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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

Pending any changes to the current format, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2019 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

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2019 tournament:

First Four

• March 19 and 20
  • University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds

• March 21 and 23
  • XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
  • Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa (Host: Drake University)
  • Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida (Host: Jacksonville University)
  • Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah)

• March 22 and 24
  • Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina (Host: University of South Carolina)
  • Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University)
  • KeyArena, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)
  • BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Host: University of Tulsa)

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, Capital One Arena, 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
  • U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Host: University of Minnesota)

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) – CBS
• National Championship – CBS

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

1. Prather, Shannon (December 7, 2017). "Plans for 2019 NCAA Final Four are underway". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
2. "Future Division I Men's Basketball Championship sites". NCAA. 21 April 2017.

External links

• NCAA Men's Basketball Division I

• 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
• NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship
• Scheduled sports events
• Basketball in Minnesota
• 2019 in sports in Minnesota
• 21st century in Minneapolis