2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

The 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began in November 2009 and ended with the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament started Saturday, March 20, 2010 and was completed on Tuesday, April 6 of the same year with University of Connecticut Huskies defending their title from the previous year by defeating Stanford, 53-47. The tournament bids were announced on...

's championship game on April 6, 2010 at the Alamodome

Alamodome

The Alamodome is a domed 65,000 seat, multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, U.S...

in San Antonio. The tournament opened with the first and second rounds on Thursday through Sunday, March 18–21, 2010. Regional games were played on Thursday through Sunday, March 28–31, 2010, with the Final Four

Final four

Final Four isa sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament, most notably NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments. The term usually refers to the four teams who compete in the two games of a single-elimination tournament's semi-final round...

played on Sunday and Tuesday, April 4 and 6, 2010.

The Connecticut Huskies

2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Huskies were coached by Geno Auriemma, as the Huskies played their home games at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in the XL Center located in...

successfully defended their national title from the previous season

2008–09 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

The 2008–09 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2008–2009 NCAA Division I basketball season. Coached by Geno Auriemma, the Huskies played their home games at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and on campus at the Harry A....

, defeating Stanford

2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, coached by Tara VanDerveer...

53–47 in the final. This was the Huskies' second consecutive unbeaten championship season, unprecedented since the NCAA began to organize women's basketball in the 1981–82 season.

Season headlines

May 4:The tenth annual 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam is a women’s basketball tournament that will take place on November 26–28, 2009. Eight teams from the NCAA have been invited to participate in the tournament. The teams will be separated into two brackets, the Reef Division and the Island Division. The Reef Division will consist of Mississippi State, Rutgers, Southern California and Texas. The Island Division will consist of Notre Dame, Oklahoma, San Diego State and South Carolina
May 5: The Atlantic Coast Conference and the Big Ten Conference announced the pairings for the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge for women’s basketball, which is in the third year of a four-year agreement. The 2009 Challenge, which will take on a two-day format this year, will open on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The Big Ten/ACC Women’s Basketball Challenge matches 11 teams from each conference in head-to-head competition traditionally on the first Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after Thanksgiving, following the men’s basketball Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Big Ten and ACC have been among the most successful conferences in women’s basketball. During the 2008-09 season, the ACC was represented by six teams in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. It was the seventh straight year the league has had at least six teams in the tournament. Maryland advanced to the 2009 NCAA Regional Finals, giving the ACC at least one team in the Elite Eight for the eighth consecutive year. In 2005-06, the ACC became the first conference to send three teams: Duke, Maryland and North Carolina – to the same Final Four. Overall, the ACC has made 11 Final Four trips, including six in the past 13 years.
May 28, 2009: NBA referee Violet Palmer was hired as coordinator of women's basketball officials for the West Coast Conference and will remain with the NBA, where she has worked for 12 seasons.
July 1: Rutgers will play in the eighth annual Jimmy V Women’s Classic when the Scarlet Knights host Florida on Dec. 7. This marks the fourth straight season the Scarlet Knights will take part in the game. They beat Georgia 45-34 last season. The games are part of the fundraising effort for the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which is named for the late Jim Valvano
Jim Valvano
James Thomas Anthony "Jim" Valvano , nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball coach.While the head basketball coach at North Carolina State University, he won the 1983 NCAA Basketball Tournament against high odds...

, who led North Carolina State to the national championship in 1983.
July 7: Pat Summitt and C. Vivian Stringer will oppose each other in the fourth annual Maggie Dixon Classic. The women’s doubleheader will be played Dec. 13 at Madison Square Garden. The two Hall of Fame coaches teams will meet in regular season play for the seventh straight year. Baylor and freshman star Brittney Griner will face Boston College in the other contest. The two teams played once before at Madison Square Garden. Tennessee won 68-54 in 1999. Baylor will be making its first appearance at MSG.
August 4: Joan Bonvicini was introduced as the new women's basketball coach at Seattle University. She is one of only 18 coaches in Division I history with more than 600 victories.
August 18: On January. 16, Notre Dame and Connecticut will be part of the first-ever ESPN women's basketball College GameDay broadcast. The game will be broadcast from Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn. The matchup between the Fighting Irish and Huskies will tip off at 9 p.m. (ET) and will be televised live to a national cable audience by ESPN.
Sept. 8: The West Coast Conference (WCC) and its multi-media rights partner, IMG College, announced Zappos.com as the official title sponsor of the WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. The deal is effective through the 2011-12 season, and signifies the WCC's first-ever title sponsorship.

Preseason "Wade Watch" list

On July 30, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), on behalf of the Wade Coalition, announced the 2009-2010 preseason "Wade Watch" list for The State Farm Wade Trophy Division I Player of the Year. The nominees are made up of top NCAA Division I student-athletes who best embody the spirit of Lily Margaret Wade. This is based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability. The list are as follows:
Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel
Jayne Appel is a center for the San Antonio Silver Stars in the WNBA. She played collegiate basketball at Stanford University.-High school career:...

, Stanford
Jessica Breland, North Carolina
Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

, Connecticut
Alysha Clark
Alysha Clark
Alysha Clark is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars.-Early life:...

, Middle Tennessee
Allyssa DeHaan
Allyssa DeHaan
Allyssa DeHaan is an American former collegiate basketball player and currently collegiate volleyball player. She played for Michigan State University from 2006 to 2010....

, Michigan State
Alexis Gray-Lawson, California
Tiffany Hayes
Tiffany Hayes
Tiffany Kiara Hayes plays guard for the UConn women's basketball team, the 2009 and 2010 NCAA National Champions.-Early life:Hayes was born 20 September 1989 in Fort Polk, a town in western Louisiana to Dorothy and Renard Hayes....

, Connecticut
Allison Hightower, LSU
Ashley Houts
Ashley Houts
Ashley Houts is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Daughter of Greg and Joni Houts. Her sister, Emily Houts, played collegiately at Gadsden State Community College and Chattanooga...

, Georgia
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....

, Ohio State
Danielle McCray
Danielle McCray
Danielle McCray is a forward for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. McCray was born November 8, 1987 in Boynton Beach, Florida. McCray was selected 7th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. She played collegiately for the Kansas Jayhawks where she was named a second-team All-American during her senior season...

, Kansas
Jacinta Monroe
Jacinta Monroe
Jacinta Monroe is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-External links:*...

, Florida State
Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...

, Connecticut
Jené Morris
Jené Morris
Jené Morris is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. She played college basketball for San Diego State University.-Awards and honors:*State Farm Coaches' Honorable Mention All-American...

, San Diego State
Deirdre Naughton, DePaul
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen
Kayla Pedersen is an American basketball forward for Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was selected 7th overall in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was selected for the 2006 State Farm Holiday Classic all-tournament as a senior at Red Mountain High School in Arizona...

