The Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Committees have announced timelines for future preliminary-round site selections.

Both groups are soliciting sites for preliminary rounds (including first and second rounds and regionals) for the 2009 and 2010 Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Championships.

The timelines for both men's and women's basketball are as follows:

• Thursday, December 1, 2005: Staff distributes a notification memo to each Division I institution and conference via regular mail.

• Monday, December 5, 2005: Staff electronically distributes specifications agreement and facility-availability questionnaire to each Division I institution and conference.

• Friday, January 20, 2006: Deadline for prospective hosts to return agreement and questionnaire.

• Week of February 13, 2006: Site-selection subcommittee meets by teleconference to identify finalists.

• Friday, February 17, 2006: Staff e-mails cover letter with key contacts form, proposed budget form and hotel confirmation form to finalists. Also, regret letters are sent to non-finalists.

• Friday, April 21, 2006: Deadline for finalist sites to return the key-contact form, proposed-budget form and hotel-confirmation form.

• Week of May 22, 2006: Site-selection subcommittee meets by teleconference to review finalists' information and recommend sites.

• Summer meeting, 2006: Basketball committees select sites and forward recommendations to the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet. Selected sites and non-selected sites are contacted.