2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

2023 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament

File:NCAA 2023 Men's Basketball Final Four Logo.jpg
Season	1998–1999
Teams	68
Finals site	NRG Stadium Houston, Texas
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «2022 2024»

The 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball National Champion for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 84th annual edition of the tournament will begin on March 14, 2023 and will conclude with the championship game on April 3 in Houston, Texas.

Tournament procedure

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

A total of 68 teams will enter the 2023 tournament. A total of 32 automatic bids are awarded to each program that won a conference tournament. The remaining 36 bids are issued "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The Selection Committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.

Eight teams (the four-lowest seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams) Play in the First Four. The winners of these games will advance to the main bracket of the tournament.

2023 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

The following are the sites selected to host the each round of the 2023 tournament:.

Dayton

Orlando

Birmingham

Des Moines

Sacramento

Albany

Greensboro

Columbus

Denver

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2023 First Four (orange) and first and second rounds (green)

New York City

Las Vegas

Louisville

Kansas City

Houston

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2023 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

First Four

• March 14 and 15
  • University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds (Subregionals)

• March 16 and 18
  • Amway Center, Orlando, Florida (Host: University of Central Florida)
  • Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)
  • Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa (Host: Drake University)
  • Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California (Host: California State University, Sacramento)
• March 17 and 19
  • MVP Arena, Albany, New York (Host: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
  • Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)
  • Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: The Ohio State University)
  • Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado (Host: Mountain West Conference)

Regional Semi-Finals and Finals

• March 23 and 25
  • Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York (Host: Big East Conference, St. John's University)
  • T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada (Host: University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
• March 24 and 26
  • KFC Yum Center, Louisville, Kentucky (Host: University of Louisville)
  • T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 12 Conference)

National Semifinals and Championship

• April 1 and 3
  • NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas (Host: University of Houston, Rice University, Houston Baptist University, Texas Southern University)

Houston will host the Final Four for the fourth time, having previously hosted in 1971, 2011 and 2016.

Media Coverage

Television

Main article: NCAA March Madness (TV program)

CBS Sports and Turner Sports have US television rights to the tournament.

Television channels

• Selection Show – CBS
• First Four – TruTV
• First and Second Rounds – CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV
• Regional Semifinals and Finals – CBS and TBS
• National Semifinals (Final Four) and Championship – CBS

Radio

Westwood One will have exclusive coverage of the entire tournament.