, Stanford
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips
Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:...

, Xavier
Jeanette Pohlen
Jeanette Pohlen
Jeanette Pohlen is a basketball player who most recently played for the Stanford Cardinal. She was drafted to the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association in the 2010 WNBA draft . She is known by Cardinal fans for her great play against UConn...

, Stanford
Samantha Prahalis, Ohio State
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....

, Oklahoma State
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson
Danielle Robinson is a basketball player who most recently played for the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Robinson was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars....

, Oklahoma
Jenna Smith, Illinois
Carolyn Swords, Boston College
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot
Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...

, Gonzaga
Monica Wright, Virginia

Preseason Wooden Award nominees

August 21: The 2009-10 preseason candidates list for the Women’s Wooden Award was released, naming 31 student athletes.

Name	Height	Class	Position	School
Jayne Appel	6-4	Sr.	F/C	Stanford
Erica Beverly	6-0	Sr.	F	Hartford
Angie Bjorklund	6-0	Jr.	G/F	Tennessee
Heather Bowman	6-2	Sr.	F	Gonzaga
Jessica Breland*	6-3	Sr.	F	North Carolina
Tina Charles	6-4	Sr.	C	Connecticut
Alysha Clark	5-10	Sr.	F	Middle Tennessee
Allyssa DeHaan	6-9	Sr.	C	Michigan State
Tyra Grant	5-11	Sr.	G	Penn State
Alexis Gray-Lawson	5-8	Sr.	G	California
Allison Hightower	5-10	Sr.	G	LSU
Ashley Houts	5-6	Sr.	G	Georgia
Ify Ibekwe	6-1	Jr.	F	Arizona
Jantel Lavender	6-4	Jr.	C	Ohio State
Gabriela Marginean	6-1	Sr.	F	Drexel
Danielle McCray	5-11	Sr.	G/F	Kansas
Nicole Michael	6-2	Sr.	F	Syracuse
Jacinta Monroe	6-4	Sr.	F/C	Florida State
Maya Moore	6-0	Jr.	F	Connecticut
Jené Morris	5-9	Sr.	G	San Diego State
Dierdre Naughton	5-10	Sr.	G	DePaul
Ta‘Shia Phillips	6-6	Jr.	C	Xavier
Jeanette Pohlen	6-0	Jr.	G	Stanford
Samantha Prahalis	5-7	So.	G	Ohio State
Andrea Riley	5-5	Sr.	G	Oklahoma State
Danielle Robinson	5-9	Jr.	G	Oklahoma
Jenna Smith	6-3	Sr.	C	Illinois
Ashley Sweat	6-2	Sr.	F	Kansas State
Carolyn Swords	6-6	Jr.	C	Boston College
Courtney Vandersloot	5-8	Jr.	G	Gonzaga
Monica Wright	5-11	Sr.	G	Virginia

Preseason WNIT

Ohio State headlines a field of 16-teams for the 2009 Preseason Women’s National Invitation Tournament. The field includes 11 teams that played in the postseason last spring: Arkansas-Little Rock, Bowling Green, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia Tech, Marist, New Mexico, North Carolina A&T, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Winthrop. They will be joined in the Preseason WNIT field by Chicago State, Eastern Illinois, Northern Colorado, Towson, and UTEP.

The Preseason WNIT features a three-game guarantee format. The event opens Friday, November 13 with first-round games. Second-round games will be played November 15 and 16. The semifinals will be on November 18 and 19. The championship is set for Sunday, November 22. Teams that lose in the first two rounds will play consolation games on the second weekend, November 20–22. All games are hosted by participating schools, and sites are announced by the end of the preceding round. In last year’s Preseason WNIT, North Carolina defeated Oklahoma 80-79.

First-round Preseason WNIT games to be held on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
- Eastern Illinois (24-9) at Ohio State (29-6), 5 p.m. ET
- UTEP (18-12) at Florida Gulf Coast (26-5), 7 p.m. ET
- Arkansas-Little Rock (26-7) at Oklahoma State (17-16), 7 p.m. ET
- Towson (17-13) at West Virginia (18-15), 7 p.m. ET
- Winthrop (16-16) at Georgia Tech (22-10), 7:30 p.m. ET
- Chicago State (16-13) at Bowling Green (29-5), 7:30 p.m. ET
- North Carolina A&T (26-7) at Marist (29-4), 7:30 p.m. ET
- Northern Colorado (12-18) at New Mexico (25-11), 9 p.m. ET

Season outlook

Nov. 11: The Big Ten and Big 12 Conferences announced the formation of an annual inter-conference challenge for women’s basketball. The challenge will span at least two years and will begin in the fall of 2010. The series will feature a home-and-home format over the initial two-year agreement, and each of the Big 12’s teams will play in each Challenge, while one Big Ten team, Wisconsin, will play two Challenge games each year.

Pre-season polls

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=2| Associated Press
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!Ranking
!School
!Points
|-
|1
|Connecticut
| 1000
|-
|2
| Stanford
| 951
|-
|3
| Ohio State
| 862
|-
|4
| Notre Dame
| 799
|-
|5
| North Carolina
| 798
|-
|6
| Duke
| 772
|-
|7
| Baylor
| 744
|-
|8
| Tennessee
| 676
|-
|9
| LSU
| 600
|-
|10
| Michigan State
| 521
|-
|11
|Xavier
| 492
|-
|12
| Texas
| 487
|-
|13
| Oklahoma
| 444
|-
|14
| Virginia
| 394
|-
|15
| Florida State
| 385
|-
|16
| Arizona State
| 317
|-
|17
| DePaul
| 301
|-
|18
| California
| 294
|-
|19
| Georgia Tech
| 262
|-
|20
| Kansas
| 241
|-
|21
|Georgia
| 201
|-
|22
| Vanderbilt
| 165
|-
|23
| Louisville
| 156
|-
|24
| Middle Tennessee
| 143
|-
|25
| Rutgers
| 138
|-
|}

{|
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan=2| USA Today
|-
!Ranking
!School
!Points
|-
|1
|Connecticut
| 775
|-
|2
| Stanford
| 739
|-
|3
| Ohio State
| 653
|-
|4
| Baylor
| 649
|-
|5
| North Carolina
| 561
|-
|6
| Duke
| 547
|-
|7
| Notre Dame
| 438
|-
|8
| Oklahoma
| 416
|-
|9
| Tennessee
| 412
|-
|10
| Michigan State
| 353
|-
|11
|Arizona State
| 328
|-
|12
| Florida State
| 323
|-
|13
| California
| 314
|-
|14
| Texas
| 311
|-
|15
| Xavier
| 303
|-
|16
| Texas A&M
| 302
|-
|17
| LSU
| 298
|-
|18
| Virginia
| 246
|-
|19
| Louisville
| 232
|-
|20
| Vanderbilt
| 223
|-
|21
|Maryland
| 209
|-
|22
| Pittsburgh
| 127
|-
|23
| Purdue
| 126
|-
|24
| Iowa State
| 125
|-
|25
| DePaul
| 121
|-
|}

