2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Texas A&M Aggies (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Gary Blair (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Danielle Adams (Texas A&M) | ||||
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The 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 19, 2011, and concluded on April 5, 2011. The Texas A&M Aggies won the championship, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76–70 in the final held at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The tournament was also notable for a historic run by Gonzaga that ultimately ended in the final of the Spokane Region. With the help of two games on their home court and a regional held less than two miles away, the #11-seeded Bulldogs became the lowest seed ever to make a regional final in the history of the women's tournament.
Coincidentally, #11 seed VCU reached the men's Final Four, the third #11 to advance that far since the men's tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
LSU, which reached five consecutive Final Fours from 2004–08, did not qualify for the first time since 1998.