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The 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2023–24 season. The 85th annual edition of the tournament will begin on March 19, 2024, and will conclude with the championship game on April 8, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.[1]
ASUN champion Stetson and SWAC champion Grambling State will make their NCAA tournament debuts. Additionally, Duquesne will make its first appearance since 1977, Samford will make its first appearance since 2000, McNeese will make its first appearance since 2002, and Wagner will make its second-ever appearance, their first since 2003.
Upon the release of the bracket during the annual Selection Sunday event, the NCAA Selection Committee was heavily criticized for the qualification of teams such as Virginia and Michigan State, who relatively underperformed during the course of the season, while simultaneously omitting teams such as Indiana State and St. John's, who had attained a higher ranking position under the existing NET system.
Tournament procedure
Pending any changes, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2024 tournament. A total of 32 automatic bids are awarded to each program that won a conference tournament. The remaining 36 bids are issued "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The Selection Committee also seeds the entire field from 1 to 68.
Eight teams (the four-lowest seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams) play in the First Four. The winners of these games will advance to the main bracket of the tournament.
2024 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2024 tournament:[1]
First Four
- March 19 and 20
First and Second Rounds (Subregionals)
- March 21 and 23
- March 22 and 24
Regional Semi-Finals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
- March 28 and 30
- East Regional
- TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts (Host: Boston College)
- West Regional
- East Regional
- March 29 and 31
- South Regional
- Midwest Regional
National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four)
- April 6 and 8
Glendale will host the Final Four for the second time, having previously hosted in 2017.
Qualification and selection of teams
Automatic qualifiers
Teams who won their conference championships automatically qualify
| Conference | Team | Appearance | Last bid |
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| America East | Vermont | 10th | 2023 |
| American | UAB | 17th | 2022 |
| Atlantic 10 | Duquesne | 6th | 1977 |
| ACC | NC State | 29th | 2023 |
| ASUN | Stetson | 1st | Never |
| Big 12 | Iowa State | 23rd | 2023 |
| Big East | UConn | 36th | 2023 |
| Big Sky | Montana State | 6th | 2023 |
| Big South | Longwood | 2nd | 2022 |
| Big Ten | Illinois | 34th | 2023 |
| Big West | Long Beach State | 7th | 2012 |
| CAA | Charleston | 7th | 2023 |
| CUSA | Western Kentucky | 26th | 2013 |
| Horizon | Oakland | 4th | 2011 |
| Ivy League | Yale | 7th | 2022 |
| MAAC | Saint Peter's | 5th | 2022 |
| MAC | Akron | 6th | 2022 |
| MEAC | Howard | 4th | 2023 |
| Missouri Valley | Drake | 7th | 2023 |
| Mountain West | New Mexico | 16th | 2014 |
| NEC | Wagner | 2nd | 2003 |
| Ohio Valley | Morehead State | 9th | 2021 |
| Pac-12 | Oregon | 18th | 2021 |
| Patriot | Colgate | 7th | 2023 |
| SEC | Auburn | 13th | 2023 |
| Southern | Samford | 3rd | 2000 |
| Southland | McNeese | 3rd | 2002 |
| SWAC | Grambling State | 1st | Never |
| Summit League | South Dakota State | 7th | 2022 |
| Sun Belt | James Madison | 6th | 2013 |
| WCC | Saint Mary's | 13th | 2023 |
| WAC | Grand Canyon | 3rd | 2023 |
Bids by state
The sixty-eight teams came from twenty-three states.
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| Bids | State(s) | Schools |
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| 3 | Alabama | Auburn, Samford, UAB |
| Virginia | James Madison, Longwood, Virginia | |
| 2 | California | Long Beach State, Saint Mary's |
| Connecticut | UConn, Yale | |
| Iowa | Drake, Iowa State | |
| Kentucky | Morehead State, Western Kentucky | |
| Louisiana | Grambling, McNeese | |
| New York | Colgate, Wagner | |
| Illinois | Illinois, Northwestern | |
| Utah | BYU, Utah State | |
| 1 | Arizona | Grand Canyon |
| Florida | Stetson | |
| Michigan | Oakland | |
| Montana | Montana State | |
| New Mexico | New Mexico | |
| New Jersey | Saint Peter's | |
| North Carolina | NC State | |
| Ohio | Akron | |
| Oregon | Oregon | |
| Pennsylvania | Duquesne | |
| South Carolina | Charleston | |
| South Dakota | South Dakota State | |
| Vermont | Vermont | |
| Washington D.C. | Howard |
Conferences with multiple bids
Teams in boldface won their conference tournament and received the conference's automatic bid.
