2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

2011 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament

File:2011FinalFour.png 2011 Final Four logo
Teams	68
Finals site	Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas
Champions	Connecticut (3rd title)
Runner-up	Butler (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Kentucky (14th Final Four) Virginia Commonwealth (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Brad Stevens (1st title)
MOP	Shelvin Mack (Butler)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «2010 2012»

The 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament involving 68 teams to determine the national champion of the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 73rd edition of the NCAA Tournament began on March 15, 2011, and concluded with the Butler Bulldogs defeating the Connecticut Huskies, 57–53, in the championship game on April 4 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. This tournament marked the introduction of the "First Four" round and an expansion of the field of participants from 65 teams to 68.

This tournament was notable for its large number of upsets. In the Southwest region, Florida State (a 10 seed), Virginia Commonwealth (11) and Richmond (12) made the regional semifinals. This marked the first time in the history of the tournament that a region was represented by three double-digit seeds in the Sweet Sixteen. The tournament featured the first Final Four to not have one of the top two seeds from any of the four regions. VCU tied 11th-seeded LSU in 1986 and George Mason in 2006 as the lowest seeds ever to reach the Final Four. The semifinal game between VCU and Butler, an 8 seed, had the greatest seed number total of any Final Four matchup in history (19, surpassing the previous mark of 14 set in 1980 and matched in 2006). The Final Four as a whole similarly had the greatest seed number total ever (26, surpassing the previous mark of 22 set in 2000). Butler, making its second straight appearance in the final, tied 8th-seeded UCLA in 1980 and Villanova in 1985 as the highest seeds ever to reach the championship game.

Qualified teams

Further information: 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

2011 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	31
At-large bids	37
Regional top seeds	Ohio State, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Duke
Champion	Connecticut
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
«2010 2012»

This is a list of qualifying teams for the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament, an increase of three from the prior season with introduction of the opening round "First Four". Thirty of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which did not conduct a postseason tournament, went to its regular season champion. The remaining 37 teams were granted at-large bids, which were extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All teams were seeded within their assigned region from 1 to 16, which was disclosed, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68, which was not disclosed.

Team names used below are consistent with ESPN.com scoreboards and individual team pages on Wikipedia.

Automatic bids

Automatic bids to the tournament were granted for winning a conference championship tournament, except for the automatic bid of the Ivy League given to the regular season champion (though Princeton and Harvard were required to break a tie with a one-game playoff). Seeds listed were seeds within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in bold face were given at-large berths.

