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2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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2018 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament
File:2018 NCAA Men's Final Four logo.png
Season1998–1999
Teams68
Finals siteAlamodome
San Antonio, Texas
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«2017 2019»

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

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

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

2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is located in the United States
Dayton
Dayton
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Charlotte
Charlotte
Wichita
Wichita
Boise
Boise
Detroit
Detroit
Nashville
Nashville
San Diego
San Diego
Dallas
Dallas
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2018 First Four (orange) and first and second rounds (green)
2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is located in the United States
Atlanta
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Boston
Boston
Omaha
Omaha
San Antonio
San Antonio
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2018 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

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

First Four

First and Second Rounds

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)


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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2016-18 preliminary rounds". 14 November 2014.
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