June 29, 2001

The NCAA championships-competition cabinet confirmed at its meetings this week that NC State will play host to first and second round East Region games of the 2004 men's basketball tournament at the Entertainment and Sports Arena. The dates of the contests will be March 18 and 20.

The other first-round site for the East Region will be Buffalo, N.Y. The South Regional games will be played in Kemper Arena (Kansas City) and the Waterhouse Center (Orlando, Fla.). Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio and Milwaukee's Bradley Center will host the Midwest Region, while West Regional games will be played at the Pepsi Center in Denver and Key Arena in Seattle.