Hoosier Sites Among Finalists For Championships
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowSeveral Indiana communities remain in the hunt to host NCAA championships over the next four years. More than 80 finalist cities and towns have been announced for events including Division II and III women's basketball, swimming and diving, fencing and volleyball. Finalist communities from the state are:
Indianapolis – Division I Women's Rowing
Terre Haute – Division I Men's/Women's Cross Country
Evansville- Division II Men's/Women's Cross Country
Evansville- Division II Men's Basketball
Indianapolis – Division II Women's Basketball
Indianapolis – Division III Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving
Indianapolis – Division III Women's Basketball
Hammond – National Collegiate Division Bowling
Fort Wayne – National Collegiate Division Men's Volleyball
Fishers – National Collegiate Division Fencing
Indianapolis – National Collegiate Division Women's Water Polo
You can view the full lists of finalists by clicking here.
October 30, 2013
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The NCAA on Wednesday announced the host site finalists for the final round of 81 of its 89 championships for the 2014-18 championship seasons.
The finalists were selected by the respective sport committees, which are made up of coaches and administrators from NCAA member schools and conferences, from an original pool of 1,948 bids. The committees will select the winning sites, which must then be approved by the appropriate divisional championships cabinets/committees before being announced via webcast at NCAA.com on Dec. 11. The announcement also will include all pre-determined regional host sites.
“We had a tremendous response to the request for bids which made this an extremely difficult process for our sports committees,” said Mark Lewis, NCAA executive vice president of championships and alliances. “We really feel these sites will all provide a tremendous experience for our student-athletes, coaches and fans. Therefore there will be some really difficult decisions by the sport committees coming up as they determine who will ultimately host the championships.”
The 150 cities named as finalists for at least one championship are spread across 39 states and the District of Columbia. Ohio led the way as the state with the most finalist selections with 24 championship sites, while the state of Florida had 22 selections and North Carolina had 21. Louisville was the city that received the most selections with 13, while Columbus, Ohio, and Birmingham, Ala., both had eight.
There are 213 hosting opportunities for the finals site of the 81 championships. Cities were able to bid for one or more years of the same championship.
Source: NCAA