Preseason All-Americans

Jayne Appel, Stanford
Tina Charles, Connecticut
Jantel Lavender, Ohio State
Maya Moore, Connecticut
Monica Wright, Virginia

- November 3: Maya Moore
  Maya Moore
  Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...
  
  became just the seventh unanimous choice on The Associated Press' preseason All-America team. She received all 40 votes from a national media panel. It's the third straight year a player has been a unanimous choice in the preseason. Moore was joined on the preseason squad by teammate Tina Charles. It was the fifth time that two players from the same team made the All-America squad. Connecticut has also had two of the four other pairs of teammates on a preseason team - Jen Rizzotti and Kara Wolters
  Kara Wolters
  Kara Wolters is a retired American collegiate and professional basketball player.Standing at six feet and seven inches , she was appropriately nicknamed "Big Girl". She is the tallest player in University of Connecticut women's basketball history and one of the tallest women to ever play in the WNBA...
  
  in 1995-96 and Shea Ralph and Svetlana Abrosimova in 2000-01.

Big Ten

2009-10 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
- Jantel Lavender
Preseason All-Big Ten Coaches Team
- Jenna Smith, Sr., F, ILL
- Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
- JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
- Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
- Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU
Preseason All-Big Ten Media Team
- Jenna Smith, Sr., F, ILL
- Allyssa DeHaan, Sr., C, MSU
- JANTEL LAVENDER, Jr., C, OSU
- Samantha Prahalis, So., G, OSU
- Tyra Grant, Sr., F, PSU

Conference USA

2009-10 C-USA Preseason PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Emma Cannon, UCF
2009-10 C-USA Preseason Team
- Courtney Taylor, Houston
- Brittany Gilliam, SMU
- Pauline Love, Southern Miss
- Emma Cannon, UCF
- Jareica Hughes, UTEP

2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule

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| Date || Visiting Team || Home Team || Score || Leading Scorer || Attendance
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| Dec. 2/09 ||Georgia Tech || Penn State || G Tech 64-60 ||Tyra Grant, PSU (20) ||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 2/09 ||Illinois || Wake Forest || Illinois, 65-50 || Jenna Smith, Illinois (27) ||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 2/09 ||Boston College|| Iowa || BC, 72-67 || Kamilee Wahlin, Iowa (23)||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||Michigan|| Virginia Tech ||Mich, 71-51 || Veronica Hicks, Michigan (19)||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||Clemson|| Northwestern || CLEM, 69-68 || Kirstyn Wright, Clemson (22)||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||Minnesota|| Maryland || MD, 66-45 ||Kim Rodgers, Maryland (14) ||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||North Carolina|| Michigan State || MSU, 72-66 || Italee Lucas, North Carolina (29)||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||Ohio State|| Duke || Duke, 83-67 || Jasmine Thomas, Duke (29)||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||Purdue|| Virginia || VA, 56-49 || Brittany Rayburn, Purdue (19)||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||Florida State|| Indiana || FSU, 82-74 || Jori Davis, Indiana (23)||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| Dec. 3/09 ||Wisconsin|| NC State || Wisc, 53-48 ||Taylor Wurtz, Wisconsin (13) ||TBD
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
|}

Early season tournaments

{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Dates || Num. teams || Location || Championship
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| Aggie Hotel Encato Classic
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
|Las Cruces, NM
|New Mexico State Aggies
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| ASU Classic
| Dec. 4-5
| 4
|Tempe, AZ
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| Bahamas Tournament
| Dec. 19-20
| 4
|Nassau, Bahamas
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| Basketball Travelers Tip-Off Tournament
| Nov. 27-29
| 4
|Lubbock, TX
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| Big Easy Classic
| Dec. 4-5
| 4
|New Orleans, LA
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| BTI Classic
| Nov. 20-22
| 4
|West Lafayette, Ind.
|Dayton Flyers
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| BTI Tip-Off Tournament
| Nov. 27-28
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| Buckeye Classic
| Nov. 28-29
| 4
|Columbus, Ohio
|Ohio State Buckeyes
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| Cal Poly Holiday Beach Classic
| Nov. 28-29
| 4
|San Luis Obispo, Calif.
|Illinois Fighting Illini
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|Caribbean Challenge
| Nov. 26-27
| 4
|Cancun, Mexico
|Duke Blue Devils
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|Commerce Bank Wildcat Classic
| Dec. 4
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| Desert Sun Classic
| Dec. 19-20
| 4
|Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

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| Great Alaska Shootout
| Nov. 24-25
| 4
|Anchorage
|Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves
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| Holiday Inn & Suites Express Thanksgiving Tournament
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
|Albuquerque, New Mexico
|Toledo Rockets
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| Hukilau Tournament
| Dec. 4-5
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|Laie, Hawai'I
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| Iona Tip-Off Tournament
| Nov. 14-15
| 4
|New Rochelle, NY
|Arizona Wildcats
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| Jack in the Box Rainbow Wahine Classic
| Nov. 27-29
| 4
|Honolulu, HI
|Arizona State Sun Devils
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| Junkanoo Jam
| Nov. 27-28
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|Bahamas
|Michigan State Spartans
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| KCRG-TV9 Hawkeye Challenge
| Nov. 14-15
| 4
|Iowa City, IA
|Iowa Hawkeyes
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| Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic
| Nov 27-28
| 4
|Hattiesburg, Mississippi
|Georgia Lady Bulldogs
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| Las Vegas Hoops Classic (Duel in the Desert)
| Dec. 19-20
| 4
|Las Vegas
|Baylor Lady Bears
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| LIU Thanksgiving Tournament
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
|Brooklyn, New York
|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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| Maggie Dixon Classic
| Dec. 13
| 2
| New York, NY
|Baylor Lady Bears
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| Maine Classic
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
| Orono, Maine
|Penn State Lady Lions
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| Mildred and Roger L. White Invitational
| Nov. 29-Dec. 2
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|Evanston, Ill.
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| Navy Classic
| Nov. 20-21
| 2
|Annapolis, MD
|Navy Midshipmen
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| Northwestern Tournament
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
|Evanston, Ill.
|Iowa State Cyclones
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| Nugget Classic
| Nov. 7-8
| 4
|Reno, Nevada
|West Virginia Mountaineers
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| Omni Hotels Classic
| Nov. 27-28
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|Boulder, Colorado
|Colorado Buffaloes
|-
| Paradise Jam Tournament

