2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

none May 2012 March 2026 Women's 2006 2006 NCAA Women's Final Four logo.svg 64 TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts Maryland Terrapins 1st 1st 3rd Duke Blue Devils 2nd 4th North Carolina Tar Heels 2nd LSU Tigers 3rd Brenda Frese 1st Laura Harper Maryland 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. 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 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. 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". 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. 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.https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-women/article/2022-02-23/ncaa-video-vault-candace-parker-becomes-first-woman-dunk-ncaa-tournament NCAA Video Vault: Candace Parker becomes first woman to dunk in NCAA tournament history | NCAA.com www.ncaa.com July 17, 2023https://utsports.com/news/2006/3/19/CANDACE_PARKER_DUNKS_TWICE_AS_LADY_VOLS_ROLL_TO_102_54_WIN_OVER_ARMY.aspx Candace Parker Dunks Twice as Lady Vols Roll to 102-54 Win over Army http://www.wnba.com/news/overseas_0809.html Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster Wnba.com January 8, 2009 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. 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. 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. 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. Locations USA 400 right 2006 NCAA first and second round venues USA green pog.svg 40.433322 -86.916144 left West Lafayette Mackey Arena USA green pog.svg 36.144611 -86.80742 left Nashville Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University) USA green pog.svg 40.808889 -77.855833 top State College Bryce Jordan Center USA green pog.svg 36.884169 -76.301231 left Norfolk Ted Constant Convocation Center USA green pog.svg 42.005278 -87.887778 top Rosemont Allstate Arena USA green pog.svg 39.748611 -105.0075 bottom Denver Pepsi Center USA green pog.svg 32.2303 -110.94595 top Tucson McKale Center USA green pog.svg 40.212778 -74.757561 bottom Trenton Sovereign Bank Arena USA 400 right 2006 NCAA Regionals and Final Four USA blue pog.svg 35.066936 -106.632308 left Albuquerque The Pit (arena) USA blue pog.svg 41.1732 -73.187 bottom Bridgeport Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard USA blue pog.svg 29.426944 -98.4375 left San Antonio AT&T Center USA blue pog.svg 41.496389 -81.688056 left Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena USA red pog.svg 42.366303 -71.062228 top Boston TD Banknorth Garden 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, State College, 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 Banknorth Garden, Boston, Massachusetts on April 2–4, 2006, hosted by Harvard University and Northeastern University. Tournament records 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. South Carolina set a new record in 2022 with 294 rebounds.Nixon Rick 2023 Women's Final Four Championship Record Book http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final_four_records_book/2023/WFFBook.pdf 26 March 2023 NCAA 86 Qualifying teams - automatic 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. Automatic Bids     Record   Qualifying School Conference Regular Season Conference Seed Army Patriot League 0.666 20–10 0.786 11–3 15 Bowling Green MAC 0.933 28–2 1.016 16–0 12 Chattanooga Southern Conference 0.9 27–3 1.018 18–0 12 Coppin State MEAC 0.733 22–8 1.018 18–0 15 Dartmouth Ivy League 0.793 23–6 0.857 12–2 14 FAU Atlantic Sun Conference 0.666 20–10 0.8 16–4 16 Hartford America East 0.897 27–3 0.938 15–1 11 Liberty Big South Conference 0.828 24–5 0.929 13–1 13 Louisiana Tech WAC 0.867 26–4 0.938 15–1 11 Marist