Automatic bids
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)		Last app.	Conference regular season	1-Game Playoff Runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)
Princeton	25–6 (12–2)		2004	Ivy League	Harvard	23–6 (12–2)
Qualifying school	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last app.	Conference tournament	Conf. finals runner-up	Runner-up record (Conf.)	Runner-up seed
Duke	30–4 (13–3)	2	2010	ACC	North Carolina	26–7 (14–2)	1
Boston University	21–13 (12–4)	2	2002	America East	Stony Brook	21–13 (12–4)	5
Richmond	27–7 (13–3)	3	2010	Atlantic 10	Dayton	22–13 (7–9)	9
Belmont	30–4 (19–1)	1	2008	Atlantic Sun	North Florida	15–19 (10–10)	6
Kansas	32–2 (14–2)	1	2010	Big 12	Texas	27–7 (13–3)	2
Connecticut	26–9 (9–9)	9	2009	Big East	Louisville	25–9 (12–9)	3
Northern Colorado	21–10 (13–3)	1	Never	Big Sky	Montana	21–10 (12–4)	2
UNC Asheville	19–13 (11–7)	3	2003	Big South	Coastal Carolina	28–5 (16–2)	1
Ohio State	32–2 (16–2)	1	2010	Big Ten	Penn State	19–14 (9–9)	6
UC Santa Barbara	18–13 (8–8)	5	2010	Big West	Long Beach State	22–11 (14–2)	1
Old Dominion	27–6 (14–4)	2	2010	CAA	Virginia Commonwealth	23–11 (12–6)	4
Memphis	25–9 (10–6)	4	2009	C-USA	UTEP	25–9 (11–5)	3
Butler	23–9 (13–5)	2	2010	Horizon	Milwaukee	19–13 (13–5)	1
Saint Peter's	20–13 (11–7)	4	1995	MAAC	Iona	22–11 (13–5)	2
Hampton	24–8 (11–5)	2	2006	MEAC	Morgan State	17–14 (10–6)	4
Akron	23–12 (9–7)	6	2009	Mid-American	Kent State	23–11 (12–4)	1
Indiana State	20–13 (12–6)	3	2001	Missouri Valley	Missouri State	25–8 (15–3)	1
San Diego State	32–2 (14–2)	2	2010	Mountain West	BYU	30–4 (14–2)	1
Long Island	27–5 (16–2)	1	1997	Northeast	Robert Morris	18–14 (12–6)	3
Morehead State	24–9 (13–5)	2	2009	Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech	20–12 (12–6)	4
Washington	23–10 (11–7)	3	2010	Pac-10	Arizona	27–7 (14–4)	1
Bucknell	25–8 (13–1)	1	2006	Patriot	Lafayette	13–19 (6–8)	6
Kentucky	25–8 (10–6)	East 2	2010	SEC	Florida	26–7 (13–3)	East 1
Wofford	21–12 (14–4)	South 2	2010	Southern	College of Charleston	24–10 (14–4)	South 1
UTSA	19–13 (9–7)	7	2004	Southland	McNeese State	21–11 (11–5)	1
Oakland	25–9 (17–1)	1	2010	Summit	Oral Roberts	19–15 (13–5)	2
Arkansas–Little Rock	19–16 (7–9)	West 5	1990	Sun Belt	North Texas	22–11 (8–8)	West 4
Alabama State	17–17 (11–7)	4	2009	SWAC	Grambling State	12–21 (8–10)	6
Utah State	30–3 (15–1)	1	2010	WAC	Boise State	20–12 (10–6)	2
Gonzaga	24–9 (11–3)	2	2010	West Coast	Saint Mary's	24–8 (11–3)	1

At-large bids

Team	Conference	Last appearance	# of appearances
Arizona	Pac-10	2009	29
BYU	MWC	2010	26
Cincinnati	Big East	2005	25
Clemson	ACC	2010	11
Florida	SEC	2010	16
Florida State	ACC	2010	13
George Mason	CAA	2008	6
Georgetown	Big East	2010	27
Georgia	SEC	2008	11
Illinois	Big Ten	2009	29
Kansas State	Big 12	2010	25
Louisville	Big East	2010	37
Marquette	Big East	2010	29
Michigan	Big Ten	2009	22
Michigan State	Big Ten	2010	25
Missouri	Big 12	2010	24
North Carolina	ACC	2009	42
Notre Dame	Big East	2010	31
Penn State	Big Ten	2001	9
Pittsburgh	Big East	2010	23
Purdue	Big Ten	2010	25
St. John's	Big East	2002	28
Syracuse	Big East	2010	34
Temple	Atlantic 10	2010	29
Tennessee	SEC	2010	19
Texas	Big 12	2010	29
Texas A&M	Big 12	2010	12
UAB	Conference USA	2006	14
UCLA	Pac-10	2009	44
UNLV	MWC	2010	18
USC	Pac-10	2009	16
Vanderbilt	SEC	2010	12
VCU	CAA	2009	10
Villanova	Big East	2010	32
West Virginia	Big East	2010	24
Wisconsin	Big Ten	2010	17
Xavier	Atlantic 10	2010	22

