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The '''2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament''' will involve 68 teams playing in a ] to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I ]. It is scheduled to begin on March 19, 2019 and will conclude with the ] on April 8 at ] in ]. | The '''2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament''' will involve 68 teams playing in a ] to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I ]. It is scheduled to begin on March 19, 2019 and will conclude with the ] on April 8 at ] in ], ]. | ||
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The 2019 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 19, 2019 and will conclude with the championship game on April 8 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Tournament procedure
Further information: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship § Tournament formatPending 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.
2019 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues
DaytonHartfordSalt Lake CityDes MoinesJacksonvilleTulsaColumbusColumbiaSeattleclass=notpageimage| 2018 First Four (orange) and first and second rounds (green) LouisvilleAnaheimWashington, D.C.Kansas CityMinneapolisclass=notpageimage| 2018 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2019 tournament:
First Four
- March 19 and 20
First and Second Rounds
- March 21 and 23
- March 22 and 24
Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
- March 28 and 30
- West Regional, Honda Center, Anaheim, California, (Host: Big West Conference)
- South Regional, KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, (Host: University of Louisville)
- March 29 and 31
- East Regional, Verizon Center, Washington, D.C., (Host: Georgetown University)
- Midwest Regional, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri, (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)
- April 6 and 8
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
- 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
- 2019 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
- 2019 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
- 2019 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- 2019 National Invitation Tournament
- 2019 CollegeInsider.com Tournament
- 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament
References
- . 21 April 2017 http://www.ncaa.org/championships/future-division-i-mens-basketball-championship-sites.
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See also: Division I Women's Tournament, Division II Tournament, Division III Tournament |