[2]

Contents

1 Qualifying teams - automatic
2 Qualifying teams - at-large
3 Bids by conference
4 First and second rounds
5 Regionals and Final Four
6 Brackets
7 All-Tournament Team
8 Game Officials
9 See also
10 Notes

Qualifying teams - automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament. ^[3]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Alcorn State University	SWAC	0.677 !21–10	0.833 !15–3	16
Austin Peay State University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.567 !17–13	0.625 !10–6	16
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Southern Conference	0.8 !24–6	0.833 !15–3	12
Colorado State University	Mountain West	0.8 !24–6	0.714 !10–4	9
University of Connecticut	Big East	0.933 !28–2	0.938 !15–1	1
Delaware State University	America East	0.867 !26–4	0.944 !17–1	13
Duke University	ACC	0.903 !28–3	0.813 !13–3	1
University of Georgia	SEC	0.833 !25–5	0.786 !11–3	2
Georgia State University	Trans America	0.8 !24–6	0.833 !15–3	14
College of the Holy Cross	Patriot League	0.724 !21–8	0.917 !11–1	14
Howard University	MEAC	0.7 !21–9	0.833 !15–3	15
Idaho State University	Big Sky Conference	0.862 !25–4	1.016 !16–0	14
University of Iowa	Big Ten	0.69 !20–9	0.75 !12–4	4
Iowa State University	Atlantic Sun Conference	0.833 !25–5	0.75 !12–4	2
Liberty University	Big South Conference	0.621 !18–11	0.857 !12–2	15
Long Island University	Northeast Conference	0.533 !16–14	0.611 !11–7	16
Louisiana Tech University	Sun Belt Conference	0.875 !28–4	1.016 !16–0	3
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Horizon League	0.655 !19–10	0.857 !12–2	16
Missouri State University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.833 !25–5	0.889 !16–2	5
Old Dominion University	Colonial	0.724 !21–8	0.938 !15–1	11
Oral Roberts University	Mid-Continent	0.667 !20–10	0.688 !11–5	15
University of Pennsylvania	Ivy League	0.821 !23–5	1.014 !14–0	15
Siena College	MAAC	0.828 !24–5	0.944 !17–1	11
Saint Mary's College of California	West Coast Conference	0.833 !25–5	0.786 !11–3	9
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.643 !18–10	0.667 !12–6	10
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.813 !26–6	0.9 !18–2	13
Texas Christian University	WAC	0.774 !24–7	0.813 !13–3	11
University of Toledo	MAC	0.833 !25–5	0.938 !15–1	12
Tulane University	Conference USA	0.71 !22–9	0.75 !12–4	10
University of California, Santa Barbara	Big West Conference	0.733 !22–8	0.857 !12–2	14
Xavier University	Atlantic 10	0.933 !28–2	0.938 !15–1	4

Qualifying teams - at-large

Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.^[3]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Arizona State University	Pacific-10	0.667 !20–10	0.667 !12–6	11
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Southeastern	0.613 !19–12	0.429 !6–8	9
Baylor University	Big 12	0.724 !21–8	0.563 !9–7	8
Clemson University	Atlantic Coast	0.69 !20–9	0.625 !10–6	5
University of Colorado at Boulder	Big 12	0.724 !21–8	0.688 !11–5	6
University of Denver	Sun Belt	0.8 !24–6	0.875 !14–2	10
Drake University	Missouri Valley	0.793 !23–6	0.889 !16–2	12
Fairfield University	Metro Atlantic	0.833 !25–5	0.889 !16–2	12
University of Florida	Southeastern	0.821 !23–5	0.786 !11–3	3
Florida State University	Atlantic Coast	0.621 !18–11	0.563 !9–7	7
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	0.71 !22–9	0.875 !14–2	7
University of Louisville	Conference USA	0.679 !19–9	0.875 !14–2	13
Louisiana State University	Southeastern	0.655 !19–10	0.571 !8–6	6
University of Maryland, College Park	Atlantic Coast	0.607 !17–11	0.5 !8–8	8
University of Michigan	Big Ten	0.621 !18–11	0.625 !10–6	8
University of Missouri	Big 12	0.69 !20–9	0.625 !10–6	10
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast	0.667 !20–10	0.563 !9–7	4
University of Notre Dame	Big East	0.933 !28–2	0.938 !15–1	1
University of Oklahoma	Big 12	0.839 !26–5	0.938 !15–1	2
University of Oregon	Pacific-10	0.607 !17–11	0.556 !10–8	13
Pennsylvania State University	Big Ten	0.679 !19–9	0.688 !11–5	6
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.813 !26–6	0.875 !14–2	3
Rutgers University	Big East	0.759 !22–7	0.813 !13–3	4
University of Tennessee	Southeastern	0.935 !29–2	1.014 !14–0	1
University of Texas at Austin	Big 12	0.625 !20–12	0.438 !7–9	8
Texas Tech University	Big 12	0.793 !23–6	0.813 !13–3	2
University of Utah	Mountain West	0.897 !26–3	1.014 !14–0	5
Vanderbilt University	Southeastern	0.7 !21–9	0.571 !8–6	3
Villanova University	Big East	0.724 !21–8	0.688 !11–5	5
University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast	0.581 !18–13	0.5 !8–8	9
Virginia Tech	Big East	0.793 !23–6	0.688 !11–5	7
University of Washington	Pacific-10	0.679 !19–9	0.667 !12–6	6
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Big Ten	0.667 !18–9	0.75 !12–4	7

