It has also hosted the women's basketball tournament eleven times, only one of which was a regional site.

Any school or organization within driving distance from a regional site may participate if age requirements (ages 11-14) are met.

The regional final sites, named after their host cities, were:

Among those who paid the $2,750 entry fee, 730 were required to compete in the first stage at various regional 72-hole sites.

In 2008 and 2011, it was a women's regional site.

Western Michigan University also has several regional sites that offer education to more than 6,000 students each year.

First and second round games are held at regional sites selected before the tournament.

The remaining patients present with metastatic disease in either regional or distant sites.

In the process, they also try to figure which teams will advance to what is known as the Sweet 16 at next week's four regional sites.

The first round of the tournament will be held at regional sites on April 30, 2011.