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2007 NCAA Women's Division I
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Teams

Finals site

Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio

Champions

Tennessee (7th title)

Runner-up

Rutgers (1st title game)

Semifinalists

North Carolina (3rd Final Four)
LSU (4th Final Four)

Winning coach

Pat Summitt (7th title)

MOP

Candace Parker Tennessee

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

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The 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 17, 2007 and concluded on April 3 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Final Four consisted of Tennessee, LSU, Rutgers, and North Carolina, with Tennessee defeating Rutgers 59–46 for their seventh National Title. Tennessee's Candace Parker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

Contents

1 Subregionals
2 Regionals
3 Qualifying teams - automatic
4 Qualifying teams - at-large
5 Bids by conference
6 Brackets
7 Television and radio
8 Comments
9 All-Tournament Team
10 Game Officials
11 See also
12 Notes
13 External links

Subregionals

Austin

Minneapolis

Stanford

Los Angeles

East Lansing

Hartford

Pittsburgh

Raleigh

2007 NCAA subregionals

Once again, the system was the same as the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams go and there is no play-in game. Automatic bids are secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids.

The subregionals, which once again used the "pod system", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, were held from March 17 to 20 at these locations:

March 17 and 19:

Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)

Williams Arena, Minneapolis (Host: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)

Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)

Galen Center, Los Angeles (Host: University of Southern California)

March 18 and 20:

Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, Michigan (Host: Michigan State University)

XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)

Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pittsburgh)

RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)

Regionals

Fresno

Greensboro

Dallas

Dayton

Cleveland

2007 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The regionals were held from March 24 to 27 in the following regions. The regionals, as they were in the previous two tournaments, were named after the city they were played in.

March 24 and 26:

Fresno Regional, Save Mart Center, Fresno, California (Host: Fresno State University)

Greensboro Regional, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)

March 25 and 27:

Dallas Regional, Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Hosts: Conference USA and Southern Methodist University)

Dayton Regional, University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

The regional winners advanced to the Final Four, held on April 1 and 3, 2007 at Quicken Loans Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by both Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference.

Qualifying teams - automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament. ^[1]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Belmont University	Atlantic Sun Conference	0.806 !25–6	0.889 !16–2	14
Boise State University	WAC	0.75 !24–8	0.75 !12–4	12
Bowling Green State University	MAC	0.906 !29–3	0.938 !15–1	7
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Southern Conference	0.781 !25–7	0.833 !15–3	12
Delaware State University	MEAC	0.625 !20–12	0.667 !12–6	15
Drake University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.438 !14–18	0.278 !5–13	16
East Carolina University	Conference USA	0.594 !19–13	0.688 !11–5	13
Gonzaga University	West Coast Conference	0.727 !24–9	0.929 !13–1	12
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay	Horizon League	0.903 !28–3	1.016 !16–0	9
Harvard University	Ivy League	0.556 !15–12	0.929 !13–1	15
College of the Holy Cross	Patriot League	0.469 !15–17	0.5 !7–7	16
Idaho State University	Big Sky Conference	0.567 !17–13	0.688 !11–5	15
Marist College	MAAC	0.844 !27–5	0.944 !17–1	13
Middle Tennessee State University	Sun Belt Conference	0.906 !29–3	1.018 !18–0	5
University of New Mexico	Mountain West	0.75 !24–8	0.688 !11–5	8
University of North Carolina	ACC	0.909 !30–3	0.786 !11–3	1
University of Oklahoma	Atlantic Sun Conference	0.867 !26–4	0.813 !13–3	3
Old Dominion University	Colonial	0.75 !24–8	0.944 !17–1	7
Oral Roberts University	Mid-Continent	0.688 !22–10	0.571 !8–6	15
Prairie View A&M University	SWAC	0.594 !19–13	0.788 !14–4	16
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.848 !28–5	0.875 !14–2	2
Robert Morris University	Northeast Conference	0.774 !24–7	0.833 !15–3	13
Rutgers University	Big East	0.733 !22–8	0.75 !12–4	4
Southeast Missouri State University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.774 !24–7	0.8 !16–4	14
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.875 !28–4	0.944 !17–1	2
University of Texas at Arlington	Southland	0.75 !24–8	1.016 !16–0	13
University of California, Riverside	Big West Conference	0.677 !21–10	0.857 !12–2	14
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	America East	0.5 !16–16	0.375 !6–10	16
University of North Carolina at Asheville	Big South Conference	0.656 !21–11	0.643 !9–5	14
Vanderbilt University	SEC	0.844 !27–5	0.714 !10–4	2
Xavier University	Atlantic 10	0.788 !26–7	0.786 !11–3	6

