In the Albuquerque Regional, Boston College upset the number one seed, Ohio State, in the second round.

With under eight seconds to go in regulation, Utah was trailing by a single point, with Shona Thorburn at the free throw line for two shots.

[1][2] In the Bridgeport Regional, Connecticut won their first two games easily, then faced Georgia in their home state.

Georgia took a desperation, length of the court shot which bounced off the rim, and Connecticut held on to advance to the regional final.

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma was quoted as saying, "I told the guys in the locker room, there are times that if you are lucky, fate taps you on the shoulder and you are ready.

The inbound pass ended up near half court, where an attempted buzzer beater bounced off the backboard, and the game went into overtime.

The Blue Devils pulled out to a five-point lead with under three minutes to go, but did not score another point.

LSU had only a one-point lead, when Candice Wiggins drove to the basket but Seimone Augustus stood in the way and took a charge.

Wiggins had passed the ball to Krista Rappahahn who hit a three-pointer, but it was waved off because of the charge.

[9] LSU was one of just seven schools to place both their men's and women's basketball teams in the Final Four in the same year.

[11] The semifinal wins set up an all-ACC championship game, between the two highest scoring teams in Division I. Duke had won 14 of the last 15 meetings between the two teams, but the sole win by Maryland in the streak was the most recent—the ACC semifinal match up.

Although down in overtime, Toliver hit two free throws to put her team back in front, and Maryland held on to win their first National Championship.

The sites for the first two rounds were as follows: The Regional sites for this year (named after the city, a practice that is in use for the second consecutive year) were: The winners of the regionals advanced to the Final Four, held at TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts on April 2–4, 2006, hosted by Harvard University and Northeastern University.