MAAC 0.793 23–6 0.889 16–2 14 Middle Tennessee State Sun Belt Conference 0.666 20–10 0.714 10–4 12 Milwaukee Horizon League 0.724 21–8 0.875 14–2 13 Missouri State Missouri Valley Conference 0.648 17–14 0.389 7–11 13 North Carolina ACC 0.967 29–1 0.929 13–1 1 Northern Arizona Big Sky Conference 0.688 22–10 0.643 9–5 14 Oakland Mid-Continent 0.5 15–15 0.5 8–8 16 Ohio State Big Ten 0.933 28–2 0.938 15–1 1 Oklahoma Big 12 0.879 29–4 1.016 16–0 2 Old Dominion Colonial 0.733 22–8 0.944 17–1 10 Pepperdine West Coast Conference 0.467 14–16 0.571 8–6 15 Rutgers Big East 0.862 25–4 1.016 16–0 3 Sacred Heart Northeast Conference 0.867 26–4 0.889 16–2 15 Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley Conference 0.714 20–8 0.8 16–4 14 Southern SWAC 0.666 20–10 0.788 14–4 16 Stanford Pac-10 0.767 23–7 0.833 15–3 3 Stephen F. Austin Southland 0.766 23–7 0.875 14–2 13 Temple Atlantic 10 0.774 24–7 0.75 12–4 6 Tennessee SEC 0.9 28-4 0.929 11-3 2 Tulsa Conference USA 0.833 25–5 0.824 14–3 12 UC-Riverside Big West Conference 0.533 16–14 0.5 7–7 16 Utah Mountain West 0.8 24–6 0.75 12–4 5 Qualifying teams - at-large Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. At-large Bids     Record   Qualifying School Conference Regular Season Conference Seed Arizona State Pacific-10 0.8 24–6 0.778 14–4 4 Baylor Big 12 0.8 24–6 0.75 12–4 3 Boston College Atlantic Coast 0.633 19–11 0.429 6–8 8 BYU Mountain West 0.833 25–5 0.813 13–3 7 UC-Berkeley Pacific-10 0.621 18–11 0.556 10–8 10 Connecticut Big East 0.879 29–4 0.875 14–2 2 DePaul Big East 0.806 25–6 0.688 11–5 4 Duke Atlantic Coast 0.897 26–3 0.857 12–2 1 Florida Southeastern 0.724 21–8 0.571 8–6 6 Florida State Atlantic Coast 0.679 19–9 0.714 10–4 6 George Washington Atlantic 10 0.733 22–8 0.813 13–3 7 Georgia Southeastern 0.724 21–8 0.714 10–4 3 Iowa Big Ten 0.607 17–11 0.625 10–6 10 Kentucky Southeastern 0.724 21–8 0.643 9–5 5 Louisville Big East 0.679 19–9 0.625 10–6 9 LSU Southeastern 0.875 27-3 0.786 13-1 1 Maryland Atlantic Coast 0.875 28–4 0.857 12–2 2 Michigan State Big Ten 0.71 22–9 0.688 11–5 4 Minnesota Big Ten 0.679 19–9 0.688 11–5 8 Missouri Big 12 0.7 21–9 0.625 10–6 10 New Mexico Mountain West 0.7 21–9 0.688 11–5 11 N.C. State Atlantic Coast 0.633 19–11 0.5 7–7 5 Notre Dame Big East 0.621 18–11 0.5 8–8 9 Purdue Big Ten 0.8 24–6 0.813 13–3 4 USF Big East 0.621 18–11 0.563 9–7 9 USC Pacific-10 0.621 18–11 0.688 11–7 8 St. John's Big East 0.75 21–7 0.688 11–5 7 TCU Mountain West 0.621 18–11 0.688 11–5 11 Texas A&M Big 12 0.742 23–8 0.688 11–5 6 UCLA Pacific-10 0.666 20–10 0.667 12–6 5 Vanderbilt Southeastern 0.666 20–10 0.571 8–6 8 Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 0.69 20–9 0.429 6–8 7 Washington Pacific-10 0.643 18–10 0.611 11–7 9 Tournament seeds +Cleveland Regional +Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OhioSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1North CarolinaACC29-1Automatic2TennesseeSEC28-4Automatic3RutgersBig East25-4Automatic4PurdueBig Ten24-6At-large5UCLAPac-1020-10At-large6Texas A&MBig 1223-8At-large7George WashingtonAtlantic 1022-8At-large8VanderbiltSEC20-10At-large9LouisvilleBig East19-9At-large10Old DominionCAA22-8Automatic11TCUMountain West18-11At-large12Bowling GreenMAC28-2Automatic13Missouri StateMissouri Valley17-14Automatic14DartmouthIvy23-6Automatic15ArmyPatriot20-10Automatic16UC RiversideBig West16-14Automatic+Albuquerque Regional +The Pit, Albuquerque, New MexicoSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1Ohio StateBig Ten28-2Automatic2MarylandACC28-4At-large3BaylorBig 1224-6At-large4Arizona StatePac-1024-6At-large5UtahMountain West24-6Automatic6FloridaSEC21-8At-large7St. John'sBig East21-7At-large8Boston CollegeACC19-11At-large9Notre DameBig East18-11At-large10CaliforniaPac-1018-11At-large11New