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.
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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.
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2018 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2018 tournament:
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)
- 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 under the NCAA March Madness brand. As part of a cycle beginning in 2016, TBS held rights to the Final Four and championship game. Additionally, TBS held the rights to the 2018 Selection Show, which returned to a two-hour format.
- 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.
Internet
Video
Live video of games will be available for streaming through the following means:
- NCAA March Madness Live (website and app, no CBS games on digital media players; access to games on Turner channels requires TV Everywhere authentication through provider)
- CBS All Access (only CBS games, service subscription required)
- CBS Sports website and app (only CBS games)
- Bleacher Report website and Team Stream app (only Turner games, access requires subscription)
- Watch TBS website and app (only TBS games, requires TV Everywhere authentication)
- Watch TNT website and app (only TNT games, requires TV Everywhere authentication)
- Watch truTV website and app (only truTV games, requires TV Everywhere authentication)
- Websites and apps of cable, satellite, and OTT providers of CBS & Turner (access requires subscription)
Audio
Live audio of games will be available for streaming through the following means:
- NCAA March Madness Live (website and app)
- Westwood One Sports website
- TuneIn (website and app)
- Websites and apps of Westwood One Sports affiliates
See also
- 2018 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 National Invitation Tournament
- 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament
- 2018 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 College Basketball Invitational
- 2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
References
External links
- NCAA Men's Basketball Division I
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