Listed by region and seeding

East Regional – Newark, New Jersey Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Ohio State Big 10 32–2 Automatic 2 North Carolina ACC 26–7 At-large 3 Syracuse Big East 26–7 At-large 4 Kentucky SEC 25–8 Automatic 5 West Virginia Big East 20–11 At-large 6 Xavier Atlantic 10 24–7 At-large 7 Washington Pac-10 23–10 Automatic 8 George Mason CAA 26–6 At-large 9 Villanova Big East 21–11 At-large 10 Georgia SEC 21–11 At-large 11 Marquette Big East 20–14 At-large 12* UAB C-USA 22–8 At-large Clemson ACC 21–11 At-large 13 Princeton Ivy League 25–6 Automatic 14 Indiana State Missouri Valley 20–13 Automatic 15 Long Island Northeast 27–5 Automatic 16* UTSA Southland 19–13 Automatic Alabama State SWAC 17–17 Automatic

Southeast Regional – New Orleans, Louisiana Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Pittsburgh Big East 27–5 At-large 2 Florida SEC 26–7 At-large 3 BYU MWC 30–4 At-large 4 Wisconsin Big Ten 23–8 At-large 5 Kansas State Big 12 22–10 At-large 6 St. John's Big East 21–11 At-large 7 UCLA Pac-10 22–10 At-large 8 Butler Horizon 23–9 Automatic 9 Old Dominion CAA 27–6 Automatic 10 Michigan State Big 10 19–14 At-large 11 Gonzaga West Coast 24–9 Automatic 12 Utah State WAC 30–3 Automatic 13 Belmont Atlantic Sun 30–4 Automatic 14 Wofford Southern 21–12 Automatic 15 UC Santa Barbara Big West 18–13 Automatic 16* UNC Asheville Big South 19–13 Automatic Arkansas–Little Rock Sun Belt 19–16 Automatic

Southwest Regional – San Antonio, Texas Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Kansas Big 12 32–2 Automatic 2 Notre Dame Big East 26–6 At-large 3 Purdue Big 10 25–7 At-large 4 Louisville Big East 25–9 At-large 5 Vanderbilt SEC 23–10 At-large 6 Georgetown Big East 21–10 At-large 7 Texas A&M Big 12 24–8 At-large 8 UNLV MWC 24–8 At-large 9 Illinois Big 10 19–13 At-large 10 Florida State ACC 21–10 At-large 11* USC Pac-10 19–14 At-large VCU CAA 23–11 At-large 12 Richmond Atlantic 10 27–7 Automatic 13 Morehead State Ohio Valley 24–9 Automatic 14 Saint Peter's MAAC 20–13 Automatic 15 Akron Mid-American 23–12 Automatic 16 Boston University America East 21–13 Automatic

West Regional – Anaheim, California Seed School Conference Record Berth type 1 Duke ACC 30–4 Automatic 2 San Diego State MWC 32–2 Automatic 3 Connecticut Big East 26–9 Automatic 4 Texas Big 12 27–7 At-large 5 Arizona Pac-10 27–7 At-large 6 Cincinnati Big East 25–8 At-large 7 Temple Atlantic 10 25–7 At-large 8 Michigan Big 10 20–13 At-large 9 Tennessee SEC 19–14 At-large 10 Penn State Big 10 19–14 At-large 11 Missouri Big 12 23–10 At-large 12 Memphis C-USA 25–9 Automatic 13 Oakland Summit 25–9 Automatic 14 Bucknell Patriot 25–8 Automatic 15 Northern Colorado Big Sky 21–10 Automatic 16 Hampton MEAC 24–8 Automatic

*See First Four.

Bids by conference

Bids	Conference(s)	Schools
11	Big East	Syracuse, West Virginia, Villanova, Marquette, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Notre Dame, Louisville, Georgetown, Pittsburgh, St. John's
7	Big Ten	Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan State
5	SEC	Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida
	Big 12	Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Texas A&M, Kansas State
4	Pac-10	Washington, Arizona, USC, UCLA
	ACC	North Carolina, Duke, Florida State, Clemson
3	Mountain West	San Diego State, UNLV, BYU
	Atlantic 10	Xavier, Temple, Richmond
	CAA	George Mason, VCU, Old Dominion
2	C-USA	UAB, Memphis
1	21 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Bids by state

