NCAA announces relocated sites for championship scheduled for North Carolina

The NCAA announced Friday the new sites for relocated championships following the organization's decision to move events out of North Carolina due to the controversial House Bill 2.

The biggest change is for the first and second rounds of the 2017 NCAA tournament originally scheduled for Greensboro. Those games will now be played at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, S.C.

Seven championships in all found new locations, including this fall's Division I soccer championship now set for San Jose, Calif., and the Division I women's lacrosse championship in 2017 moving to Gillette Stadium in Boston.

Last month, the ACC announced its football championship game would be played in Orlando because of HB2.

“We appreciate our member institutions and the many cities across the country who were involved in the bid process for these championship sites,” Joni Comstock, NCAA interim executive vice president of championships and alliances said in a statement. “The sports committees were pleased with the quantity and quality of the bids received and are confident the selected sites will host championships that provide an outstanding experience for  student-athletes, membership and fans.”

A complete list of the new championship sites:

- 2016 Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, College Cup, Dec. 2 and 4: San Jose, California (Avaya Stadium; West Coast Conference, host).

- 2016 Division III Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships, Dec. 2 and 3: Salem, Virginia (Kerr Stadium; Old Dominion Athletic Conference, host).

- 2017 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, first/second-rounds, March 17 and 19: Greenville, South Carolina (Bon Secours Wellness Arena; Southern Conference and Furman University, hosts).

- 2017 Division I Women’s Golf Championships, regional, May 8-10: Athens, Georgia (University of Georgia Golf Course; University of Georgia, host).

- 2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships, May 22-27: Chattanooga, Tennessee (Champions Tennis Club; University of the South, host).

- 2017 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, May 26 and 28: Boston (Gillette Stadium; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, host).

- 2017 Division II Baseball Championship, May 27-June 3, Grand Prairie, Texas (The Ballpark in Grand Prairie; Angelo State University, host).