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2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

The 2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was held from March 18 to April 4, 2006, at several sites, with the championship game held in Boston. The Maryland Terrapins, coached by Brenda Frese, won their first National Championship, beating the Duke Blue Devils, coached by Gail Goestenkors, 78–75 in overtime. Laura Harper of the Terrapins was named Most Outstanding Player.

2006 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
2006 Women's Final Four logo
Teams64
Finals siteTD Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
ChampionsMaryland Terrapins (1st title, 1st title game,
3rd Final Four)
Runner-upDuke Blue Devils (2nd title game,
4th Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachBrenda Frese (1st title)
MOPLaura Harper (Maryland)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2005 2007»

The field is set at 64 teams, with 31 automatic bids and 33 at-large bids. Unlike the men's game, there is no play-in game. In addition, the first two rounds and regionals are usually played on "neutral" sites.

As of the 2023 tournament, this is the last Final Four where all four teams were coached by women.

Until the 2023 tournament, this was the last Women's final four not to include either Connecticut or Tennessee.

Notable events

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In the Albuquerque Regional, Boston College upset the number one seed, Ohio State, in the second round. BC went on to play fifth seeded Utah in the regional semifinal, but Utah won by three points. Utah then played Maryland in the Regional final. With under eight seconds to go in regulation, Utah was trailing by a single point, with Shona Thorburn at the free throw line for two shots. She only made one, and the game went into overtime. This was familiar territory for the Terrapins, who were now playing in the fifth overtime game of their season. They had won the previous four, and would outscore Utah 12–2 to advance to the Final Four.[1][2]

In the Bridgeport Regional, Connecticut won their first two games easily, then faced Georgia in their home state. The Huskies started out poorly, going without a single point for a stretch of over six minutes and were down 25–10 with under seven minutes to go in the first half. Then UConn scored 22 of the next 23 points to take a six-point lead. Georgia did not quit, and with seconds left, had a one-point lead. UConn had the ball and set up a last-ditch play. The play broke down, but Barbara Turner, not known as a three-point shooter, hit a three-pointer to put Connecticut up by two points with under two seconds to play. Georgia took a desperation, length of the court shot which bounced off the rim, and Connecticut held on to advance to the regional final. UConn head coach Geno Auriemma was quoted as saying, "I told the guys in the locker room, there are times that if you are lucky, fate taps you on the shoulder and you are ready. And today, we were ready".[3][4]

In the regional final, top seeded Duke faced second seed UConn. With Connecticut down by two points late in the game, the Huskies Mel Thomas hit a two pint jumper to tie the game at 55 points apiece. Duke had 20 seconds left to hit a shot to take the lead. They called a timeout to set up a play but it broke down, and they called a timeout with three seconds left. The inbound pass ended up near half court, where an attempted buzzer beater bounced off the backboard, and the game went into overtime. The Blue Devils pulled out to a five-point lead with under three minutes to go, but did not score another point. UConn had the ball for a final play, down by two points, but Charde Houston missed an open jumper, and Duke won the right to go to the Final Four in Boston.[5]

The Cleveland Regional got off to a newsworthy start during Tennessee's opening round game against Army, when the Lady Vols' Candace Parker because first woman to dunk in an NCAA tournament game and the first woman to dunk twice in a college game.[6][7][8] Ultimately though, the top four seeds advance to the regional semifinals, the top two to the final, and top seed North Carolina beat Tennessee to advance to the Final Four. It was their first trip to the Final Four for the Tarheels since 1994, when they had won the National Championship.