2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (women)

The tenth annual 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam is a women’s basketball tournament that will take place on November 26 - 28, 2009. Eight teams from the NCAA have been invited to participate in the tournament. The teams will be separated into two brackets, the Reef Division and the Island...

| Nov. 25-28
| 8
|US Virgin Islands
|Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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| Saint Mary’s Hilton Tournament
| Nov. 27-29
| 4
|Moraga, California
|Nebraska Cornhuskers
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| San Diego Surf and Slam
| Dec. 28-30
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|San Diego, California
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| Seminole Classic
| Nov. 27-29
| 4
|Tallahassee, Fla.
|Florida State Seminoles
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| SMU Tournament
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
|Dallas, TX
|Boston College Eagles
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| Subway Basketball Classic
| Nov. 21-22
| 4
|Minneapolis
|Minnesota Golden Gophers
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| Terrapin Classic
| Dec. 27-29
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|College Park, MD
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| Tulane DoubleTree Classic

Tulane DoubleTree Classic

The Tulane Double Tree Classic is an annual basketball tournament hosted by Tulane University at Fogelman Arena in December. The tournament started in 1996.-1996:-1997:-1998:-1999:-2000:-2001:-2002:-2003:-2004:-2005:-2006:-2007:...

| Dec. 28-29
| 4
| New Orleans, LA
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| University of Miami Thanksgiving Tournament
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
|Coral Gables, FL
|Miami Hurricanes
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| University of Miami Holiday Tournament
| Dec. 28-29
|
|Coral Gables, FL
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|-
| Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament
| Nov. 27-28
| 4
|Nashville, TN
|Vanderbilt Commodores
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| Villanova Tournament
| Dec. 28-29
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|Villanova, PA
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| Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic
| Dec. 29-30
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|Honolulu, HI
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| WBCA Classic
| Nov. 27-Nov. 29
| 4
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|Connecticut Huskies
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| Women of Troy Classic
| Dec. 19 - Dec. 20
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|Galen Center
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| World Vision Classic
| Nov. 27-Nov. 29
| 4
|Waco, Texas

Waco, Texas

Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....

|Baylor Lady Bears
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| World Vision Invitational
| Nov. 27-Nov. 29
| 4
|Eugene, Oregon
|Wisconsin Badgers
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|}

Conference winners and tournaments

Thirty athletic conference

Athletic conference

An athletic conference is a collection of sports teams, playing competitively against each other at the professional, collegiate, or high school level. In many cases conferences are subdivided into smaller and smaller divisions, with the best teams competing at successively higher levels...

s each end their regular seasons with a single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

. The teams in each conference that win their regular season title are given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers applied if more than one team tops the season standings. In the table below, if teams tied for the regular-season title, the first team listed won the tiebreaker for top seed in the tournament.

The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

2010 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

. The Ivy League

Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

does not have a conference tournament, instead giving their automatic invitation to their regular-season champion. The Great West Conference began play in 2009–10 and does not receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Conference
!Regular
Season Winner
!Conference
Player of the Year
!Conference
Tournament
!Tournament
Venue (City)
!Tournament
Winner
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| America East Conference

America East Conference

The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring...

|| Hartford

Hartford Hawks

The Hartford Hawks are the athletic teams of the University of Hartford. The school sponsors 18 varsity sports , all of which compete in the Division I America East Conference. The Hawks' colors are scarlet and white.-Teams:...

|| Diana Delva, Hartford

Hartford Hawks

|| 2010 America East Women's Basketball Tournament || All games before final at Chase Family Arena

Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion

Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion is a 4,017-seat multi-purpose arena in Hartford, Connecticut. The arena opened in 1990. It is home to the Hartford Hawks men's and women's basketball teams. It hosted the 2010 and 2011 America East Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments ....

(West Hartford, Connecticut

West Hartford, Connecticut

West Hartford is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town was incorporated in 1854. Prior to that date, the town was a parish of Hartford....

)
Final at highest remaining seed || Vermont

University of Vermont

The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...

|-
| Atlantic 10 Conference || Xavier

Xavier University (Cincinnati)

Xavier University is a co-educational Jesuit university in the United States located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,000 students and graduate enrollment of 2,600 students. Xavier is primarily...

|| Amber Harris

Amber Harris

Amber Harris is a professional basketball player, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Xavier.-WNBA:...

, Xavier || 2010 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament || The Show Place Arena

The Show Place Arena

The Show Place Arena is a 5,800-seat multi-purpose arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, which is used for sporting events, concerts, boxing and professional wrestling events, consumer shows, trade shows, religious services, graduations and other events...

(Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Upper Marlboro is a town in and the county seat of Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The live-in population of the town core proper was only 648 at the 2000 census, although Greater Upper Marlboro is many times larger....

) || Xavier

Xavier University (Cincinnati)

|-
| Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

|| Duke

2009–10 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team will represent Duke University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Blue Devils will be coached by Joanne P. McCallie, and the Blue Devils play their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina...

& Florida State

2009–10 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team will represent the Florida State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seminoles will be coached by Sue Semrau...

|| Monica Wright, Virginia

2009–10 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represents the University of Virginia in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The team is coached by Debbie Ryan. The Cavaliers are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.-Offseason:...

|| 2010 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament || Greensboro Coliseum

Greensboro Coliseum

The Greensboro Coliseum Complex is an entertainment complex located in College Hill neighborhood of Greensboro, North Carolina. Opening in 1959, the arena was one of the largest venues in the South, with a seating capacity of over 7,000...

(Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro, North Carolina

Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...

) || Duke

2009–10 Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team

|-
| Atlantic Sun Conference

Atlantic Sun Conference

The Atlantic Sun Conference is a college athletic conference operating in the Southeastern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I; it does not sponsor football. The conference was established in 1978 as the Trans America Athletic Conference...

|| East Tennessee State

East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University is an accredited American university located in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is part of the Tennessee Board of Regents system of colleges and universities, the nation's sixth largest system of public education, and is the fourth largest university in the state...

|| Siarre Evans, East Tennessee State

East Tennessee State University

|| 2010 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament || University Center
(Macon, Georgia

Macon, Georgia

Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...

) || East Tennessee State

East Tennessee State University

|-
| Big 12 Conference

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...

|| Nebraska

2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they...

|| Kelsey Griffin

Kelsey Griffin

Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...

