Four highly-regarded women’s basketball teams are about to descend on Milwaukee, Wis. this coming weekend as Marquette University gets ready to host the 2002 Mideast Regional at the U.S. Cellular Arena. Undefeated and No.1-ranked Connecticut, Penn State, Kansas State and Old Dominion are the four schools that will battle for a ticket to the Final Four in San Antonio.

Number-one seed Connecticut (35-0) will face No. 4 Penn State at 11:00 a.m. CST on Saturday, March 23, followed by No. 7 seed Old Dominion (27-5) squaring off with No. 3 seed Kansas State (26-7) at 1:30 p.m. The winners of Saturday’s games will advance to Monday night’s regional final, which will be played at 6:30 p.m. CST.

All session reserved seats for adults are $35 and $20 for youths. All-session general admission seats are available as well and can be purchased for $22 by adults and $15 by youths. People who purchase for all-session tickets will be able to watch both semifinal games on Saturday and the championship game on Monday.

Special ticket prices are available for groups. For more information, please call the Marquette Athletic Ticket Office at (414) 288-GOMU.

For detailed information on the regional, including directions go to www.gomarquette.com.

This weekend’s regional in Milwaukee continues a series of NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship events that have been hosted by Conference USA institutions. Listed below are future events that C-USA schools will host over the next four years:

NCAA Women’s Championship
2004 Final Four, New Orleans, La. Tulane University

NCAA Men’s Championship
2003 First and Second Rounds, Tampa, Fla. Hosted by South Florida
2004 First and Second Rounds, Milwaukee, Wis. Hosted by Marquette
2005 Midwest Regional, Rosemont, Ill. Hosted by DePaul