The San Antonio Regional also largely followed the seeding, although third-seeded Stanford upset Oklahoma to reach the regional final. Although top seeded LSU was down by five points at halftime, they came back to beat Stanford by three points to earn a trip to the Final Four. LSU had only a one-point lead, when Candice Wiggins drove to the basket but Seimone Augustus stood in the way and took a charge. Wiggins had passed the ball to Krista Rappahahn who hit a three-pointer, but it was waved off because of the charge.[9]

LSU was one of just seven schools to place both their men's and women's basketball teams in the Final Four in the same year. But one night after the men lost by double digits to UCLA, the women lost as well. Duke had a double-digit lead at halftime, which LSU cut to six points, but Duke then went on an 11–1 run to build the lead back up. Duke won the game 64–55 to head to the championship game.[10]

North Carolina entered the other semifinal against Maryland with only a single loss on the season, but that loss was to Maryland. The first half was close, with Maryland holding just a two-point lead at the half. The Terrapins extended the lead in the second half to double digits, but North Carolina came back to cut the lead to three points with just over a minute left in the game. They would get no closer, and Maryland held on to win 81–70 to advance to the final game.[11]

The semifinal wins set up an all-ACC championship game, between the two highest scoring teams in Division I. Duke had won 14 of the last 15 meetings between the two teams, but the sole win by Maryland in the streak was the most recent—the ACC semifinal match up. This game started as if it were a return to the usual results, with Duke reaching a double-digit lead at halftime, and extending to a 13-point lead in the second half. Maryland fought back, and with seconds to go in the game Kristi Toliver hit a three-pointer to tie the game. The game went into overtime, the sixth time this season Maryland had been in an overtime game. The Terrapins had won all five prior overtimes games, and this would be no different. Although down in overtime, Toliver hit two free throws to put her team back in front, and Maryland held on to win their first National Championship.[12]

Locations

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West Lafayette
 
Nashville
 
University Park
 
Norfolk
 
Chicago
 
Denver
 
Tucson
 
Trenton
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Albuquerque
 
Bridgeport
 
San Antonio
 
Cleveland
 
Boston
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2006 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The tournament once again used the pod system, meaning that teams were more likely to play closer to home earlier in the tournament. The sites for the first two rounds were as follows:

  • March 18 and 20:
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois (Host: DePaul University)
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado (Host: University of Colorado at Boulder and Big 12 Conference)
McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)
Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Vanderbilt University)
  • March 19 and 21:
Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, Virginia (Host: Old Dominion University)
Sovereign Bank Arena, Trenton, New Jersey (Host: Rider University and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, Pennsylvania (Host: Pennsylvania State University)
Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana (Host: Purdue University)

The Regional sites for this year (named after the city, a practice that is in use for the second consecutive year) were:

  • March 25 and 27
Albuquerque Regional: The Pit, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Host: University of New Mexico)
San Antonio Regional: AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)
  • March 26 and 28
Bridgeport Regional: Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Host: Fairfield University)
Cleveland Regional: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference)

The winners of the regionals advanced to the Final Four, held at TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts on April 2–4, 2006, hosted by Harvard University and Northeastern University.

Tournament records

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  • Free throws—Erlana Larkins, North Carolina attempted 15 free throws in the national semifinal game against Maryland, tied for the most number of free throws attempted in an NCAA semifinal game.
  • Rebounds—Khara Smith, DePaul, recorded 47 rebounds in three games. The 15.7 rebounds per game is the most ever occurring in an NCAA Tournament.
  • Rebounds—Duke recorded 292 rebounds, the most ever recorded by a single team in an NCAA Tournament.[13] South Carolina set a new record in 2022 with 294 rebounds.[14]

Qualifying teams - automatic

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Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.[13]

