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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Texas A&M Aggies (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Gary Blair (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Danielle Adams (Texas A&M) | ||||
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The 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 19, 2011, and concluded on April 5, 2011. The Texas A&M Aggies won the championship, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76–70 in the final held at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.[1][2][3]
The tournament was also notable for a historic run by Gonzaga that ultimately ended in the final of the Spokane Region. With the help of two games on their home court and a regional held less than two miles away, the #11-seeded Bulldogs became the lowest seed ever to make a regional final in the history of the women's tournament.[4]
- ^ Voepel, Mechelle (April 5, 2011). "Adams, White lead Texas A&M to title". ESPN. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ Kinkhabwala, Aditi (April 6, 2011). "Texas A&M Wins Women's Basketball Title". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ Lopresti, Mike (April 6, 2011). "As Texas A&M wins first title, fight for parity continues". USA Today. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ^ "Courtney Vandersloot, Gonzaga hold off Louisville to earn Elite 8 trip". ESPN. Associated Press. March 26, 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2011.