LSU to Host Games for 2013 NCAA Tournament

LSU to Host Games for 2013 NCAA Tournament

March Madness will come to campus for the second straight year as LSU and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center have been selected to serve as the host site for the 2013 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament's first and second rounds, it was announced Monday.

Dates and times will be announced at a later date.

Other 2013 first and second round sites include: Boulder, Colo.; College Park, Md.; College Station, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; Durham, N.C.; Iowa City, Iowa; Knoxville, Tenn.; Louisville, Ky.; Lubbock, Texas; Newark, Del.; Queens, N.Y.; Spokane, Wash.; Stanford, Calif.; Storrs, Conn.; and Waco, Texas.

The 2013 NCAA regional sites include: Norfolk, Va.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Spokane, Wash.; and Trenton, N.J. They lead to the 2013 NCAA Final Four, which will be held in New Orleans for the first time since 2004 at the New Orleans Arena.

First and second-round games of the 2012 NCAA tournament scheduled for March 18 and 20 at the Maravich Center. First round games tip off at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Second round contests tip off at 8:30 p.m. on March 20. The tournament field of 64 teams will be announced March 12 at 6 p.m. on ESPN.

All-session ticket books for the 2012 NCAA tournament first and second rounds are on sale for $25 for adults and $15 for children. All fans must have a ticket for admittance. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.LSUtix.net or by calling the LSU Athletic Ticket Office at (225) 578-2184.

Due to NCAA mandated holds, not all season ticket holders will be able to secure their regular-season seating. Every effort will be made to assign seats as close to regular seats as possible.

Since the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament was expanded to its current 64-team format, LSU has played host to first- and second-round games six times, most recently in 2009 when the Lady Tigers defeated Green Bay before losing to eventual Final Four participant Louisville in the second round.

LSU also served as a host site for first- and second-round games in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2008. The Lady Tigers are 13-2 all-time in NCAA Tournament games played in Baton Rouge. That record dates back to LSU's first hosting opportunity in 1984. LSU is 6-0 all-time in NCAA Tournament first-round games in the Maravich Center.