Automatic Bids
    Record  
Qualifying School Conference Regular
Season 		Conference Seed
Army Patriot League 20–10 11–3 15
Bowling Green MAC 28–2 16–0 12
Chattanooga Southern Conference 27–3 18–0 12
Coppin State MEAC 22–8 18–0 15
Dartmouth Ivy League 23–6 12–2 14
FAU Atlantic Sun Conference 20–10 16–4 16
Hartford America East 27–3 15–1 11
Liberty Big South Conference 24–5 13–1 13
Louisiana Tech WAC 26–4 15–1 11
Marist MAAC 23–6 16–2 14
Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt Conference 20–10 10–4 12
Milwaukee Horizon League 21–8 14–2 13
Missouri State Missouri Valley Conference 17–14 7–11 13
North Carolina ACC 29–1 13–1 1
Northern Arizona Big Sky Conference 22–10 9–5 14
Oakland Mid-Continent 15–15 8–8 16
Ohio State Big Ten 28–2 15–1 1
Oklahoma Big 12 29–4 16–0 2
Old Dominion Colonial 22–8 17–1 10
Pepperdine West Coast Conference 14–16 8–6 15
Rutgers Big East 25–4 16–0 3
Sacred Heart Northeast Conference 26–4 16–2 15
Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley Conference 20–8 16–4 14
Southern SWAC 20–10 14–4 16
Stanford Pac-10 23–7 15–3 3
Stephen F. Austin Southland 23–7 14–2 13
Temple Atlantic 10 24–7 12–4 6
Tennessee SEC 28-4 11-3 2
Tulsa Conference USA 25–5 14–3 12
UC-Riverside Big West Conference 16–14 7–7 16
Utah Mountain West 24–6 12–4 5

Qualifying teams - at-large

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Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.[13]

At-large Bids
    Record  
Qualifying School Conference Regular
Season 		Conference Seed
Arizona State Pacific-10 24–6 14–4 4
Baylor Big 12 24–6 12–4 3
Boston College Atlantic Coast 19–11 6–8 8
BYU Mountain West 25–5 13–3 7
UC-Berkeley Pacific-10 18–11 10–8 10
Connecticut Big East 29–4 14–2 2
DePaul Big East 25–6 11–5 4
Duke Atlantic Coast 26–3 12–2 1
Florida Southeastern 21–8 8–6 6
Florida State Atlantic Coast 19–9 10–4 6
George Washington Atlantic 10 22–8 13–3 7
Georgia Southeastern 21–8 10–4 3
Iowa Big Ten 17–11 10–6 10
Kentucky Southeastern 21–8 9–5 5
Louisville Big East 19–9 10–6 9
LSU Southeastern 27-3 13-1 1
Maryland Atlantic Coast 28–4 12–2 2
Michigan State Big Ten 22–9 11–5 4
Minnesota Big Ten 19–9 11–5 8
Missouri Big 12 21–9 10–6 10
New Mexico Mountain West 21–9 11–5 11
N.C. State Atlantic Coast 19–11 7–7 5
Notre Dame Big East 18–11 8–8 9
Purdue Big Ten 24–6 13–3 4
USF Big East 18–11 9–7 9
USC Pacific-10 18–11 11–7 8
St. John's Big East 21–7 11–5 7
TCU Mountain West 18–11 11–5 11
Texas A&M Big 12 23–8 11–5 6
UCLA Pacific-10 20–10 12–6 5
Vanderbilt Southeastern 20–10 8–6 8
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 20–9 6–8 7
Washington Pacific-10 18–10 11–7 9