Seeds
The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process and were published by the selection committee after the brackets were released on March 17.
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Tournament bracket
All times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
First Four – Dayton, OH
The First Four games involve eight teams: the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams.
| March 19 – Midwest Regional | ||||
| 10 | Virginia | |||
| 10 | Colorado State | TruTV | ||
| March 19 – Midwest Regional | ||||
| 16 | Montana State | |||
| 16 | Grambling State | TruTV | ||
| March 20 – South Regional | ||||
| 10 | Boise State | |||
| 10 | Colorado | TruTV | ||
South regional – Dallas, Texas
| First round Round of 64 March 21–22 | Second round Round of 32 March 23–24 | Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 29 | Regional Final Elite 8 March 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Houston | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Longwood | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Nebraska | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Texas A&M | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | James Madison | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brooklyn – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Duke | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Vermont | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Texas Tech | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | NC State | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Oakland | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Boise State/Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Marquette | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Western Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||||
South regional final
South regional all-tournament team
East regional – Boston, Massachusetts
| First round Round of 64 March 21–22 | Second round Round of 32 March 23–24 | Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 28 | Regional Final Elite 8 March 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UConn | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Stetson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brooklyn – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Florida Atlantic | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Northwestern | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | San Diego State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | UAB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spokane – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Auburn | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Yale | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | BYU | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Duquesne | ||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Morehead State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Washington State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Drake | ||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Iowa State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | South Dakota State | ||||||||||||||||||
East regional final
East regional all-tournament team
Midwest regional – Detroit, Michigan
| First round Round of 64 March 21–22 | Second round Round of 32 March 23–24 | Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 29 | Regional Final Elite 8 March 31 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Purdue | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Montana State/Grambling State | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indianapolis – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Utah State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | TCU | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Gonzaga | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | McNeese | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Lake City – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kansas | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Samford | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Oregon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Creighton | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Akron | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Virginia/Colorado State | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Saint Peter's | ||||||||||||||||||
Midwest regional final
Midwest regional all-tournament team
West regional – Los Angeles, California
| First round Round of 64 March 21–22 | Second round Round of 32 March 23–24 | Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 28 | Regional Final Elite 8 March 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Howard/Wagner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mississippi State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Michigan State | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Saint Mary's | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Grand Canyon | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spokane – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Charleston | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Clemson | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis – Fri/Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Baylor | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Colgate | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Dayton | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Lake City – Thu/Sat | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Long Beach State | ||||||||||||||||||
West regional final
West regional all-tournament team
Final Four – Glendale, Arizona
| National Semifinals Final Four Saturday, April 6 | National Championship Game Monday, April 8 | ||||||||
National semifinals
National championship
Final Four all-tournament team
Record by conference
| Conference | Bids | Record | Win % | FF | R64 | R32 | S16 | E8 | F4 | CG | NC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big 12 | 8 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Southeastern | 8 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Big Ten | 6 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Mountain West | 6 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Atlantic Coast | 5 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Pac-12 | 4 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Big East | 3 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| American | 2 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| West Coast | 2 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| America East | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Atlantic 10 | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| ASUN | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Big Sky | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Big South | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Big West | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| CAA | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| CUSA | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Horizon | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Ivy League | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| MAAC | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| MAC | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| MEAC | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Missouri Valley | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Northeast | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Ohio Valley | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Patriot | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Southern | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Southland | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| SWAC | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Summit | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Sun Belt | 1 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| WAC | 1 | 0–0 | – |
- The FF, R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the first four, round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.
Game summaries and tournament notes
Tournament upsets
Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least five seed lines better than the winning team."[2] The 2024 tournament has zero upsets so far, with TBD in the first round, TBD in the second round, and TBD in the Sweet Sixteen, TBD in the Elite Eight, TBD in the Final Four and TBD in the national championship game.
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| Sweet 16 | ||||
| Elite 8 | ||||
| Final 4 | ||||
| National Championship | ||||
Tournament records
Game officials
Media coverage
Television
CBS Sports and TNT Sports have US television rights to the tournament.[3][4] As part of a cycle that began in 2016, TBS will televise the 2024 Final Four and the National Championship Game.
This will be the first tournament with Ian Eagle as the lead play-by-play announcer.
For the first time since 1997, longtime studio host Greg Gumbel will not be part of this year's March Madness coverage due to family health issues.[5]
Beginning this tournament, Max will be streaming all of its games airing on its networks (TNT, TBS and TruTv) on its Bleacher Report Sports Add-On.[6]
CBS will continue to stream all of its games on Paramount+ and for free on March Madness Live.
