NCAA reveals 2027, 2028 hoops local websites

The NCAA is sticking with 2 regionals for the females’s basketball competition through at least 2028.

Las Vegas and Philadelphia will host the two 2027 regionals and Portland, Oregon, and Washington will be the websites for the 2028 Sweet 16.

The NCAA switched to a two-region format in 2023.

“The selection of Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland, and Washington D.C. to host the 2027 and 2028 local champions highlights the impressive growth of the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship,” NCAA vice president of females’s basketball Lynn Holzman stated. “These cities, acknowledged as epicenters of the sport, have a proven performance history of hosting successful events and possess the essential facilities to support the broadening championship and its two-site regional format. We extend our gratitude to all the quote cities for their involvement and eagerly anticipate building additional momentum for women’s basketball.”

This is the first time that Las Vegas will host the ladies’s competition considering that 1991 and Washington since 1997. Philadelphia will be hosting its first regional because 2011 and 5th overall. Portland hosted regional play last year.

“(Washington) it’s, a great, sports town and, the consistency of the success that we have actually had. It’ll be well participated in,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. “I think it makes it a lot more fun. … I believe it’s been fantastic how they’ve been able to, to make it work with the two websites.”

The males’s NCAA Tournament will have Kansas City, New York City, San Antonio and Los Angeles host regionals in 2027. The next year, Raleigh, North Carolina, Detroit, Dallas and San Francisco will function as hosts.Dayton will continue to host the First Four through 2028. With the preliminary rounds, the guys’s competition will stretch across the country to 25 cities in 18 states over the 2027 and 2028 tournaments.