Bids by conference

Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from twelve of the conferences.^[3]

Bids	Conference	Teams
7	Big 12	Iowa St., Baylor, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech
6	Atlantic Coast	Duke, Clemson, Florida St., Maryland, North Carolina St., Virginia
6	Southeastern	Georgia, Arkansas, Florida, LSU, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
5	Big East	Connecticut, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Villanova, Virginia Tech
5	Big Ten	Iowa, Michigan, Penn St., Purdue, Wisconsin
4	Pacific-10	Arizona St., Oregon, Stanford, Washington
2	Atlantic 10	Xavier, George Washington
2	Conference USA	Tulane, Louisville
2	Metro Atlantic	Siena, Fairfield
2	Missouri Valley	Missouri St., Drake
2	Mountain West	Colorado St., Utah
2	Sun Belt	Louisiana Tech, Denver
1	America East	Delaware.
1	Big Sky	Idaho St.
1	Big South	Liberty
1	Big West	UC Santa Barb.
1	Colonial	Old Dominion
1	Horizon	Milwaukee
1	Ivy	Penn
1	Mid-American	Toledo
1	Mid-Continent	Oral Roberts
1	Mid-Eastern	Howard
1	Northeast	Long Island
1	Ohio Valley	Austin Peay
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	Chattanooga
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Southwestern	Alcorn St..
1	Trans America	Georgia St.
1	West Coast	St. Mary’s Cal.
1	Western Athletic	TCU

First and second rounds

Athens

Raleigh

Storrs

Ruston

Knoxville

West Lafayette

Lubbock

Cincinnati

Notre Dame

Nashville

Ames

Salt Lake City

Norman

Piscataway

Gainesville

Durham

2001 NCAA NCAA first and second round venues

In 2001, 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 most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:

Fourth seeded Iowa was unable to host so fifth seeded Utah hosted three first and second round games

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations:^[4]

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1&2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
East	1&2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
East	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Mideast	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Mideast	1&2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Mideast	1&2	Texas Tech University	United Spirit Arena	Lubbock	Texas
Mideast	1&2	Xavier University	Cintas Center	Cincinnati	Ohio
Midwest	1&2	University of Notre Dame	Edmund P. Joyce Center	Notre Dame	Indiana
Midwest	1&2	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
Midwest	1&2	Iowa State University	Hilton Coliseum	Ames	Iowa
Midwest	1&2	University of Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	Salt Lake City	Utah
West	1&2	University of Oklahoma	Lloyd Noble Center	Norman	Oklahoma
West	1&2	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
West	1&2	University of Florida	O'Connell Center	Gainesville	Florida
West	1&2	Duke University	Cameron Indoor Stadium	Durham	North Carolina

Regionals and Final Four

Denver

Birmingham

Pittsburgh

Spokane

St. Louis

2001 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 24 to March 26 at these sites:

Midwest Regional Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Colorado)
Mideast Regional Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)
East Regional Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University)
West Regional Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: Washington State University)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four held March 30 and April 1 in St. Louis, Missouri at the Savvis Center (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

Brackets

Data source^[5]

Mideast Regional - Birmingham, AL

First round March 16-17			Second round March 18-19			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