Qualifying teams - at-large

Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.^[1]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Arizona State University	Pacific-10	0.875 !28–4	0.889 !16–2	3
Baylor University	Big 12	0.781 !25–7	0.688 !11–5	5
Brigham Young University	Mountain West	0.719 !23–9	0.75 !12–4	11
University of California, Berkeley	Pacific-10	0.742 !23–8	0.667 !12–6	8
University of Connecticut	Big East	0.906 !29–3	1.016 !16–0	1
University of Delaware	Colonial	0.839 !26–5	0.889 !16–2	12
DePaul University	Big East	0.613 !19–12	0.5 !8–8	10
Duke University	Atlantic Coast	0.968 !30–1	1.014 !14–0	1
Florida State University	Atlantic Coast	0.71 !22–9	0.714 !10–4	10
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	0.897 !26–3	1.014 !14–0	5
University of Georgia	Southeastern	0.806 !25–6	0.786 !11–3	3
Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlantic Coast	0.645 !20–11	0.643 !9–5	7
Iowa State University	Big 12	0.758 !25–8	0.625 !10–6	6
James Madison University	Colonial	0.844 !27–5	0.889 !16–2	9
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Sun Belt	0.758 !25–8	0.778 !14–4	11
University of Louisville	Big East	0.788 !26–7	0.625 !10–6	6
Louisiana State University	Southeastern	0.788 !26–7	0.714 !10–4	3
Marquette University	Big East	0.806 !25–6	0.75 !12–4	6
University of Maryland, College Park	Atlantic Coast	0.844 !27–5	0.714 !10–4	2
Michigan State University	Big Ten	0.742 !23–8	0.813 !13–3	5
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	0.677 !21–10	0.643 !9–5	7
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Big 12	0.71 !22–9	0.625 !10–6	9
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast	0.719 !23–9	0.714 !10–4	4
University of Notre Dame	Big East	0.633 !19–11	0.625 !10–6	9
Ohio State University	Big Ten	0.903 !28–3	0.938 !15–1	4
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Big 12	0.667 !20–10	0.5 !8–8	10
University of Pittsburgh	Big East	0.742 !23–8	0.625 !10–6	8
Texas Christian University	Mountain West	0.677 !21–10	0.688 !11–5	10
Temple University	Atlantic 10	0.774 !24–7	0.929 !13–1	8
University of Tennessee	Southeastern	0.903 !28–3	1.014 !14–0	1
Texas A&M University	Big 12	0.8 !24–6	0.813 !13–3	4
University of Washington	Pacific-10	0.6 !18–12	0.611 !11–7	11
West Virginia University	Big East	0.667 !20–10	0.688 !11–5	11

Bids by conference

Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.^[1]

Bids	Conference	Teams
8	Big East	Rutgers, Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, West Virginia
6	Atlantic Coast	North Carolina, Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina St.
6	Big 12	Oklahoma, Baylor, Iowa St., Nebraska, Oklahoma St., Texas A&M
5	Southeastern	Vanderbilt, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee
4	Pacific-10	Stanford, Arizona St., California, Washington
3	Atlantic 10	Xavier, George Washington, Temple
3	Big Ten	Purdue, Michigan St., Ohio St.
3	Colonial	Old Dominion, Delaware, James Madison
3	Mountain West	New Mexico, BYU, TCU
2	Sun Belt	Middle Tenn., La.-Lafayette
1	America East	UMBC
1	Atlantic Sun	Belmont
1	Big Sky	Idaho St.
1	Big South	UNC Asheville
1	Big West	UC Riverside
1	Conference USA	East Carolina
1	Horizon	Green Bay
1	Ivy	Harvard
1	Metro Atlantic	Marist
1	Mid-American	Bowling Green
1	Mid-Continent	Oral Roberts
1	Mid-Eastern	Delaware St.
1	Missouri Valley	Drake
1	Northeast	Robert Morris
1	Ohio Valley	Southeast Mo. St.
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	Chattanooga
1	Southland	Texas-Arlington
1	Southwestern	Prairie View
1	West Coast	Gonzaga
1	Western Athletic	Boise St.

Brackets

Data source^[2]

(*) – Number of asterisks denotes number of overtimes.

