2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

2013 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament

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The 2013 NCAA Men's Division I 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 19, 2013 and will conclude with the championship game on April 8 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. This year will also mark the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament (the actual 75th anniversary will come a year later).

Tournament procedure

Further information: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship § Tournament format

Pending any changes to the current format, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2013 tournament. Thirty of the 31 automatic bids teams will be given to the program that wins their conference tournament. The remaining automatic bid will go to the Ivy League regular season champion since they do not hold a conference tournament. The remaining 37 teams will be granted "at-large" bids, which are 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.

2013 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

Auburn Hills

Lexington

Salt Lake City

San Jose

Austin

Dayton

Kansas City

Philadelphia

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2013 second and third rounds (green)

Washington, D.C.

Los Angeles

Indianapolis

Arlington

Atlanta

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2013 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2013 tournament:

First Four (March 19 and 20)

• University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio

Second and third rounds

• March 21 and 23
  • The Palace of Auburn Hills, Auburn Hills, Michigan (Host: Oakland University)
  • Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky (Host: University of Kentucky)
  • EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)
  • HP Pavilion, San Jose, California (Host: West Coast Conference)
• March 22 and 24
  • University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
  • Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)
  • Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
  • Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Host: Temple University)

Regional sites

• March 28 and 30
  • East Regional, Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. (Host: Georgetown University)
  • West Regional, Staples Center, Los Angeles, California (Host: Pepperdine University)
• March 29 and 31
  • Midwest Regional, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts:IUPUI, Horizon League)
  • South Regional, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas (Host: Big 12 Conference)

Final Four - Atlanta (April 6 and 8)

• Georgia Dome (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology)

Other events surrounding the tournament

On May 10, 2012, the NCAA announced that as part of the celebration of the 75th Division I tournament, it would hold all three of its men's basketball championship games in Atlanta. The finals of the Division II and Division III tournaments will be held at Philips Arena on April 7, the day between the Division I semifinals and final.

See also

• 2013 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2013 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament – final also to be held in Atlanta
• 2013 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament – final also to be held in Atlanta
• 2013 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2013 National Invitation Tournament
• 2013 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
• 2013 Women's National Invitation Tournament

External links

• NCAA men's basketball