Tournament seeds

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Cleveland Regional Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 North Carolina ACC 29-1 Automatic
2 Tennessee SEC 28-4 Automatic
3 Rutgers Big East 25-4 Automatic
4 Purdue Big Ten 24-6 At-large
5 UCLA Pac-10 20-10 At-large
6 Texas A&M Big 12 23-8 At-large
7 George Washington Atlantic 10 22-8 At-large
8 Vanderbilt SEC 20-10 At-large
9 Louisville Big East 19-9 At-large
10 Old Dominion CAA 22-8 Automatic
11 TCU Mountain West 18-11 At-large
12 Bowling Green MAC 28-2 Automatic
13 Missouri State Missouri Valley 17-14 Automatic
14 Dartmouth Ivy 23-6 Automatic
15 Army Patriot 20-10 Automatic
16 UC Riverside Big West 16-14 Automatic
Albuquerque Regional The Pit, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Ohio State Big Ten 28-2 Automatic
2 Maryland ACC 28-4 At-large
3 Baylor Big 12 24-6 At-large
4 Arizona State Pac-10 24-6 At-large
5 Utah Mountain West 24-6 Automatic
6 Florida SEC 21-8 At-large
7 St. John's Big East 21-7 At-large
8 Boston College ACC 19-11 At-large
9 Notre Dame Big East 18-11 At-large
10 California Pac-10 18-11 At-large
11 New Mexico Mountain West 21-9 At-large
12 Middle Tennessee Sun Belt 20-10 Automatic
13 Stephen F. Austin Southland 23-7 Automatic
14 Northern Arizona Big Sky 22-10 Automatic
15 Sacred Heart Northeast 26-4 Automatic
16 Oakland Mid-Continent 15-15 Automatic
Bridgeport Regional Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 Duke ACC 26-3 At-large
2 Connecticut Big East 29-4 At-large
3 Georgia SEC 21-8 At-large
4 Michigan State Big Ten 22-9 At-large
5 Kentucky SEC 21-8 At-large
6 Temple Atlantic 10 24-7 Automatic
7 Virginia Tech ACC 20-9 At-large
8 Southern Cal Pac-10 18-11 At-large
9 South Florida Big East 18-11 At-large
10 Missouri Big 12 21-9 At-large
11 Hartford America East 27-3 Automatic
12 Chattanooga Southern 27-3 Automatic
13 Milwaukee Horizon 21-8 Automatic
14 Marist MAAC 23-6 Automatic
15 Coppin State MEAC 22-8 Automatic
16 Southern SWAC 20-10 Automatic
San Antonio Regional AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas
Seed School Conference Record Berth type
1 LSU SEC 27-3 At-Large
2 Oklahoma Big 12 29-4 Automatic
3 Stanford Pac-10 23-7 Automatic
4 DePaul Big East 25-6 At-large
5 NC State ACC 19-11 At-large
6 Florida State ACC 19-9 At-large
7 BYU Mountain West 25-5 At-large
8 Minnesota Big 10 19-9 At-large
9 Washington Pac-10 18-10 At-large
10 Iowa Big 10 17-11 At-large
11 Louisiana Tech WAC 26-4 Automatic
12 Tulsa Conference USA 25-5 Automatic
13 Liberty Big South 24-5 Automatic
14 Southeast Missouri Ohio Valley 20-8 Automatic
15 Pepperdine West Coast 14-16 Automatic
16 Florida Atlantic Atlantic Sun 20-10 Automatic

Bids by conference

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Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-three cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from eight of the conferences.[13]

Bids Conference Teams
7 Atlantic Coast North Carolina, Boston College, Duke, Florida St., Maryland, North Carolina St., Virginia Tech
7 Big East Rutgers, Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Notre Dame, South Fla., St. John's NY
6 Pacific-10 Stanford, Arizona St., California, Southern California, UCLA, Washington
6 Southeastern LSU, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
5 Big Ten Ohio St., Iowa, Michigan St., Minnesota, Purdue
4 Big 12 Oklahoma, Baylor, Missouri, Texas A&M
4 Mountain West Utah, BYU, New Mexico, TCU
2 Atlantic 10 Temple, George Washington
1 America East Hartford
1 Atlantic Sun Fla. Atlantic
1 Big Sky Northern Ariz.
1 Big South Liberty
1 Big West UC Riverside
1 Colonial Old Dominion
1 Conference USA Tulsa
1 Horizon Milwaukee
1 Ivy Dartmouth
1 Metro Atlantic Marist
1 Mid-American Bowling Green
1 Mid-Continent Oakland
1 Mid-Eastern Coppin St.
1 Missouri Valley Missouri St.
1 Northeast Sacred Heart
1 Ohio Valley Southeast Mo. St.
1 Patriot Army
1 Southern Chattanooga
1 Southland Stephen F. Austin
1 Southwestern Southern U.
1 Sun Belt Middle Tenn.
1 West Coast Pepperdine
1 Western Athletic Louisiana Tech

Bids by state

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The sixty-four teams came from twenty-nine states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with six bids. Twenty-one states did not have any teams receiving bids.[13]