1	Tennessee	90
16	Austin Peay	38
			1	Tennessee	92

			9	St. Mary's (CA)	75
8	Texas	64

9	St. Mary's (CA)	68
						1	Tennessee	65

						4	Xavier	80
5	Clemson	51

12	Chattanooga	49
			5	Clemson	62

			4	Xavier	77
4	Xavier	80

13	Louisville	52
									4	Xavier	78

									3	Purdue	88
6	LSU	83

11	Arizona St.	66
			6	LSU	70

			3	Purdue	73
3	Purdue	75

14	UC Santa Barbara	62
						3	Purdue	74

						2	Texas Tech	72
7	Virginia Tech	77

10	Denver	57
			7	Virginia Tech	52

			2	Texas Tech	73
2	Texas Tech	100

15	Pennsylvania	57

West Regional - Spokane, WA

First round March 16-17			Second round March 18-19			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

1	Duke	95
16	UW–Milwaukee	63
			1	Duke	75

			9	Arkansas	54
8	Baylor	59

9	Arkansas	68
						1	Duke	71

						5	Missouri St.	81
5	Missouri St.	89

12	Toledo	71
			5	Missouri St.	60

			4	Rutgers	53
4	Rutgers	80

13	Stephen F. Austin	43
									5	Missouri St.	104

									6	Washington	87
6	Washington	67

11	Old Dominion	65
			6	Washington	86

			3	Florida	75
3	Florida	84

14	Holy Cross	52
						6	Washington	84

						2	Oklahoma	67
7	George Washington	51

10	Stanford	76
			10	Stanford	50

			2	Oklahoma	67
2	Oklahoma	70

15	Oral Roberts	64

Midwest Regional - Denver, CO

First round March 16-17			Second round March 18-19			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

1	Notre Dame	98
16	Alcorn St.	49
			1	Notre Dame	88

			8	Michigan	54
8	Michigan	81

9	Virginia	71
						1	Notre Dame	69

						5	Utah	54
5	Utah	79

12	Fairfield	57
			5	Utah	78

			4	Iowa	69
4	Iowa	88

13	Oregon	82
									1	Notre Dame	72

									3	Vanderbilt	64
6	Colorado	98

11	Siena	78
			6	Colorado	59

			3	Vanderbilt	65
3	Vanderbilt	83

14	Tennessee Tech	57
						3	Vanderbilt	84

						2	Iowa St.	65
7	Florida St.	72

10	Tulane	70
			7	Florida St.	70

			2	Iowa St.	85
2	Iowa St.	100

15	Howard	61

East Regional - Pittsburgh, PA

First round March 16-17			Second round March 18-19			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

1	Connecticut	101
16	Long Island University	29
			1	Connecticut	89

			9	Colorado St.	44
8	Maryland	69

9	Colorado St.	83
						1	Connecticut	72

						4	North Carolina St.	58
5	Villanova	66

12	Drake	58
			5	Villanova	64

			4	North Carolina St.	68
4	North Carolina St.	76

13	Delaware	57
									1	Connecticut	67

									3	Louisiana Tech	48
6	Penn St.	75

11	TCU	77
			11	TCU	59

			3	Louisiana Tech	80
3	Louisiana Tech	84

14	Georgia St.	48
						3	Louisiana Tech	78

						10	Missouri	67
7	Wisconsin	68

10	Missouri	71
			10	Missouri	78

			2	Georgia	65
2	Georgia	77

15	Liberty	48

Final Four - St. Louis, MO

National Semifinals March 30			National Championship April 1

3ME	Purdue	81
5W	Missouri St.	64
			3ME	Purdue	66
			1MW	Notre Dame	68
1MW	Notre Dame	90
1E	Connecticut	75

All-Tournament Team

Ruth Riley, Notre Dame
Niele Ivey, Notre Dame
Katie Douglas, Purdue
Shalicia Hurns, Purdue
Shereka Wright, Purdue ^[3]

Game Officials

Dennis DeMayo (Semi-Final)
Wesley Dean (Semi-Final)
Nan Sisk (Semi-Final)
June Courteau (Semi-Final)
Greg Small (Semi-Final)
Melissa Barlow (Semi-Final)
Sally Bell (Final)
Scott Yarbrough (Final)
Lisa Mattingly (Final) ^[3]

Notes

^ Gregory Cooper. "2001 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. http://www.webcitation.org/5kjELqdLp. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
^ "CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player". http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ "Attendance and Sites". NCAA. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final4/2012/Attend.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ "Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. February 2012. http://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4269-official-2012-ncaa-womens-final-four-record-book.aspx. Retrieved 2012-04-17.

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