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ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 25, ISSUE 2 59 f 2 0 1 4 - 1 5 N C A A T O U R N A M E N T S I T E S A N D I N F O MEN'S SITES First Four March 17-18 – UD Arena (hosed by the University of Dayton) Dayton, Ohio Second/Third Rounds March 19, 21 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (hosted by Jackson- ville University) Jacksonville. KFC Yum! Center! (hosted by the University of Louisville) Louisville CONSOL Energy Center (hosted by Duquesne University) Pittsburgh Moda Center (hosted by University of Oregon) Portland March 20, 22 Time Warner Cable Arena (Hosted by University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Charlotte Nationwide Arena (hosted by Ohio State University) Columbus, Ohio CenturyLink Center (hosted by Creighton University) Omaha KeyArena (hosted by the University of Washington) Seattle Regionals March 26, 28 Midwest Regional Quicken Loans Arena (hosted by the Mid-American Conference & Cleveland State University) Cleveland West Regional Staples Center (hosted by Pepperdine University) Los Angeles March 27, 29 South Regional NRG Stadium (hosted by Rice University and University of Houston) Houston East Regional Carrier Dome (hosted by Syracuse Univer- sity) Syracuse, N..Y. Final Four April 4, 6 Lucas Oil Stadium (hosted by Butler Univer- sity, IUPUI, Horizon League) Indianapolis NCAA CHAMPIONS TO BE CROWNED AT INDY, TAMPA F or the sixth time in the history of the men's NCAA Tournament, Indianapolis will be the host city for the Final Four. The women will ven- ture to Tampa, Fla., for the second time as legendary coach Pat Summitt won her last NCAA title the last time it was held in Tampa (2008). It will be the second-straight year the women's tournament has been in the south, with last year's champion UConn crowned in Nashville while the UConn men were victorious in the finals played in Arlington. Lucas Oil After hosting the Midwest Regional Finals the past two seasons, Lucas Oil Stadi- um will host the Final Four for the second time in the facility's history. In 2010, Butler nearly pulled off a miracle finish, losing to eventual champion Duke in the Indianapolis Colts' home. In 2016, the wom- en's Final Four will be held in the 67,000 seat NFL venue. Tom Campbell Purdue's men will be looking for their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since the days of Robbie Hummel. Hummel, the MVP of the 2009 Big Ten Tournament, concluded his fabled Boilermaker career with a 63-60 loss to second-seeded Kan- sas on March 18, 2012 in Omaha, Neb. WOMEN'S SITES First/Second Rounds March 20-23 Regionals March 27-30 Greensboro Regional Greensboro Coliseum (hosted by the Atlan- tic Coast Conference) Greensboro, N.C. Oklahoma City Regional Chesapeake Energy Arena (hosted by the University of Oklahoma and OKC All Sports Association) Oklahoma City Albany Regional Times Union Center (hosted by the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Siena College) Albany, N.Y. Spokane Regional Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (hosted by Washington State University) Spokane, Wash. Final Four Amalie Arena (hosted by the University of South Florida) Tampa