MexicoMountain West21-9At-large12Middle TennesseeSun Belt20-10Automatic13Stephen F. AustinSouthland23-7Automatic14Northern ArizonaBig Sky22-10Automatic15Sacred HeartNortheast26-4Automatic16OaklandMid-Continent15-15Automatic+Bridgeport Regional +Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, ConnecticutSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1DukeACC26-3At-large2ConnecticutBig East29-4At-large3GeorgiaSEC21-8At-large4Michigan StateBig Ten22-9At-large5KentuckySEC21-8At-large6TempleAtlantic 1024-7Automatic7Virginia TechACC20-9At-large8USCPac-1018-11At-large9South FloridaBig East18-11At-large10MissouriBig 1221-9At-large11HartfordAmerica East27-3Automatic12ChattanoogaSouthern27-3Automatic13MilwaukeeHorizon21-8Automatic14MaristMAAC23-6Automatic15Coppin StateMEAC22-8Automatic16SouthernSWAC20-10Automatic+San Antonio Regional +AT&T Center, San Antonio, TexasSeedSchoolConferenceRecordBerth type1LSUSEC27-3At-Large2OklahomaBig 1229-4Automatic3StanfordPac-1023-7Automatic4DePaulBig East25-6At-large5NC StateACC19-11At-large6Florida StateACC19-9At-large7BYUMountain West25-5At-large8MinnesotaBig 1019-9At-large9WashingtonPac-1018-10At-large10IowaBig 1017-11At-large11Louisiana TechWAC26-4Automatic12TulsaConference USA25-5Automatic13LibertyBig South24-5Automatic14SE Missouri State (vacated)Ohio Valley20-8Automatic15PepperdineWest Coast14-16Automatic16Florida AtlanticAtlantic Sun20-10Automatic Bids by conference 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. 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 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. thumb|right|500 px|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 Data source *-Overtime game. Cleveland Regional First roundMarch 18 and 19 Second roundMarch 20 and 21 Regional semifinalsMarch 26 Regional finalsMarch 28 Nashville, TN – Sat/Mon West Lafayette, IN – Sun/Tue Trenton, NJ – Sun/Tue Norfolk, VA – Sun/Tue North Carolina UC Riverside 75 51 Vanderbilt Louisville 76 64 UCLA Bowling Green 74 61 Purdue Missouri State 73 54 Texas A&M TCU 65 69 Rutgers Dartmouth 63 58 George Washington Old Dominion 87 72 Tennessee Army 102 54 1 North Carolina 8 Vanderbilt 89 70 5 UCLA 4 Purdue 54 61 11 TCU 3 Rutgers 48 82 7 George Washington 2 Tennessee 53 66 1 North Carolina 4 Purdue 70 68 3 Rutgers 2 Tennessee 69 76 1 North Carolina 2 Tennessee 75 63 Albuquerque Regional First roundMarch 18 and 19 Second roundMarch 20 and 21 Regional semifinalsMarch 25 Regional finalsMarch 27 West Lafayette, IN – Sun/Tue Tucson, AZ – Sat/Mon Tucson, AZ – Sat/Mon State College, PA – Sun/Tue Ohio State Oakland (MI) 68 45 Boston College Notre Dame 78 61 Utah Middle Tennessee 76 71 Arizona State Stephen F. Austin 80 61 Florida New Mexico 59 83 Baylor Northern Arizona 74 56 St. John's California 78 68 Maryland Sacred Heart 95 54 1 Ohio State 8 Boston College 69 79 5 Utah 4 Arizona State 86 65 11 New Mexico 3 Baylor 67 87 7 St. John's 2 Maryland 74 81 8 Boston College 5 Utah 54 57 3 Baylor 2 Maryland 63 82 5 Utah 2 Maryland 65 75* Bridgeport Regional First roundMarch 18 and 19 Second roundMarch 20 and 21 Regional semifinalsMarch 26 Regional finalsMarch 28 Norfolk, VA – Sun/Tue Rosemont, IL – Sat/Mon Trenton, NJ – Sun/Tue State College, PA – Sun/Tue Duke Southern 96 27 USC South Florida 67 65 Kentucky Chattanooga 69 59 Michigan State Milwaukee 65 46 Temple Hartford 58 64 Georgia Marist 75 60 Virginia Tech Missouri 82 51 Connecticut Coppin State 77 54 1 Duke 8 USC 85 51 5 Kentucky 4 Michigan State 63 67 11 Hartford 3 Georgia 54 73 7 Virginia Tech 2 Connecticut 56 79 1 Duke 4 Michigan State 86 61 3 Georgia 2 Connecticut 75 77 1 Duke 2 Connecticut 63* 61 San Antonio Regional First roundMarch 18 Second roundMarch 20 Regional semifinalsMarch 25 Regional