NCAA National Collegiate women's hockey tournament

Locations, dates:

• Selection show: ESPNews, 9 p.m. ET, March 6

• Regional semifinals: Campus sites of top three seeds, March 10 or 11

• Regional finals: Campus sites of top four seeds, March 12 or 13

• Frozen Four: Pegula Ice Arena, State College, Pa., March 18 and 20

Qualifying teams: 11

Format: Four automatic qualifiers and the top seven at-large teams from the PairWise Rankings are selected. The top four overall seeds are No. 1 seeds and will host regional finals. The next four overall seeds are No. 2 seeds. The remaining three teams are No. 3 seeds. The No. 4 overall seed will play the No. 5 overall seed. The bottom three No. 2 seeds will play the three No. 3 seeds in the regional semifinals. All rounds are single elimination. More: NCAA Division I women's tournament selection process

Automatic qualifiers: Postseason tournament champions from CHA, ECAC Hockey, Hockey East and WCHA.