Bids	State	School(s)
5	Pennsylvania	Bucknell, Villanova, Temple, Penn State, Pittsburgh
5	Virginia	Hampton, Old Dominion, Richmond, George Mason, VCU
4	California	San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, USC, UCLA
4	Indiana	Butler, Indiana State, Notre Dame, Purdue
4	Ohio	Akron, Ohio State, Xavier, Cincinnati
4	Tennessee	Belmont, Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
3	Kentucky	Kentucky, Morehead State, Louisville
3	Michigan	Oakland, Michigan, Michigan State
3	New York	Long Island, Syracuse, St. John's
3	North Carolina	Duke, UNC Asheville, North Carolina
3	Texas	UTSA, Texas, Texas A&M
2	Alabama	Alabama State, UAB
2	Florida	Florida State, Florida
2	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State
2	New Jersey	Princeton, St. Peter's
2	South Carolina	Wofford, Clemson
2	Utah	Utah State, BYU
2	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington
2	Wisconsin	Marquette, Wisconsin
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Arkansas	Arkansas-Little Rock
1	Colorado	Northern Colorado
1	Connecticut	Connecticut
1	Georgia	Georgia
1	Illinois	Illinois
1	Massachusetts	Boston U
1	Missouri	Missouri
1	Nevada	UNLV
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
1	Washington, D.C.	Georgetown

Tournament procedure

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

For the first time, a total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty of the thirty-one automatic bids were given to the programs that won their conference tournaments, while the remaining automatic bid went to the Ivy League champion Princeton, as the conference does not hold a tournament. The remaining 37 teams will be granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. All 68 teams were announced on "Selection Sunday" March 13, 2011.

The Selection Committee ranked the entire field from 1 to 68. The last four at-large teams selected and the four lowest ranked automatic qualifiers played in a "First Four". The four winners of those games advanced to the main draw of the tournament to play a higher seed. The four lowest ranked teams of the 68 played against each other in a pair of First Four games, with winners advancing to play #1 seeds, and the last four at-large teams played in the other two First Four games, with the winners moving on to face the seed they would otherwise be matched up against, as determined by their seed number.

Dayton

Tulsa

Tucson

Denver

Cleveland

Tampa

Charlotte

Chicago

Washington DC

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2011 First Four (orange), and second and third rounds (green)

San Antonio

Anaheim

New Orleans

Newark

Houston

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2011 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2011 tournament:

First Four

• March 15 and 16
  • University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio

Second and third rounds

• March 17 and 19
  • Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. (Host: Georgetown University)
  • McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)
  • Denver, Colorado (Host: Mountain West Conference)
  • St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida (Host: University of South Florida)
• March 18 and 20
  • Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Cleveland State University)
  • Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
  • United Center, Chicago, Illinois (Host: Big Ten Conference)
  • BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Host: University of Tulsa)

Regional sites

• March 24 and 26
  • West Regional: Honda Center, Anaheim, California (Host: Big West Conference)
  • Southeast Regional: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University)
• March 25 and 27
  • Southwest Regional: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)
  • East Regional: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey (Host: Seton Hall University)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held April 2 and 4 in Houston at Reliant Stadium, co-hosted by Rice University and the University of Houston.

Brackets

* – Denotes overtime period

Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)

First Four – Dayton, Ohio

All games on truTV. First Four winners enter the second round as their respective seed and in their respective region. Template:Multicol

	East #16 Seed March 16
	16	Texas-San Antonio	70
	16	Alabama State	61

	East #12 Seed March 15
	12	Clemson	70
	12	UAB	52

	Southeast #16 Seed March 15
	16	UNC-Asheville	81*
	16	Arkansas-Little Rock	77

	Southwest #11 Seed March 16
	11	Virginia Commonwealth	59
	11	Southern California	46

