2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

2011 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteConseco Fieldhouse
Indianapolis, Indiana
ChampionsTexas A&M Aggies (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-upNotre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachGary Blair (1st title)
MOPDanielle Adams (Texas A&M)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2010 2012»

The 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 19, 2011, and concluded on April 5, 2011. The Texas A&M Aggies won the championship, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76–70 in the final held at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.[1][2][3]

The tournament was also notable for a historic run by Gonzaga that ultimately ended in the final of the Spokane Region. With the help of two games on their home court and a regional held less than two miles away, the #11-seeded Bulldogs became the lowest seed ever to make a regional final in the history of the women's tournament.[4]

  1. ^ Voepel, Mechelle (April 5, 2011). "Adams, White lead Texas A&M to title". ESPN. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Kinkhabwala, Aditi (April 6, 2011). "Texas A&M Wins Women's Basketball Title". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  3. ^ Lopresti, Mike (April 6, 2011). "As Texas A&M wins first title, fight for parity continues". USA Today. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga hold off Louisville to earn Elite 8 trip". ESPN. Associated Press. March 26, 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.