 
NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 2006
Bids State Teams
6 California Pepperdine, Stanford, UC Riverside, California, Southern California, UCLA
4 Florida Fla. Atlantic, Florida, Florida St., South Fla.
4 Tennessee Chattanooga, Middle Tenn., Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4 Texas Stephen F. Austin, Baylor, TCU, Texas A&M
3 Connecticut Hartford, Sacred Heart, Connecticut
3 Louisiana Louisiana Tech, LSU, Southern U.
3 Missouri Missouri St., Missouri, Southeast Mo. St.
3 New York Army, Marist, St. John's NY
3 North Carolina North Carolina, Duke, North Carolina St.
3 Virginia Liberty, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech
2 Arizona Northern Ariz., Arizona St.
2 Indiana Notre Dame, Purdue
2 Kentucky Kentucky, Louisville
2 Maryland Coppin St., Maryland
2 Michigan Oakland, Michigan St.
2 Ohio Bowling Green, Ohio St.
2 Oklahoma Oklahoma, Tulsa
2 Utah Utah, BYU
1 District of Columbia George Washington
1 Georgia Georgia
1 Illinois DePaul
1 Iowa Iowa
1 Massachusetts Boston College
1 Minnesota Minnesota
1 New Hampshire Dartmouth
1 New Jersey Rutgers
1 New Mexico New Mexico
1 Pennsylvania Temple
1 Washington Washington
1 Wisconsin Milwaukee

Brackets

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Data source[13]
*-Overtime game.

Cleveland Regional

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First round
March 18 and 19 		Second round
March 20 and 21 		Regional semifinals
March 26 		Regional finals
March 28
            
1 North Carolina 75
16 UC Riverside 51
1 North Carolina 89
Nashville, TN
8 Vanderbilt 70
8 Vanderbilt 76
9 Louisville 64
1 North Carolina 70
4 Purdue 68
5 UCLA 74
12 Bowling Green 61
5 UCLA 54
West Lafayette, IN
4 Purdue 61
4 Purdue 73
13 Missouri State 54
1 North Carolina 75
2 Tennessee 63
6 Texas A&M 65
11 TCU 69
11 TCU 48
Trenton, NJ
3 Rutgers 82
3 Rutgers 63
14 Dartmouth 58
3 Rutgers 69
2 Tennessee 76
7 George Washington 87
10 Old Dominion 72
7 George Washington 53
Norfolk, VA
2 Tennessee 66
2 Tennessee 102
15 Army 54

Albuquerque Regional

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First round
March 18 and 19 		Second round
March 20 and 21 		Regional semifinals
March 25 		Regional finals
March 27
            
1 Ohio State 68
16 Oakland (MI) 45
1 Ohio State 69
West Lafayette, IN
8 Boston College 79
8 Boston College 78
9 Notre Dame 61
8 Boston College 54
5 Utah 57
5 Utah 76
12 Middle Tennessee 71
5 Utah 86
Tucson, AZ
4 Arizona State 65
4 Arizona State 80
13 Stephen F. Austin 61
5 Utah 65
2 Maryland 75*
6 Florida 59
11 New Mexico 83
11 New Mexico 67
Tucson, AZ
3 Baylor 87
3 Baylor 74
14 Northern Arizona 56
3 Baylor 63
2 Maryland 82
7 St. John's 78
10 California 68
7 St. John's 74
University Park, PA
2 Maryland 81
2 Maryland 95
15 Sacred Heart 54

Bridgeport Regional

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First round
March 18 and 19 		Second round
March 20 and 21 		Regional semifinals
March 26 		Regional finals
March 28
            
1 Duke 96
16 Southern 27
1 Duke 85
Norfolk, VA
8 Southern California 51
8 Southern California 67
9 South Florida 65
1 Duke 86
4 Michigan State 61
5 Kentucky 69
12 Chattanooga 59
5 Kentucky 63
Rosemont, IL
4 Michigan State 67
4 Michigan State 65
13 Milwaukee 46
1 Duke 63*
2 Connecticut 61
6 Temple 58
11 Hartford 64
11 Hartford 54
Trenton, NJ
3 Georgia 73
3 Georgia 75
14 Marist 60
3 Georgia 75
2 Connecticut 77
7 Virginia Tech 82
10 Missouri 51
7 Virginia Tech 56
University Park, PA
2 Connecticut 79
2 Connecticut 77
15 Coppin State 54