East Regional — Newark, New Jersey

	Second round March 17–18					Third round March 19–20					Regional semifinals March 25					Regional finals March 27
	1	Ohio State	75
	16	Texas-San Antonio	46
						1	Ohio State	98
	Cleveland – Fri/Sun
						8	George Mason	66
	8	George Mason	61
	9	Villanova	57
											1	Ohio State	60
											4	Kentucky	62
	5	West Virginia	84
	12	Clemson	76
						5	West Virginia	63
	Tampa – Thu/Sat
						4	Kentucky	71
	4	Kentucky	59
	13	Princeton	57
																4	Kentucky	76
																2	North Carolina	69
	6	Xavier	55
	11	Marquette	66
						11	Marquette	66
	Cleveland – Fri/Sun
						3	Syracuse	62
	3	Syracuse	77
	14	Indiana State	60
											11	Marquette	63
											2	North Carolina	81
	7	Washington	68
	10	Georgia	65
						7	Washington	83
	Charlotte – Fri/Sun
						2	North Carolina	86
	2	North Carolina	102
	15	Long Island	87

West Regional – Anaheim, California

	Second round March 17–18					Third round March 19–20					Regional semifinals March 24					Regional finals March 26
	1	Duke	87
	16	Hampton	45
						1	Duke	73
	Charlotte – Fri/Sun
						8	Michigan	71
	8	Michigan	75
	9	Tennessee	45
											1	Duke	77
											5	Arizona	93
	5	Arizona	77
	12	Memphis	75
						5	Arizona	70
	Tulsa – Fri/Sun
						4	Texas	69
	4	Texas	85
	13	Oakland	81
																5	Arizona	63
																3	Connecticut	65
	6	Cincinnati	78
	11	Missouri	63
						6	Cincinnati	58
	Washington, D.C. – Thu/Sat
						3	Connecticut	69
	3	Connecticut	81
	14	Bucknell	52
											3	Connecticut	74
											2	San Diego State	67
	7	Temple	66
	10	Penn State	64
						7	Temple	64
	Tucson – Thu/Sat
						2	San Diego State	71**
	2	San Diego State	68
	15	Northern Colorado	50

Southwest Regional – San Antonio, Texas

	Second round March 17–18					Third round March 19–20					Regional semifinals March 25					Regional finals March 27
	1	Kansas	72
	16	Boston University	53
						1	Kansas	73
	Tulsa – Fri/Sun
						9	Illinois	59
	9	UNLV	62
	8	Illinois	73
											1	Kansas	77
											12	Richmond	57
	5	Vanderbilt	66
	12	Richmond	69
						12	Richmond	65
	Denver – Thu/Sat
						13	Morehead State	48
	4	Louisville	61
	13	Morehead State	62
																1	Kansas	61
																11	Virginia Commonwealth	71
	6	Georgetown	56
	11	Virginia Commonwealth	74
						11	Virginia Commonwealth	94
	Chicago – Fri/Sun
						3	Purdue	76
	3	Purdue	65
	14	Saint Peter's	43
											11	Virginia Commonwealth	72*
											10	Florida State	71
	7	Texas A&M	50
	10	Florida State	57
						10	Florida State	71
	Chicago – Fri/Sun
						2	Notre Dame	57
	2	Notre Dame	69
	15	Akron	56

Southeast Regional – New Orleans, Louisiana

	Second round March 17					Third round March 19					Regional semifinals March 24					Regional finals March 26
	1	Pittsburgh	74
	16	UNC-Asheville	51
						1	Pittsburgh	70
	Washington, D.C. – Thu/Sat
						8	Butler	71
	8	Butler	60
	9	Old Dominion	58
											8	Butler	61
											4	Wisconsin	54
	5	Kansas State	73
	12	Utah State	68
						5	Kansas State	65
	Tucson – Thu/Sat
						4	Wisconsin	70
	4	Wisconsin	72
	13	Belmont	58
																8	Butler	74
																2	Florida	71
	6	St. John's	71
	11	Gonzaga	86
						11	Gonzaga	67
	Denver – Thu/Sat
						3	Brigham Young	89
	3	Brigham Young	74
	14	Wofford	66
											3	Brigham Young	74
											2	Florida	83
	7	UCLA	78
	10	Michigan State	76
						7	UCLA	65
	Tampa – Thu/Sat
						2	Florida	73
	2	Florida	79
	15	UC Santa Barbara	51

