Dates and sites: First- and second-round games will be March 22 and 24 at Boulder, Colorado; Athens, Georgia; Norfolk, Virginia; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Eugene, Oregon; West Lafayette, Indiana; Stanford, California; and Knoxville, Tennessee; and March 23 and 25 at Cincinnati; Storrs, Connecticut; Manhattan, Kansas; Ruston, Louisiana; Raleigh, North Carolina; Norman, Oklahoma; University Park, Pennsylvania; and Lubbock, Texas. Regionals will be March 29 and 31 at Knoxville, Tennessee; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Dayton, Ohio; and Stanford, California. The Final Four is April 6 and 8 in Atlanta.

Field: 64 teams.

Selection date: March 16.

2002 champion: Connecticut.

Top team contenders: Connecticut, Duke, LSU, Kansas State, Tennessee.

Players to watch: Diana Taurasi, Connecticut; Alana Beard, Duke; Seimone Augustus, LSU; Kendra Wecker, Kansas State; Gwen Jackson, Tennessee.

Dates and sites: Regional games will be March 14-17 at campus sites. The Women's Elite Eight will be March 26, 27 and 29 in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Field: 64 teams.

Selection date: March 9.

2002 champion: Cal Poly Pomona.

Top team contenders: Arkansas Tech, Bentley, Cal State Bakersfield, Seattle Pacific, South Dakota State.

Players to watch: Heather Garay, Cal State Bakersfield; Becky Moen, North Dakota; Melissa Pater, South Dakota State; Kelley Berglund, Seattle Pacific; Keri Flynn, Bentley.

Dates and sites: First-round games will be at campus sites March 5; second-round games will be March 8 at selected campuses; and sectionals will be on campus March 14-15. The finals will be played March 21-22 in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Field: 50 teams.

Selection date: March 2.

2002 champion: Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Top team contenders: Bowdoin, Hardin-Simmons, Hope, Washington (Missouri), Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Players to watch: Kendra Anderson, Hardin-Simmons; Amy Campion, Salisbury; Kristi Channing, Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Hallie Hutchens, Washington (Missouri); Kristi Royer, Bowdoin.