San Antonio Regional

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First round
March 18 		Second round
March 20 		Regional semifinals
March 25 		Regional finals
March 27
            
1 LSU 72
16 Florida Atlantic 48
1 LSU 72
Nashville, TN
9 Washington 49
8 Minnesota 69
9 Washington 73
1 LSU 66
4 DePaul 56
5 NC State 61
12 Tulsa 71
12 Tulsa 67
Rosemont, IL
4 DePaul 71
4 DePaul 68
13 Liberty 43
1 LSU 62
3 Stanford 59
6 Florida State 80
11 Louisiana Tech 71
6 Florida State 70
Denver, CO
3 Stanford 88
3 Stanford 72
14 Southeast Missouri 45
3 Stanford 88
2 Oklahoma 74
7 BYU 67
10 Iowa 62
7 BYU 70
Denver, CO
2 Oklahoma 86
2 Oklahoma 78
15 Pepperdine 66

Final Four – TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, Massachusetts)

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National Semifinals
April 2 		National Championship
April 4
      
Alb2 Maryland 81
Cle1 North Carolina 70
Alb2 Maryland 78*
Bpt1 Duke 75
Bpt1 Duke 64
SA1 LSU 45

Alb-Albuquerque; Bpt-Bridgeport; Cle-Cleveland; SA-San Antonio.

Record by conference

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Conference # of Bids Record Win % Round
of 32 		Sweet
Sixteen 		Elite
Eight 		Final
Four 		Championship
Game
Atlantic Coast 7 19–6 .760 6 4 3 3 2
Big East 7 8–7 .533 4 3 1 0 0
Southeastern 6 11–6 .647 5 3 2 1 0
Pacific-10 6 7–6 .538 5 1 1 0 0
Big Ten 5 5–5 .500 3 2 0 0 0
Mountain West 4 6–4 .600 4 1 1 0 0
Big 12 4 4–4 .500 2 2 0 0 0
Atlantic 10 2 1–2 .333 1 0 0 0 0
America East 1 1–1 .500 1 0 0 0 0
Conference USA 1 1–1 .500 1 0 0 0 0

Twenty-one conferences went 0-1: Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, Mid-Continent, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC, Sun Belt Conference, West Coast Conference, and WAC

All-Tournament Team

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Game Officials

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  • Melissa Barlow (semifinal)
  • Scott Yarbrough (semifinal)
  • Eric Brewton (semifinal)
  • Dee Kantner (semifinal)
  • Denise Brooks-Clauser (semifinal)
  • Michael Price (semifinal)
  • Lisa Mattingly (final)
  • Bob Trammell (final)
  • Tina Napier (final) [13]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Boxscore MD". ESPN. March 27, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "Maryland Rises in Overtime, 75-65". Los Angeles Times. March 28, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Connecticut holds off Georgia, 77-75". Honolulu Advertiser. March 27, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  4. ^ GOLDBERG, JEFF (March 27, 2006). "Ncaa Women's Tournament: Uconn 77, Georgia 75". Hartford Courant. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Byrnes, Patrick (March 28, 2006). "duke escapes uconn in overtime thriller". The Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  6. ^ "NCAA Video Vault: Candace Parker becomes first woman to dunk in NCAA tournament history | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  7. ^ "Candace Parker Dunks Twice as Lady Vols Roll to 102-54 Win over Army".
  8. ^ "Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster". Wnba.com. January 8, 2009.
  9. ^ "Augustus draws game-saving charge to send LSU to Final Four". ESPN. March 27, 2006. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  10. ^ "Duke routs LSU to set up all-ACC final". ESPN. April 2, 2006. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  11. ^ "Harper helps Terps trip up Tar Heels to advance to title game". ESPN. April 2, 2006. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  12. ^ Orton, Kathy (April 5, 2006). "A 3-Point Landing". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h Nixon, Rick. "Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  14. ^ Nixon, Rick. "2023 Women's Final Four Championship Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 86. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
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