Television channels
- Selection Show – CBS
- First Four – TruTV
- First and Second Rounds – CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV
- Regional Semifinals (Sweet 16) and Finals (Elite 8) – CBS and TBS
- National Semifinals (Final Four) and Championship – TBS
Studio hosts
- Ernie Johnson (New York City) – First and second rounds, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship
- Adam Lefkoe (Atlanta) – First Four, First and second rounds
- Adam Zucker (New York City) – First and second rounds
- Jamie Erdahl – First Four, First and second rounds (game breaks)
Studio analysts
- Charles Barkley (New York City) – First and second rounds, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship
- Seth Davis (Atlanta) – First Four, First and second rounds
- Clark Kellogg (New York City) – First and second rounds, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship
- Candace Parker (Atlanta) – First Four, First and second rounds
- Kenny Smith (New York City) – First and second rounds, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship
- Gene Steratore (New York City and Glendale) (Rules Analyst) – First Four, first and second rounds, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship
- Wally Szczerbiak (New York City) – Second round
- Jay Wright (Atlanta) – First Four, first and second rounds
Broadcast assignments
- Ian Eagle/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill/Tracy Wolfson – First and second rounds at Location TBA; Regional at Location TBA; Final Four and National Championship at Glendale, Arizona
- Brian Anderson/Jim Jackson/Allie LaForce – First and second rounds at Location TBA; Regional at Location TBA
- Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Stan Van Gundy/Andy Katz – First and second rounds at Location TBA; Regional at Location TBA
- Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas/Evan Washburn – First and second rounds at Location TBA; Regional at Location TBA
- Brad Nessler/Brendan Haywood/Dana Jacobson – First and second rounds at Location TBA
- Spero Dedes/Jim Spanarkel/Jon Rothstein – First Four at Dayton, Ohio; First and second rounds at Location TBA
- Lisa Byington/Steve Smith/Robbie Hummel/Lauren Shehadi – First and second rounds at Location TBA
- Tom McCarthy/Debbie Antonelli/Avery Johnson/AJ Ross – First and second rounds at Location TBA
Radio
Westwood One will have exclusive coverage of the entire tournament.
International
Internet
- Video
Live video of games is available for streaming through the following means:[7]
- NCAA March Madness Live (website and app, CBS games not available on digital media players; access to games requires TV Everywhere authentication through provider)
- Paramount+ (only CBS games)
- Max (only TBS, TNT, and truTV games)
- Watch TBS website and app (only TBS games, required TV Everywhere authentication)
- Watch TNT website and app (only TNT games, required TV Everywhere authentication)
- Watch truTV website and app (only truTV games, required TV Everywhere authentication)
- CBS website and app (only CBS games, required TV Everywhere authentication)
- Websites and apps of cable, satellite, and OTT providers of CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV (access required subscription)
For the app this year, a new multiview which showed all games airing simultaneously was available.[8]
In addition, the March Madness app will offer Fast Break, whiparound coverage of games similar to NFL RedZone.
- Audio
Live audio of games is available for streaming through the following means:
- NCAA March Madness Live (website and app)
- Westwood One Sports website
- TuneIn (website and app, required TuneIn Premium subscription)
- Varsity Network app
- Websites and apps of Westwood One Sports affiliates
The March Madness app also supported Apple CarPlay and Android Auto through a native app.[9]
See also
- 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2024 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 2024 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
References
- ^ a b "Future Dates & Sites". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ Wittry, Andy (March 15, 2023). "Here's how to pick March Madness men's upsets, according to the data". NCAA. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ Bonesteel, Matt (April 12, 2016). "CBS and Turner Sports lock down NCAA tournament through 2032". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ^ "CBS Sports and TNT Sports Announce 2024 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Commentator Teams | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. March 12, 2024. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Glasspiegel, Ryan (March 12, 2024). "Greg Gumbel missing CBS' March Madness coverage due to 'family health issues'". New York Post. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Roth, Emma (September 19, 2023). "Max will start offering a live sports tier in October". The Verge. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Maiman, Beth (March 8, 2017). "March Madness TV schedule: How to watch and live stream every game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament". NCAA. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
- ^ Costa, Brandon (March 16, 2023). "March Madness Live Returns with Four-Game Multiview on Desktop; Greater Focus on Discoverability Across Devices". Sports Video Group. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
- ^ Miller, Chance (March 10, 2023). "NCAA March Madness app will support Live Activities, CarPlay, and more this year". 9to5Mac. Archived from the original on March 17, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2023.