, Nebraska

2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

|| 2010 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship was the 2010 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament. It was held at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City from March 11 until March 14, 2010...

|| Municipal Auditorium
(Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

) || Texas A&M

Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball

The Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I women's basketball. The team has been coached by Gary Blair since 2003. The Aggies play home games at Reed Arena, a 12,500-capacity arena in College Station, Texas on the campus of Texas A&M.The Aggies...

|-
| Big East Conference

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...

|| Connecticut

2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

|| Tina Charles

Tina Charles (basketball)

Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

, Connecticut

2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

|| 2010 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2010 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament took place in March 2010 at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. The winner will receive the Big East Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. This was the second consecutive year Big East tournament to include all 16 of the...

|| XL Center
(Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...

) || Connecticut

2009–10 Connecticut Huskies women's basketball team

|-
| Big Sky Conference

Big Sky Conference

The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...

|| Eastern Washington

Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral...

|| Julie Piper, Eastern Washington

Eastern Washington University

|| 2010 Big Sky Women's Basketball Tournament || Reese Court

Reese Court

Reese Court is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Cheney, Washington. It is home to the Eastern Washington University Eagles basketball team. It hosted the 2004 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament. It replaced Eastern Washington Fieldhouse.-Naming:...

(Cheney, Washington

Cheney, Washington

Cheney is a city in Spokane County, Washington, United States. The full time resident population was 10,590 as of 2010 census. Eastern Washington University is located in Cheney, and its population grows to approximately 17,600 people on a temporary basis when classes at Eastern Washington...

) || Portland State

Portland State Vikings

Portland State Vikings is the nickname of the NCAA-affiliated, intercollegiate athletic teams representing Portland State University of Portland, Oregon...

|-
| Big South Conference

Big South Conference

The Big South Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. The conference's football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision...

|| Gardner-Webb

Gardner-Webb University

Gardner–Webb University is a private university located west of Charlotte in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA. The school has a total of 14 academic departments offering 45 major fields of study. Among the most popular of the school's 39 undergraduate majors are those in business , education ,...

|| Margaret Roundtree, Gardner-Webb

Gardner-Webb University

|| 2010 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || Millis Center

Millis Athletic Convocation Center

The Millis Athletic/Convocation Center is a 1750-seat multi-purpose athletic and academic facility on the campus of High Point University in High Point, North Carolina. The basis of the building is Alumni Hall, which was built in 1957...

(High Point, North Carolina

High Point, North Carolina

High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. As of 2010 the city had a total population of 104,371, according to the US Census Bureau. High Point is currently the eighth-largest municipality in North Carolina....

) || Liberty

Liberty Flames

The Liberty University Flames are the athletics teams of Liberty University. The Liberty Flames are a member of the NCAA Division I level in 18 sports...

|-
| Big Ten Conference

2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season

The 2009–10 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Big Ten Conference members.-Offseason:...

|| Ohio State

2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team represented The Ohio State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buckeyes, coached by Jim Foster, successfully defended their Big Ten Conference regular-season and tournament championships...

|| Jantel Lavender

Jantel Lavender

Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....

, Ohio State

2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

(coaches and media) || 2010 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || Conseco Fieldhouse

Conseco Fieldhouse

Conseco Fieldhouse is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena, it is home to the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association...

(Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

) || Ohio State

2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

|-
| Big West Conference

Big West Conference

The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...

|| UC Davis

UC Davis Aggies

The UC Davis Aggies compete in NCAA Division I sports in the Big West Conference. For football, the Aggies compete in Division I FCS , and are members of the Great West Conference, granting UC Davis the distinction of being one of only three UC campuses to field a football team...

|| Kristina Santiago, Cal Poly

California Polytechnic State University

California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The university is one of two polytechnic campuses in the 23-member California State University system....

|| 2010 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || Anaheim Convention Center

Anaheim Convention Center

The Anaheim Convention Center is a major convention center in Anaheim, California. It is located across from the Disneyland Resort on Katella Avenue. Much of the Anaheim Convention Center has been renovated in recent years with state-of-the-art facilities...

(Anaheim, California

Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

) || UC Riverside

University of California, Riverside

The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...

|-
| Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...

|| Old Dominion

Old Dominion University

Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

|| Elena Delle Donne

Elena Delle Donne

Elena Delle Donne is an American college basketball and volleyball player at the University of Delaware.Delle Donne was a high school basketball player at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware. She led Ursuline to three straight Delaware State Championship titles and was ranked as the...

, Delaware || 2010 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament || JMU Convocation Center
(Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...

) || James Madison

James Madison Dukes

The James Madison University Dukes is the name given the athletics teams of James Madison University. The name "Dukes" is derived from Samuel Page Duke, the university's second president. JMU is a charter member of the Colonial Athletic Association, which sponsors sports at the NCAA Division I level...

|-
| Conference USA

Conference USA

Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...

|| Tulane

2009–10 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team will represent Tulane University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave will be coached by Lisa Stockton...

|| Courtney Taylor, Houston

Houston Cougars women's basketball

The Houston Cougars women's basketball team represents the University of Houston in NCAA Division I women's basketball. Coached by Todd Buchanan, the team plays their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion on-campus at the University of Houston....

|| 2010 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament || Reynolds Center

Reynolds Center

Reynolds Center is an 8,355-seat multi-purpose arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The arena opened in 1998 and is named for Donald W. Reynolds. It is home to the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane basketball and volleyball teams. It hosted the 2001-03 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball...

(Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...

) || Tulane

2009–10 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team will represent Tulane University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave will be coached by Lisa Stockton...

|-
| Great West Conference || North Dakota

North Dakota Fighting Sioux

The North Dakota Fighting Sioux are the athletic teams of the University of North Dakota , which is located in the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota, in the United States. The logo is a Native American figure. The logo was designed by Bennett Brien, a local artist and UND graduate of Ojibwa...

|| Kayla Bagaason, North Dakota

North Dakota Fighting Sioux

|| 2010 Great West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || McKay Events Center

McKay Events Center

The UCCU Center, formerly known as the David O. McKay Events Center, is a 8,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Orem, Utah. It was built in 1996 and is home to the Utah Valley University Wolverines basketball team. It is the home of Utah Jazz's NBA Development League affiliate team, the Utah Flash and...

(Orem, Utah

Orem, Utah

Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and...

) || Utah Valley

Utah Valley Wolverines

The Utah Valley Wolverines represent Utah Valley University in college athletics. The Wolverines participate in the Great West Conference.The school mascot is the Wolverine, and the colors are green and gold....

|-
| Horizon League

Horizon League

The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....

|| Green Bay || Melanie Thornton, Butler

Butler Bulldogs

All but one of Butler University's 19 intercollegiate teams compete in the Horizon League, along with Cleveland State, Detroit, Green Bay, Loyola, Milwaukee, UIC, Valparaiso, Wright State and Youngstown State...

|| 2010 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament || First round and quarterfinals at campus sites, Final Four at Kress Events Center

Kress Events Center

The Kress Events Center is a 4,018-seat multi-purpose arena in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in the United States. The arena opened in the 2007. It is home to the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball and volleyball teams. Previously, the teams played at the Phoenix Sports Center,...

(Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...

) || Cleveland State

Cleveland State Vikings

The Cleveland State Vikings, or Vikes, are the athletic teams of Cleveland State University. Before as Fenn College they were known as the Fenn College Foxes or Fenn Foxes. Cleveland State competes in NCAA Division I. They have been a member of the NCAA Division I since 1972. They were previously...

|-
| Ivy League

Ivy League

|| Princeton

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

|| Judie Lomax, Columbia

Columbia Lions

The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is M...

|| colspan=3|No Tournament
|-
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...

|| Marist

Marist Red Foxes

Marist College plays NCAA Division I athletics as a member of the MAAC. Other schools in this conference include Siena College, Iona College, Niagara University, Manhattan College, Fairfield University, Loyola College in Maryland, Canisius College, Rider University, and Saint Peter's...

|| Rachele Fitz, Marist

Marist Red Foxes

|| 2010 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament || Times Union Center
(Albany, New York

Albany, New York

Albany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...

) || Marist

Marist Red Foxes

|-
| Mid-American Conference

Mid-American Conference

The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...

|| Bowling Green

Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball

The Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team is the NCAA Division I women's basketball team that represents Bowling Green State University. The team plays at the 4,700-seat Anderson Arena on the BGSU campus in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Falcons are scheduled to move into the new 5,000-seat Stroh...

(East & overall)
Toledo

Toledo Rockets

The Toledo Rockets are the athletic teams that represent the University of Toledo. The Rockets are a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision team in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and play in the Mid-American Conference . The school's colors are midnight blue and gold.Toledo's...

(West) || Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green

Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball

|| 2010 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament || Quicken Loans Arena

Quicken Loans Arena

Quicken Loans Arena , is a multi-purpose arena, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States....

(Cleveland, Ohio)|| Bowling Green

Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball

|-
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities in the Southeastern United States...

|| North Carolina A&T

North Carolina A&T Aggies

The North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Aggies are the athletic teams that represent North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The Aggies compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and have...

|| Corin Adams, Morgan State || 2010 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament

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|| Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum

The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum is a 14,407-seat multi-purpose arena, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Construction on the arena began on April 23, 1987 and it opened on August 28, 1989...

(Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Winston-Salem is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina, with a 2010 population of 229,617. Winston-Salem is the county seat and largest city of Forsyth County and the fourth-largest city in the state. Winston-Salem is the second largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region and is home to...

) || Hampton

Hampton University

Hampton University is a historically black university located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. It was founded by black and white leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.-History:...

|-
| Missouri Valley Conference

Missouri Valley Conference

The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...

|| Illinois State

Illinois State Redbirds

The Illinois State Redbirds are the athletic teams that represent Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Teams play at the NCAA Division I level . The football team competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference while most other teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference...

|| Casey Garrison, Missouri State

Missouri State Bears

The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears are the athletic teams representing Missouri State University. Missouri State athletics date back to 1908. Missouri State is in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, and most teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference...

|| 2010 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || The Family Arena

Family Arena

The Family Arena is a multi-purpose arena in St. Charles, Missouri, built in 1999. The arena seats 9,643 for hockey, 9,755 for football, 10,467 for basketball, 6,339 for half-house concerts and up to 11,522 for end-stage concerts...

(St. Charles, Missouri) || Northern Iowa

Northern Iowa Panthers

The Northern Iowa Panthers are the athletic teams of the University of Northern Iowa. The university is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 15 varsity teams in 11 sports:...

|-
| Mountain West Conference

Mountain West Conference

The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...

|| TCU

TCU Horned Frogs

The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University, consisting of 18 varsity teams. The "horned frog" nickname and mascot refer to the Texas horned lizard, as known as the "horned frog". The women's athletics teams are often referred to often as the Lady Frogs...

|| Helena Sverrisdóttir, TCU

TCU Horned Frogs

|| 2010 MWC Women's Basketball Tournament || Thomas & Mack Center

Thomas & Mack Center

The Thomas & Mack Center is an arena, located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. For ring events, the capacity is 19,522, for basketball, the capacity is 18,776.-History:...

(Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

) || San Diego State
|-
| Northeast Conference

Northeast Conference

The Northeast Conference is a college athletic conference whose schools are members of the NCAA. The NCAA designates the Northeast Conference to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision for Division I Men's Football and to Division I Sports for all other sports.Founded in 1981 as the ECAC-Metro...

|| Robert Morris

Robert Morris Colonials

The Robert Morris' Colonials are the athletic teams for Robert Morris University, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania a suburb of Pittsburgh. The Colonials use the school colors of blue, white and red and compete in NCAA Division I . Most of the school's sports participate in Northeast Conference...

|| Angela Pace, Robert Morris

Robert Morris Colonials

|| 2010 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || Quarterfinals and semifinals at DeGol Arena

DeGol Arena

DeGol Arena is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It is home to the Saint Francis University Red Flash basketball team. It opened in 1972. The 1991 Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament was held there....

(Loretto, Pennsylvania

Loretto, Pennsylvania

Loretto is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is officially part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area as recognized by the US Census Bureau, but local sources list it as part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania area due to its proximity to...

)
Final at highest remaining seed || Saint Francis

Saint Francis University

Saint Francis University is a four-year, coeducational Catholic liberal arts university in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1847 and conducted under the tradition of the Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular...

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| Ohio Valley Conference

Ohio Valley Conference

The Ohio Valley Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the midwestern and southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision , the lower of two levels of Division I...

|| Eastern Illinois

Eastern Illinois Panthers

The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the men's and women's athletic teams representing Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, IL. Eastern Illinois University's colors are blue and gray. Eastern Illinois sports teams, except for men's soccer and swimming teams, participate in NCAA Division I in...

|| Chynna Bozeman, Morehead State

Morehead State University

Morehead State University is a public, co-educational university located in Morehead, Kentucky, United States in the foothills of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, midway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Huntington, West Virginia. The 2012 edition of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S...

|| 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || First round at campus sites, Final Four at Bridgestone Arena
(Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

) || Austin Peay

Austin Peay State University

Austin Peay State University is a four-year public university located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools .-History:...

|-
|Pacific-10 Conference

2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball season

The 2009–10 Pacific-10 Conference women's basketball season began in October and ended with the Pac-10 Tournament on March 11-14, 2010 at the Galen Center, Los Angeles, California. Stanford won both the regular season and the tournament championships. Stanford and UCLA were selected to participate...

|| Stanford

2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, coached by Tara VanDerveer...

|| Nnemkadi Ogwumike

Nneka Ogwumike

Nnemkadi "Nneka" Ogwumike is an American basketball player at Stanford University. She is 6'2" and plays power forward. She attended Cypress Fairbanks High School and led them to a 5A State Championship in her senior season.-High school :...