Dallas Regional

First round March 17–18			Second round March 19–20			Regional semifinals March 25			Regional finals March 27

1	North Carolina	95
16	Prairie View A&M	38
			1	North Carolina	60
Pittsburgh, PA
			9	Notre Dame	51
8	California	59

9	Notre Dame	62
						1	North Carolina	70

						5	George Washington	56
5	George Washington	76

12	Boise State	67
			5	George Washington	59
Los Angeles, CA
			4	Texas A&M	47
4	Texas A&M	58

13	Texas – Arlington	50
									1	North Carolina	84

									2	Purdue	72
6	Iowa State	79

11	Washington	60
			6	Iowa State	56
Minneapolis, MN
			3	Georgia	76
3	Georgia	53

14	Belmont	36
						3	Georgia	65

						2	Purdue	78
7	Georgia Tech	55

10	DePaul	54
			7	Georgia Tech	63
Minneapolis, MN
			2	Purdue	76
2	Purdue	63

15	Oral Roberts	42

Dayton Regional

First round March 17–18			Second round March 19–20			Regional semifinals March 25			Regional finals March 27

1	Tennessee	76
16	Drake	37
			1	Tennessee	68
Pittsburgh, PA
			8	Pittsburgh	54
8	Pittsburgh	71

9	James Madison	61
						1	Tennessee	65

						13	Marist	46
5	Middle Tennessee St.	85

12	Gonzaga	46
			5	Middle Tennessee State	59
Stanford, CA
			13	Marist	73
4	Ohio State	63

13	Marist	67
									1	Tennessee	98

									7	Mississippi	62
6	Marquette	87

11	LA-Lafeyette	58
			6	Marquette	47
Austin, TX
			3	Oklahoma	78
3	Oklahoma	74

14	SE Missouri State	60
						3	Oklahoma	82

						7	Mississippi	90
7	Mississippi	88

10	TCU	74
			7	Mississippi	89
Hartford, CT
			2	Maryland	78
2	Maryland	89

15	Harvard	65

Fresno Regional

First round March 17–18			Second round March 19–20			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

1	Connecticut	82
16	UMBC	33
			1	Connecticut	94
Hartford, CT
			9	Wisconsin–Green Bay	70
8	New Mexico	52

9	Wisconsin–Green Bay	59
						1	Connecticut	78

						4	N.C. State	71
5	Baylor	68

12	Chattanooga	55
			5	Baylor	72
Raleigh, NC
			4	N.C. State	78*
4	N.C. State	84

13	Robert Morris	52
									1	Connecticut	50

									3	LSU	73
6	Xavier	52

11	West Virginia	65
			11	West Virginia	43
Austin, TX
			3	LSU	49
3	LSU	77

14	UNC-Asheville	39
						3	LSU	55

						10	Florida State	43
7	Old Dominion	75

10	Florida State	85
			10	Florida State	68
Stanford, CA
			2	Stanford	61
2	Stanford	96

15	Idaho State	58

Greensboro Regional

First round March 17–18			Second round March 19–20			Regional semifinals March 24			Regional finals March 26

1	Duke	81
16	Holy Cross	44
			1	Duke	62
Raleigh, NC
			8	Temple	52
8	Temple	64

9	Nebraska	61
						1	Duke	52

						4	Rutgers	53
5	Michigan State	69

12	Delaware	58
			5	Michigan State	57
East Lansing, MI
			4	Rutgers	70
4	Rutgers	77

13	East Carolina	34
									4	Rutgers	64

									3	Arizona State	45
6	Louisville	80

11	BYU	54
			6	Louisville	58
Los Angeles, CA
			3	Arizona State	67
3	Arizona State	57

14	UC Riverside	50
						3	Arizona State	67

						7	Bowling Green	49
7	Bowling Green	70

10	Oklahoma State	66
			7	Bowling Green	60
East Lansing, MI
			2	Vanderbilt	59
2	Vanderbilt	62

15	Delaware State	47

Final Four – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

National Semifinals April 1			National Championship April 3

DAL 1	North Carolina	50
DAY 1	Tennessee	56
			DAY 1	Tennessee	59
			GRE 4	Rutgers	46
FRE 3	LSU	35
GRE 4	Rutgers	59

Regional Initials: DAL-Dallas; DAY-Dayton; FRE-Fresno; GRE-Greensboro.

Television and radio

As it had every year since 2003, ESPN and ESPN2 televised all 63 games. The first two rounds were presented on a regional basis. In some cases, a complete game of interest to a particular region were shown. However, most of the telecasts were in a "whip-around" format, with the specific game being shown changed on occasion and the endings to all close games or potential major upsets included.[1] [2][3][4] All games not shown on either ESPN or ESPN2 in a local market area were available to subscribers of ESPN Full Court, a pay-per-view package available on most major cable and satellite providers. Select games were also simulcast on ESPNU and ESPN360.

