of Texas at San Antonio) March 26 and 28 Bridgeport Regional: Bridgeport Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, Connecticut (Host: Fairfield University) Cleveland Regional: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference) 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. Tournament records Free throws—Erlana Larkins, North Carolina attempted 15 free throws in the national semifinal game against Maryland, tied for the most number of free throws attempted in an NCAA semifinal game. Rebounds—Khara Smith, DePaul, recorded 47 rebounds in three games. The 15.7 rebounds per game is the most ever occurring in an NCAA Tournament. Rebounds—Duke recorded 292 rebounds, the most ever recorded by a single team in an NCAA Tournament. Qualifying teams - automatic Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament. Qualifying teams - at-large Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations. Tournament seeds Bids by conference Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-three cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from eight of the conferences. Bids by state The sixty-four teams came from twenty-nine states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with six bids. Twenty-one states did not have any teams receiving bids. Brackets Data source *-Overtime game. Cleveland Regional Albuquerque Regional Bridgeport Regional San Antonio Regional Final Four – TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, Massachusetts) Alb-Albuquerque; Bpt-Bridgeport; Cle-Cleveland; SA-San Antonio. Record by conference Twenty-one conferences went 0-1: Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial, Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, Mid-Continent, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC, Sun Belt Conference, West Coast Conference, and WAC All-Tournament Team Laura Harper, Maryland Alison Bales, Duke Monique Currie, Duke Erlana Larkins, North Carolina Kristi Toliver, Maryland Game Officials Melissa Barlow (semifinal) Scott Yarbrough (semifinal) Eric Brewton (semifinal) Dee Kantner (semifinal) Denise Brooks-Clauser (semifinal) Michael Price (semifinal) Lisa Mattingly (final) Bob Trammell (final) Tina Napier (final) See also 2006 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2006 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2006 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2006 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament 2006 NCAA Division I men's