, Stanford

2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, coached by Tara VanDerveer...

(coaches and media) || 2010 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

2010 State Farm Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a post season tournament for the women's basketball teams in the Pacific-10 conference. The games were held on Thursday through Sunday, March 11-14, at the Galen Center...

|| Galen Center

Galen Center

The Galen Center is a multipurpose indoor arena and athletic facility owned and operated by the University of Southern California. Located at the southeast corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles, it is right across the street from the campus and...

(Los Angeles, California

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

) || Stanford

2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, coached by Tara VanDerveer...

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| Patriot League

Patriot League

The Patriot League is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I) for a number of sports; in football, it participates in the Football Championship Subdivision...

|| Lehigh

Lehigh Mountain Hawks

The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the athletic teams representing Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. The Hawks participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Patriot League...

& American || Michelle Kirk, American || 2010 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament || Quarterfinals and semifinals at Hart Center

Hart Center

"Hart Recreation Center" redirects here.The Hart Recreation Center is the main athletic center at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. It was built in 1975 and is home to the Holy Cross Crusaders athletic teams. It is named for the Rev. Francis J...

(Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

)
Final at highest remaining seed || Lehigh

Lehigh Mountain Hawks

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| Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

|| Tennessee

2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

The 2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Lady Volunteers, coached since 1974 by Pat Summitt, play their home games at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee...

|| Victoria Dunlap

Victoria Dunlap

Victoria Dunlap is a basketball player who was selected by the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association in the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft...

, Kentucky

2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season...

|| 2010 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament || Arena at Gwinnett Center

Arena at Gwinnett Center

The Arena at Gwinnett Center is an indoor arena in Duluth, Georgia, United States. The arena was an expansion to the Gwinnett Center, which also includes a performing arts center and a convention center...

(Duluth, Georgia

Duluth, Georgia

Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia and an increasingly more affluent and developed suburb of Atlanta. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is outside city limits...

) || Tennessee

2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team

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| Southern Conference

Southern Conference

The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

|| Chattanooga

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a public university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The University, often referred to as UTC or simply "Chattanooga" , is one of three universities and two other affiliated institutions in the University of Tennessee System; the others being in...

|| Shanara Hollinquest, Chattanooga

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

(coaches and media) || 2010 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || Bojangles' Coliseum (first two rounds)
Time Warner Cable Arena (semifinals and final)
(Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...

) || Chattanooga

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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| Southland Conference

Southland Conference

The Southland Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the south central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision...

|| Stephen F. Austin

Stephen F. Austin State University

Stephen F. Austin State University is a public university located in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States. Founded as a teachers' college in 1923, the university was named after one of Texas' founding fathers, Stephen F. Austin. Its campus resides on part of the homestead of another Texas founding...

(East)
Lamar

Lamar Cardinals

The Lamar Cardinals refers to the collegiate athletic teams of Lamar University. The inception of the nickname "Cardinals" dates back to the schools name change to Lamar in 1932. The teams compete in Division I of NCAA sports...

(West & overall #1 seed by tiebreaker) || Jenna Plumley, Lamar

Lamar Cardinals

|| 2010 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || Leonard E. Merrell Center

Leonard E. Merrell Center

The Leonard E. Merrell Center is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Katy, Texas. It was built in 2005 and was the former home of the Katy Copperheads and the Katy Ruff Riders of the Intense Football League. Since 2008 the Merrell Center has hosted the Southland Conference Men's and Women's...

(Katy, Texas

Katy, Texas

Katy is a city located in Harris, Fort Bend and Waller Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area...

) || Lamar

Lamar Cardinals

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| Southwestern Athletic Conference

Southwestern Athletic Conference

The Southwestern Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black universities in the Southern United States...

|| Southern

Southern Jaguars

The Southern Jaguars represent Southern University in NCAA intercollegiate athletics.-Conference affiliation:Southern University's athletic teams participate in the Southwestern Athletic Conference which is a part of the NCAA Division I. Football participates in the Football Championship...

|| Katrich Williams, Alabama A&M || 2010 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament || CenturyTel Center

CenturyTel Center

The CenturyLink Center is a 14,000-seat multi-purpose arena, in Bossier City, Louisiana...

(Bossier City, Louisiana

Bossier City, Louisiana

Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States.As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total population of 61,315. Bossier City is closely tied to its larger sister city Shreveport, located on the western bank of the Red River. The Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area is the...

) || Southern

Southern Jaguars

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| The Summit League || Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

The Oral Roberts Golden Eagles are the 16 intercollegiate teams representing the Oral Roberts University that compete in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Oral Roberts competes in The Summit League in all sports.-History:...

|| Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts

Oral Roberts Golden Eagles

|| 2010 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament || Sioux Falls Arena

Sioux Falls Arena

The Sioux Falls Arena is an 7,500 seat multi-purpose arena, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The facility was originally built in 1961. It seats 6,113, for basketball games and 4,760, for indoor football and hockey....

(Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...

) || South Dakota State

South Dakota State Jackrabbits

The South Dakota State Jackrabbits are the 19 intercollegiate teams representing South Dakota State University that compete in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I . SDSU is currently a member of the Summit League, the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the Western...

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| Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...

|| Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

The Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I in the Sun Belt Conference...

(East)
UALR (West & overall #1 seed by tiebreaker) || Alysha Clark

Alysha Clark

Alysha Clark is a professional basketball player in the WNBA. She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Silver Stars.-Early life:...

, Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

The Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I in the Sun Belt Conference...

|| 2010 Sun Belt Women's Basketball Tournament || Summit Arena

Summit Arena

The Summit Arena is a 6,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA. It hosts local sporting events, concerts, and assorted other engagements such as the Miss Arkansas Pageant. It was opened in 2003. The arena can seat 6,000 for sporting events and the circus...

(Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...

) || Middle Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

The Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I in the Sun Belt Conference...

|-
|West Coast Conference

West Coast Conference

The West Coast Conference is an NCAA collegiate athletics conference consisting of nine member schools across the states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington....

|| Gonzaga

Gonzaga Bulldogs

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are the athletic teams at Gonzaga University; the term applies to any of the school's varsity teams. Gonzaga University is a member of the West Coast Conference, which participates in the NCAA Division I...

|| Courtney Vandersloot

Courtney Vandersloot

Courtney Vandersloot is an American basketball player, currently a point guard with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA and Beşiktaş in the Turkish Women's Basketball League...

, Gonzaga

Gonzaga Bulldogs

|| 2010 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament || Orleans Arena

Orleans Arena

The Orleans Arena is a 9,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is home to the Las Vegas Wranglers ice hockey team, Las Vegas Sin lingerie football team and was the home of the Las Vegas Gladiators arena football team in 2007, and is also an occasional home for the UNLV Rebels...