Final Four – Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas

	National Semifinals April 2					National Championship Game April 4
	E4	Kentucky	55
	W3	Connecticut	56
						W3	Connecticut	53
						SE8	Butler	00
	SW11	Virginia Commonwealth	62
	SE8	Butler	70

Game summaries

Final Four

CBS

April 3 6:00 pm

Recap

VCU Rams 62, Butler Bulldogs 70
Scoring by half: 28-34, 34-36
Pts: J. Skeen 27 Rebs: B. Burgess 9 Asts: J. Rodriguez 8		Pts: S. Mack 24 Rebs: K. Marshall 9 Asts: M. Howard 2

Reliant Stadium

CBS

April 3 8:50 pm

Recap

Kentucky Wildcats 55, UConn Huskies 56
Scoring by half: 21-31, 34-25
Pts: B. Knight 17 Rebs: T. Jones 15 Asts: B. Knight 5		Pts: K. Walker 18 Rebs: A. Oriakhi 10 Asts: K. Walker 7

Reliant Stadium

Consisting of #3-seeded University of Connecticut (UConn), #4 University of Kentucky, #8 Butler University, and #11 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), the Final Four was considered a result of one of the weakest tournament fields in history. . It was the first time in the tournament's history that a #1 or a #2 seed had failed to reach the final four.. 11th seeded VCU tied a record as the lowest seed to reach the final four.

The first semifinal featured Butler and VCU, with Butler winning comfortably 70–62.. Butler guard Shelvin Mack led the scoring with 24 points.

The second semifinal match was between Kentucky and UConn. UConn had already defeated Kentucky earlier that season 84–67 at the Maui Invitational. This time, UConn won in a close game 56–55, led by Kemba Walker with 18 points. UConn were noted for their defensive effort which held Kentucky to 34% shooting and also held Kentucky scoreless for over 5 minutes during a spell in the second half..

National championship

CBS

April 5 9:00 pm

Recap Box score

Butler Bulldogs 41, UConn Huskies 53
Scoring by half: 22-19, 19-34
Pts: S. Mack 13 Rebs: S. Mack 9 Asts: S. Vanzant 2		Pts: K. Walker 16 Rebs: A. Oriakhi 11 Asts: J. Lamb 2

Reliant Stadium

The National Championship game was between Butler, a mid-major university team that was a surprise finalist in the 2010 tournament, and UConn, a powerhouse who had already won the tournament twice under their coach Jim Calhoun but had had an average regular season finishing only 9th in the Big East Conference. The game was won by UConn 53–41. The game was a very defensive contest, with Butler having the lowest field goal percentage in a championship game since 1949. Butler led at halftime 22–19, but suffered in the second half from poor shooting, making only 6 of 37 shots in the second half. Butler's 18.8 percent shooting for the entire game was the lowest ever in the NCAA final. Butler was led in scoring by tournament Most Outstanding Player Shelvin Mack with 16 points, while UConn freshman Jeremy Lamb scored 12 points in the 2nd half.

Record by conference

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG
Horizon	1	5–1	.833	1	1	1	1	1
Big East	11	13–10	.565	7	2	1	1	1
CAA	3	6–3	.667	2	1	1	1	0
SEC	5	7–5	.583	2	2	2	1	0
ACC	4	8–4	.667	3	3	1	0
Pac-10	4	5–4	.556	3	1	1	0
Big 12	5	5–5	.500	3	1	1	0
Mountain West	3	4–3	.571	2	2	0
Big Ten	7	7–7	.500	5	2	0
Atlantic 10	3	3–3	.500	2	1	0
OVC	1	1–1	.500	1	0
WCC	1	1–1	.500	1	0
Southland	1	1–1	.500	0
Big South	1	1–1	.500	0
C-USA	2	0–2	.000	0

• The SWAC and Sun Belt Conference each had one representative, eliminated in the first round.

