The City of Nashville and the Ohio Valley Conference will host the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Final Four on April 6-8 at the Sommet Center in downtown Nashville.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) informed representatives from the Ohio Valley Conference and the Nashville Sports Council on Nov. 14, 2008 that they were awarded the event. Nashville was one of five schools in the 2012-16 cycle award a Final Four.
The process to secure the Division I Women's Final Four began in January 2008 with an initial meeting of the Music City Bid Committee, co-chaired by Vice-Mayor Diane Neighbors and Margaret Behm. The OVC and Nashville Sports Council submitted an official bid to the NCAA in June 2008 and were announced as one of the eight finalists in August 2008. The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee and NCAA staff made a two-day visit to Nashville in mid-October 2008 and Nashville's local bid committee made a final presentation to the NCAA in Indianapolis on Nov. 12, 2008.
Keep checking back in this space about more information on the event. Below you will find links to stories about the event.
Links to Article About the 2014 Women's Final Four
Official OVC Release (Nov. 14, 2008)
Official Announcement Photo Gallery (Nov. 14, 2008)
NCAA Official Release (Nov. 14, 2008)
Nashville gets 2014 Women's Final Four (Tennessean, Nov. 15, 2008)
Nashville lands 2014 Women's Final Four (Jackson Sun, Nov. 15, 2008)
Nashville home of 2014 Women's Final Four (The Leaf-Chronicle, Nov. 15, 2008)
Final Four a Feather in the OVC's Cap (Cookeville Herald-Citizne, Nov. 20, 2008)
Nashville to host 2014 Women's Final Four (WKRN, Nov. 14, 2008) (with video)
Nashville will host 2014 Women's Final Four (WTVF, Nov. 14, 2008) (with video)
Nashville to host Women's Final Four (WSMV, Nov. 14, 2008) (with video)
WSMV Video #1 (Nov. 14, 2008)
WSMV Video #2 (Nov. 14, 2008)
Nashville LOC Board of Directors Announced (April 1, 2011)
First Lady of Tennessee, First Lady of Nashville to Serve as Honorary Chairs (Sept. 13, 2011)