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This year's NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament may be the most competitive yet. If you want to catch the action live, these websites have everything you need to know about the teams, the tournament, links to buy tickets to the games, travel information to Regional and Final Four games (plus area attractions), and more. Need to feed your March Madness fix? Start here.
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NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament 2011 - The place to start to follow the Madness that is college basketball in March.
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ESPN - Check here for up-to-the-minute updates on the NCAA conference standings for the women's D1 college basketball teams.
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ESPN - Rankings for top 25 teams. UNCONN women may once again be number one, but they weren't always the first place team this year. Links to the entire season's week-by-week rankings are also available here.
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Blank bracket - When the brackets are released, ESPN has a downloadable form (in PDF or GIF) that you can print and fill out so you're ready for the tournament. (Also handy for anyone who wants to get an office pool started.)
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Facebook - Go ahead and like the NCAA Women's Basketball page on FB to keep apprised of all the action on and off the court.
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NCAA - The slam dunk of websites for anyone who follows women's division 1 college basketball.
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Women's Basketball Hall of Fame - Great time line here of the history of women's basketball dating back to the first intercollegiate game in 1892.
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Women's Basketball Online - A bit commercial, but site includes up-to-date TV schedule of games, a comprehensive breakdown of the college conferences, blogs on the women's game, links to find team gear, and more.
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Bracketology - When the field narrows to the Sweet 16, the regional games are played in just four venues around the U.S.: Dallas, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Spokane, Washington. This site offers one person's well-studied predictions of how the teams will likely divvy up for the tournament (actual brackets release on March 14). Bracketology may come in handy for determining where your favorite team may play, so you can plan your travel accordingly.
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Tickets - All games to be played at American Airlines Center.
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Official Dallas - Visitors site.
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One cool thing to see - Dallas World Aquarium.
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Tickets - All games to be played at the University of Dayton.
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Official Dayton - Visitors site.
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One cool thing to see - Wilbur and Orville Wright's original 1905 Flyer at Carillon Historical Park.
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Tickets - All games to be played at Temple University.
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Official Philly - Visitors site.
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One cool thing to see - The Liberty Bell, crack and all. (Given the athletic focus of this tab, I might have said run up the steps leading to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as Rocky thrice did, but the statue of the fictional boxer has long since been relocated, and really, it's better to visit an historical and cultural icon rather than a fictional one, right?)
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Tickets - All games to be played at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena.
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Official Spokane - Visitors site.
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One cool thing to see - Skyride at Riverfront Park for a gondola ride over the Spokane Falls.
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NCAA tickets for early round play - The first and second rounds of the Women's NCAA tournament are typically kept regional to conference areas. This means the chances are fairly good that you won't have to travel far from your comfort zone to see your favorite team play in at least one early round game. (Example: The East Regional is played in Storrs, Connecticut -- nice for UCONN fans.) This site has links to each of the venues' to buy tickets for the first rounds of the tournament.
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Tickets - NCAA Final Four games to be played at Conseco Fieldhouse in downtown Indianapolis.
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Final Four Fans Event Schedule - NCAA tournament events are fun (and mostly free) for kids of all ages. This link provides all the details on "Tourney Town," youth clinics, autograph sessions with the players, and more.
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Official Indianapolis - Visitors site.
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One cool thing to see - There may not be any racing in April at the famous racetrack in Indianapolis, but a visit to the Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum might do the trick. Its collection of race cars includes more than 30 winning cars of the Indianapolis 500.