(Paradise, Nevada

Paradise, Nevada

Paradise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census...

) || Gonzaga

Gonzaga Bulldogs

|-
|Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...

|| Fresno State

Fresno State Bulldogs

The Fresno State Bulldogs represent California State University, Fresno in 19 NCAA Division I sports. The teams have been members of the Western Athletic Conference since 1992. Before that, it had been a member of the Big West Conference since 1969...

|| Shanavia Dowdell, Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The current head coach of the Lady Techsters is Teresa Weatherspoon...

|| 2010 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament || Lawlor Events Center

Lawlor Events Center

Lawlor Events Center is an 11,784-seat multi-purpose arena in Reno, Nevada, located at the intersection of North Virginia Street and 15th Street on the University of Nevada, Reno campus....

(Reno, Nevada

Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

) || Louisiana Tech

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

Final Four – Alamodome
Alamodome
The Alamodome is a domed 65,000 seat, multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, U.S...

, San Antonio, Texas

Women's Basketball Invitational

This season saw the debut of a third national postseason tournament in the Women's Basketball Invitational

Women's Basketball Invitational

The Women's Basketball Invitational is a women's college basketball tournament created in 2009 by Sport Tours. The inaugural tournament occurred at the conclusion of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Selections for the WBI are announced on Selection Monday...

, a 16-team affair with all games played on home courts.

The inaugural title was won by Appalachian State

Appalachian State Mountaineers

The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and have been a member of the Southern Conference since 1972....

, who came back from a 19-point deficit to defeat Memphis

Memphis Tigers

The Memphis Tigers represent the University of Memphis in Division I of the NCAA. They are members of C-USA and currently feature nine women's sports and nine men's sports...

79–71 in the final held on the Mountaineers' home floor in Boone, North Carolina

Boone, North Carolina

Boone is a town located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, United States. Boone's population was reported as 17,122, as of 2010...

Major player of the year awards

Wooden Award
John R. Wooden Award
The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding men's and women's college basketball players. The program consists of the men's and women's Player of the Year awards, the Legends of Coaching award and recognizes the All–America Teams.The awards, given by the Los...

: Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

, Connecticut
Naismith Award
Naismith College Player of the Year
The Naismith College Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to the top men's and women's collegiate basketball players. It is named in honor of the inventor of basketball , Dr. James Naismith....

: Tina Charles
Tina Charles (basketball)
Tina Charles is an American women's basketball player with the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association and the Galatasaray Medical Park of the TWBL. Originally from Jamaica, New York, Charles was drafted 1st overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft...

, Connecticut
Wade Trophy
Wade Trophy
The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. It is named after three–time national champion Delta State University coach Lily Margaret Wade. The award debuted in 1978 as the first–ever...

: Maya Moore
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore is an American basketball forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and Ros Casares Valencia of Euroleague. Moore was the winner of the 2006 and 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year. She was selected as the John Wooden Award winner in 2009 after leading Connecticut to the...

, Connecticut

Major coach of the year awards

Kay Yow Award
Kay Yow Award
The Kay Yow National Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually to the women's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition who displays great character both on and off the court. The award was established in 2010 and is named for legendary women's head coach Kay Yow, who...

: Connie Yori
Connie Yori
Connie Yori is the current head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team representing the University of Nebraska in NCAA Division I competition. She formerly coached Loras College from 1990–92 and Creighton from 1992–2002...

, Nebraska
2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they...
Maggie Dixon Award
Maggie Dixon Award
The Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year Award is an award given annually since 2007 to the women's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition who achieves great success in her first year as a Division I head coach...

: Teresa Weatherspoon
Teresa Weatherspoon
-Personal:Weatherspoon was born to Charles and Rowena Weatherspoon in Pineland, Texas. Her father, Charles Sr., played minor league baseball in the Minnesota Twins' farm system, and holds the record for the most grand slams in a minor league game. Weatherspoon has two brothers and three sisters...

, Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball
The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The current head coach of the Lady Techsters is Teresa Weatherspoon...
Naismith College Coach of the Year
Naismith College Coach of the Year
Naismith College Coach of the Year Award is an award given by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I collegiate coach each season since 1987...

: Connie Yori
Connie Yori
Connie Yori is the current head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team representing the University of Nebraska in NCAA Division I competition. She formerly coached Loras College from 1990–92 and Creighton from 1992–2002...

, Nebraska
2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they...
WBCA National Coach of the Year: Connie Yori
Connie Yori
Connie Yori is the current head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team representing the University of Nebraska in NCAA Division I competition. She formerly coached Loras College from 1990–92 and Creighton from 1992–2002...

, Nebraska
2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they...

Other major awards

Nancy Lieberman Award
Nancy Lieberman Award
The Nancy Lieberman Award, named for Basketball Hall of Fame legend Nancy Lieberman, is given annually by the Rotary Club of Detroit to the nation's top collegiate point guard in women's Division I basketball...

(Best point guard): Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....

, Oklahoma State
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award
The Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award is an annual college basketball award in the United States intended to honor shorter–than–average players who excel on the court despite their size. The award, named in honor of James Naismith's daughter–in–law, was established for men in 1969 and for women in 1984...

(Best player 5'8"/1.73 m or shorter): Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson
Alexis Gray-Lawson is a basketball player who most recently played for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association. She was the 2010 recipient of the Frances Pomeroy Naismith award, which is presented by the WBCA annually to 'the nation's most outstanding NCAA Division I...

, California
2009–10 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
The 2009–10 California Golden Bears women's basketball team will represent University of California, Berkeley in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Golden Bears will be coached by Joanne Boyle...
Lowe's Senior CLASS Award (top senior): Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin
Kelsey Griffin is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA. She was drafted 3rd overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft. Griffin played college ball for Nebraska, leading the Cornhuskers to their best ever season...

, Nebraska
2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team
The 2009–10 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, a member of the Big 12 Conference, were coached by Connie Yori, and completed the regular season unbeaten at 29–0. However, they...

Season headlines

Preseason "Wade Watch" list

Preseason Wooden Award nominees

Preseason WNIT

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

Preseason All-Americans

Big Ten

Conference USA

2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge Schedule

Early season tournaments

Conference winners and tournaments

Final Four – AlamodomeAlamodomeThe Alamodome is a domed 65,000 seat, multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, U.S..., San Antonio, Texas

Women's Basketball Invitational

Major player of the year awards

Major coach of the year awards

Other major awards

See also

Final Four – Alamodome
Alamodome
The Alamodome is a domed 65,000 seat, multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, U.S...

, San Antonio, Texas