All games from the regional semifinals forward were televised nationally on either ESPN or ESPN2, in both standard-definition and high-definition formats. The Final Four was on ESPN. In addition, the championship game was presented in the ESPN Full Circle format.

ESPN had three announcers at each site: a play-by-play announcer, a color commentator, and a sideline reporter. (In contrast, CBS Sports, which covers nearly every game of the men's tournament, did not use sideline reporters until the Final Four.) Mike Patrick, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe and Mark Jones had those respective roles at the Final Four site in Cleveland. Patrick, Burke and Rowe also covered the Greensboro regional.

Burke, who had been a sideline reporter at previous Final Fours, replaced Ann Meyers, who had that role for at least the last four years. Meyers is now the general manager of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.

Other regional broadcast teams were:

Dallas regional – Jones, Nancy Lieberman, and Rebecca Lobo
Dayton regional – Dave Pasch, Brenda VanLengen, and Heather Cox
Fresno regional – Pam Ward, Jimmy Dykes, and Beth Mowins

Some of the other ESPN commentators during earlier rounds included Linda Cohn, Dave Revsine, Dave Barnett, Fran Fraschilla, and Van Chancellor.

Trey Wingo was the studio host, with analysts Kara Lawson and Stacey Dales.

Mowins and Debbie Antonelli called the Final Four action on Westwood One radio.

Comments

Judy Southard, an athletics administrator at Louisiana State University, is the head of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee, which selected and seeded the teams for this event. Southard carried on her duties despite an ongoing scandal in which the head women's basketball coach, Pokey Chatman, resigned after it was alleged that she had an inappropriate sexual relationship with one of her former players. When asked about the scandal on the ESPN program announcing the tournament field and matchups, Southard declined to comment, saying that she wanted the focus to be on the players and teams in the tourney.
This was the first tournament since the NCAA began sanctioning women's basketball in which Louisiana Tech is not a participant. This leaves Tennessee as the only program to appear in all 26 events.
Texas was not in the tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time in its history. (At about the same moment that the selections were announced, Jody Conradt, who won 900 games and a championship during her tenure, resigned as the team's head coach.)
Marist College was the first current MAAC participant to win in the NCAA tournament. The MAAC was previously 0–21 in the tournament under its current membership. Marist also matched the record for the lowest seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen as a 13 seed. Texas A&M did so in 1994 and Liberty also accomplished this in 2005.
The Final Four logo features a guitar that resembles the Fender Stratocaster, marking the fact that Cleveland serves as the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Also, the opening teases on the ESPN telecasts featured an actress playing a disc jockey and mock-up vinyl album covers with players and coaches pictured, to further advance the theme. At the Final Four, a picture of a guitar was applied onto the playing surface with a wood finish, and ESPN used classic rock and roll and R&B songs to lead out into some of the commercial breaks.
Rutgers' cinderella performance in the NCAA tournament was the indirect catalyst of a chain of events that led to CBS Radio firing nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus and to a car accident that nearly killed New Jersey governor Jon Corzine. After their underdog performance, Don Imus mentioned the Rutgers women's basketball team in his radio program, where he referred to the team as "nappy-headed hos." This led to CBS radio firing Don Imus. In an attempt to apologize to the Rutgers' basketball team, Don Imus apologized to the Rutgers team in person at the New Jersey governor's mansion in Princeton, New Jersey. The meeting was also to be attended by New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, but on his way to the meeting, he was involved in an auto accident that left him in critical condition.

All-Tournament Team

Candace Parker, Tennessee
Matee Ajavon, Rutgers
Nicky Anosike, Tennessee
Shannon Bobbitt, Tennessee
Kia Vaughn, Rutgers ^[1]

Game Officials

Bob Trammell (Semi-Final)
Clarke Stevens (Semi-Final)
Eric Brewton (Semi-Final)
Dee Kantner (Semi-Final)
Denise Brooks-Clauser (Semi-Final)
Mary Day (Semi-Final)
Lisa Mattingly (Final)
Michael Price (Final)
Tina Napier (Final) ^[1]

Notes

^ ^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.
^ "Official 2009 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. February 2009. pp. 181. http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/2009_WFF_Records0d7a46e0-1e38-428d-8b72-6d7b2902af40.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-03. ^{[dead link]}

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