2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 NCAA Division I
Men's Basketball Tournament

Season

2017–18

Teams

Finals site

NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
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The 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It is scheduled to begin on March 13, 2018 and will conclude with the championship game on April 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Tournament procedure

Pending any changes to the current format, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2018 tournament. 32 automatic bids shall be awarded to each program that wins their conference's tournament. The remaining 36 bids are "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

Eight teams-the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams-will play in the First Four (the successor to what had been popularly known as "play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of these games advance to the main draw of the tournament.

The Selection Committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 68.

2018 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

Dayton

Pittsburgh

Charlotte

Wichita

Boise

Detroit

Nashville

San Diego

Dallas

2018 First Four (orange) and first and second rounds (green)

Atlanta

Los Angeles

Boston

Omaha

San Antonio

2018 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2018 tournament:^[1]

First Four

March 13 and 14
- University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds

March 15 and 17
- PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University)
- Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas (Host: Wichita State University and Missouri Valley Conference)
- American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas (Host: Big 12 Conference)
- Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho (Host: Boise State University)
March 16 and 18
- Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
- Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Michigan (Host: University of Detroit Mercy)
- Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee (Host: Ohio Valley Conference)
- Viejas Arena, San Diego, California (Host: San Diego State University)

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 22 and 24
- West Regional, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, (Host: Pepperdine University)
- South Regional, Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology)
March 23 and 25
- East Regional, TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts (Host: Boston College)
- Midwest Regional, CenturyLink Center Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (Host: Creighton University)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)

March 31 and April 2
- Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)

Media Coverage

Television

CBS Sports and Turner Sports have US television rights to the tournament.

First Four – truTV
First and Second rounds – CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV
Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) – CBS and TBS
National Semifinals (Final Four) – TBS
National Championship – TBS

Radio

Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.

References

↑ "2016-18 preliminary rounds". 14 November 2014.

External links

NCAA Men's Basketball Division I

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Postseason	NCAA NIT CBI CIT

2017–18 NCAA Division I championships

Baseball
Men's basketball
Women's basketball
Beach volleyball
Bowling
Cross country
Fencing
Field hockey
Football (FBS) †
Football (FCS)
Men's golf
Women's golf
Men's gymnastics
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Men's ice hockey
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Indoor track and field
Men's lacrosse
Women's lacrosse
Outdoor track and field
Rifle
Rowing
Skiing
Men's soccer
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Softball
Men's swimming and diving
Women's swimming and diving
Tennis
Men's volleyball
Women's volleyball
Men's water polo
Women's water polo
Wrestling

† Not an officially sanctioned NCAA championship

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