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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)
  • BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Host: University of Tulsa)
  • KeyArena, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

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)

2019 will see U.S. Bank Stadium become the fortieth venue to host the Final Four. It will also see the tournament return to Hartford's XL Center for the first time since 1998. And, for the first time since 1970, the tournament will return to Columbia, South Carolina when it comes to the Colonial Life Arena, the second touranment the state will host since the end of the ban due to the Confederate Flag controversy.

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.

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

• 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.
3. Maiman, Beth (March 8, 2017). "March Madness TV schedule: How to watch and live stream every game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament". NCAA. Retrieved March 9, 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