• The America East Conference, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big West Conference, Ivy League, MAAC, MAC, MEAC, MVC, NEC, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Summit League, and WAC each had one representative, eliminated in the second round with a record of 0–1.

• The Big East Conference had a record 11 teams in the tournament, which made intra-Big East matchups possible prior to the Elite Eight. There were two such matchups in the 3rd round, Syracuse vs. Marquette and Connecticut vs. Cincinnati. The two Big East teams to make the Sweet Sixteen beat conference opponents to advance to that round.

Media

Television

On April 22, 2010, it was announced that the NCAA had reached a new 14-year, US $10.8 billion deal with CBS Sports and TimeWarner-owned Turner Sports (by way of TBS, TNT and truTV) for the rights to broadcast the NCAA Tournament from 2011 until 2024, marking the first time every game in the tournament would be telecast on a national basis.

CBS and Turner will pool their resources for the tournament, with members of the NBA on TNT crew joining CBS's established March Madness broadcasters. Coverage will originate from the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City and Turner's Atlanta studios.

Studio hosts

• Greg Gumbel (New York) – First Four, Second Round, Third Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Ernie Johnson Jr. (New York and Atlanta) – First Four, Second Round, Third Round and Regional Semi-Finals
• Matt Winer (Atlanta) – First Four, Second Round and Third Round

Studio analysts

• Greg Anthony (New York) – First Four, Second Round, Third Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Charles Barkley (New York) – First Four, Second Round, Third Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Tom Crean (Atlanta) – First Four and Second Round
• Seth Davis (Atlanta) – First Four, Second Round, Third Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Tom Izzo (Atlanta) – Regional Semi-Finals
• Phil Martelli (Atlanta) – Third Round
• Rick Pitino (New York) – Third Round
• Kenny Smith (New York) – First Four, Second Round, Third Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Steve Smith (Atlanta) – First Four, Second Round, Third Round and Regional Semi-Finals
• Jay Wright (New York) – Regional Finals

Announcing teams

• Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg/Steve Kerr/Tracy Wolfson – First Four at Dayton, OH; Second and Third Round at Charlotte, NC; East Regional at Newark, NJ; Final Four at Houston, TX
  Kerr will join Nantz and Kellogg during the First Four, Final Four, and National Championship games
• Marv Albert/Steve Kerr/Craig Sager – Second and Third Round at Tulsa, OK; Southwest Regional at San Antonio, TX
• Verne Lundquist/Bill Raftery/Lesley Visser – Second and Third Round at Denver, CO; West Regional at Anaheim, CA
• Gus Johnson/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller/Marty Snider – First Four at Dayton, OH; Second and Third Round at Cleveland, OH; Southeast Regional at New Orleans, LA
  Miller will join Johnson and Elmore during the Regional games
• Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner/Sam Ryan – Second and Third Round at Tucson, AZ
• Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/David Aldridge – Second and Third Round at Tampa, FL
• Tim Brando/Mike Gminski/Lewis Johnson – Second and Third Round at Washington, D.C
• Spero Dedes/Bob Wenzel/Jaime Maggio – Second and Third Round at Chicago, IL

Round-by-round game schedule

All times Eastern and PM

Round	CBS	TBS	TNT	TruTV
First Four (Mar. 15 & 16)				6:30 9:00
2nd round (Mar. 17 & 18)	12:00 2:30 7:00 9:30	1:30 4:00 6:45 9:15	2:00 4:30 7:15 9:45	12:40 3:00 7:15 9:55
3rd round (Mar. 19)	12:00 2:30 5:00 7:30	7:00 9:30	6:00 8:00
3rd round (Mar. 20)	12:00 2:30 5:00			7:30
Regional semifinals (Mar. 24 & 25)	7:00 9:30	7:15 9:55
Regional finals (Mar. 26)	4:20 6:55
Regional finals (Mar. 27)	2:10 5:05
National semifinals (Apr. 2)	6:09 9:09
National championship (Apr. 4)	9:00