finalsMarch 27 Nashville, TN Rosemont, IL Denver, CO Denver, CO LSU Florida Atlantic 72 48 Minnesota Washington 69 73 NC State Tulsa 61 71 DePaul Liberty 68 43 Florida State Louisiana Tech 80 71 Stanford SE Missouri State 72 45 BYU Iowa 67 62 Oklahoma Pepperdine 78 66 1 LSU 9 Washington 72 49 12 Tulsa 4 DePaul 67 71 6 Florida State 3 Stanford 70 88 7 BYU 2 Oklahoma 70 86 1 LSU 4 DePaul 66 56 3 Stanford 2 Oklahoma 88 74 1 LSU 3 Stanford 62 59 Final Four – Boston, Massachusetts National SemifinalsApril 2 National ChampionshipApril 4 Alb2 Maryland 81 Cle1 North Carolina 70 Bpt1 Duke 64 SA1 LSU 45 Alb2 Maryland 78* Bpt1 Duke 75 Alb-Albuquerque; Bpt-Bridgeport; Cle-Cleveland; SA-San Antonio. Record by conference Conference# of BidsRecordWin %Round of 32Sweet SixteenElite EightFinal FourChampionship 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 Laura Harper, Maryland Alison Bales, Duke Monique Currie, Duke Erlana Larkins, North Carolina Kristi Toliver, Maryland Game Officials 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) See also 2006 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2006 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2006 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2006 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Notes 2 March 27, 2006 Boxscore MD https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/scoreboard?date=20060327&confId=100 ESPN 1 Jun 2013 Maryland Rises in Overtime, 75-65 March 28, 2006 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-28-sp-marylandutah28-story.html Los Angeles Times 1 Jun 2013 March 27, 2006 Connecticut holds off Georgia, 77-75 http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Mar/27/sp/FP603270360.html Honolulu Advertiser 1 Jun 2013 GOLDBERG JEFF March 27, 2006 Ncaa Women's Tournament: Uconn 77, Georgia 75 https://www.courant.com/2006/03/27/ncaa-womens-tournament-uconn-77-georgia-75/ Hartford Courant 1 Jun 2013 Byrnes Patrick March 28, 2006 duke escapes uconn in overtime thriller http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2006/03/29/duke-escapes-uconn-overtime-thriller The Chronicle 1 Jun 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140306231131/https://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2006/03/29/duke-escapes-uconn-overtime-thriller March 6, 2014 dead March 27, 2006 Augustus draws game-saving charge to send LSU to Final Four https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=264000046 https://web.archive.org/web/20201016194657/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=264000046 dead October 16, 2020 ESPN 1 Jun 2013 April 2, 2006 Duke routs LSU to set up all-ACC final http://espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=264000062 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305094110/http://espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=264000062 dead March 5, 2016 ESPN 1 Jun 2013 April 2, 2006 Harper helps Terps trip up Tar Heels to advance to title game http://espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=264000031 https://web.archive.org/web/20141230162810/http://espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=264000031 dead December 30, 2014 ESPN 1 Jun 2013 Orton Kathy A 3-Point Landing April 5, 2006 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040402258.html The Washington Post 1 Jun 2013 Nixon Rick Official 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf NCAA 22 April 2012 November 7, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151107014710/http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf dead Category:NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Tournament NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Category:Basketball in San Antonio