CBS receives the same number of "windows," or time slots, for its tournament coverage as in previous years. However, all games will now be nationally – rather than regionally – televised. The national television broadcasts also allows for more flexibility in start times. CBS and the Turner networks use the same graphics package and theme music in broadcasting the tournament – the only difference between networks is the logo shown on the score bug. In addition, a banner at the top of the screen displays the scores of other games along with what network they are being broadcast on. Replays feature all four network logos being shown, and for fair use highlight credits by local television stations and other networks such as ESPN, the Turner network name or CBS Sports, followed by "NCAA" is given as the source. CBS also keeps coverage of the Division II final, which is part of the larger contract for this tournament.

Turner Sports will air full-length studio shows before and after each session of play. The pregame show will be called Infiniti NCAA Tip-Off and all shows will be on TruTV. The postgame show, called Inside March Madness presented by Buick, will alternate between TruTV and TBS.

TruTV has also added coverage of the Reese's College All-Star Game.

Number of games per network

• CBS: 26
• TBS: 16
• TruTV: 13
• TNT: 12

Radio

Westwood One will have live broadcasts of all 67 games. They will be available both on terrestrial and satellite radio outlets, on NCAA.com, and on CBSSports.com. The radio contract was extended in January 2011 for multiple tournaments.

First Four

• Dave Ryan and Alaa Abdelnaby – at Dayton, OH

Second and Third Round

• Wayne Larrivee and John Thompson – Second and Third Round at Chicago, IL
• Kevin Kugler and Pete Gillen – Second and Third Round at Cleveland, OH
• Scott Graham and Kevin Grevey – Second and Third Round at Washington, D.C.
• Dave Sims and Bill Frieder – Second and Third Round at Tucson, AZ
• Ted Robinson and Tom Brennan – Second and Third Round at Denver, CO
• Brad Sham and Reid Gettys – Second and Third Round at Tulsa, OK
• Kevin Calabro and Will Perdue – Second and Third Round at Charlotte, NC
• Gary Cohen and Kyle Macy – Second and Third Round at Tampa, FL

Regionals

• Ian Eagle and John Thompson – East Regional at Newark, NJ
• Kevin Kugler and Pete Gillen – Southeast Regional at New Orleans, LA
• Kevin Harlan and Kevin Grevey – Southwest Regional at San Antonio, TX
• Wayne Larrivee and Bill Frieder – West Regional at Anaheim, CA

Final Four

• Kevin Kugler, John Thompson and Bill Raftery – at Houston, TX

Internet/other video

All games are expected to be streamed at NCAA.com or CBSSports.com, as in the past; with the new rights deal, NCAA.com and the game streaming is now managed by Turner Interactive. The iPhone app which allowed streaming of games on the iPhone in previous years, and had cost about ten dollars, has received two upgrades: it is compatible with iPad, and it is now free of charge. However, with the CBS-Turner agreement allowing all games in the tournament to be available on a national basis (see above), Mega March Madness, a DirecTV-only service, has been discontinued.

International

• Canada: TSN has acquired Canadian rights for the tournament, rights which were previously held by The Score. This is apparently the result of a larger international rights deal between the NCAA and ESPN International (which owns a minority interest in TSN). TSN produces its own studio coverage, but uses CBS / Turner game coverage, with complimentary broadcasts (when possible) on both TSN and TSN2. Each channel normally focuses on a single game at any one time, usually moving only once the current game concludes or reaches halftime, whereas The Score regularly jumped between games. (The first round was streamed online at TSN.ca.) CBS coverage is also available to virtually all Canadian cable and satellite subscribers, and Canadian residents can also view the games online via streaming at NCAA.com.
• Philippines: Basketball TV will broadcast the NCAA Tournament using the American feed.

See also

• 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2011 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
• 2011 NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament
• 2011 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
• 2011 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 2011 National Invitation Tournament
• 2011 College Basketball Invitational
• 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament

External links

• NCAA men's basketball
• Houston to Host 2011 NCAA Final Four at Reliant Stadium