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NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

January 02, 2023

"NCAA men's basketball tournament" redirects here. For other division tournaments, see NCAA basketball tournament.
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The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to determine the national championship. The tournament was created in 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and was the idea of Ohio State coach Harold Olsen.[1] Played mostly during March, it has become one of the biggest annual sporting events in the United States.[2]

NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
SportBasketball
Founded1939; 84 years ago (1939)
Inaugural season1939
Organising bodyNCAA
No. of teams64 (Tournament) 8 (First Four)
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)		Kansas (4th title)
(2022)
Most titlesUCLA (11)
TV partner(s)NCAA March Madness
(CBS/TBS/TNT/TruTV)
CBS Sports Network (re-airs)
Galavisión (Spanish-language coverage)
Level on pyramid1
Official websitencaa.com/basketball
Championships

It has become extremely common in popular culture to predict the outcomes of each game, even among non-sports fans; it is estimated that tens of millions of Americans participate in a bracket pool contest every year. Mainstream media outlets such as ESPN, CBS Sports and Fox Sports host tournaments online where contestants can enter for free. Employers have also noticed a change in the behavior of employees during this time: they have seen an increase in the number of sick days used, extended lunch breaks and even the rescheduling of conference calls to allow for more tournament watching.[3] Many handicappers and pundits also offer advice for winning their own bracket.[4][5]

The tournament teams include champions from 32 Division I conferences (which receive automatic bids), and 36 teams which are awarded at-large berths. These "at-large" teams are chosen by an NCAA selection committee, then announced in a nationally televised event dubbed Selection Sunday. The 68 teams are divided into four regions and organized into a single-elimination "bracket", which pre-determines – when a team wins a game – which team it will face next. Each team is "seeded", or ranked, within its region from 1 to 16. After the First Four round, the remainder of the tournament begins the third Thursday of March, and is played over the course of three weekends, at pre-selected neutral sites across the United States. Teams, seeded by rank, proceed through a single-game elimination bracket beginning with the First Four round, a first round consisting of 64 teams playing in 32 games over the course of a week, the "Sweet Sixteen" and "Elite Eight" rounds the next week and weekend, respectively, and – for the last weekend of the tournament – the "Final Four" round. The two Final Four games are played the Saturday preceding the first Sunday in April, with the championship game on Monday. These four teams, one from each region (East, South, Midwest, and West), compete in a preselected location for the national championship.

The tournament has been at least partially televised on network television since 1969.[6] Currently, the games are broadcast by CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV under the trade name NCAA March Madness. These networks paid the NCAA to broadcast the games in 2011. The contract was for 14 years and they paid $10.8 billion. However, in 2018 that contract was extended for another seven years making it valid through the year 2032. The average payment over the years comes out to be $891 million annually.[7] Since 2011, all games are available for viewing nationwide and internationally. As television coverage has grown, so too has the tournament's popularity. Currently, millions of Americans fill out a bracket,[8] attempting to correctly predict the outcome of 63 games of the tournament (not including the First Four games).

With 11 national titles, UCLA has the record for the most NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships; John Wooden coached UCLA to 10 of its 11 titles. The University of Kentucky (UK) is second, with eight national titles. The University of North Carolina is third, with six national titles, and Duke University and Indiana University are tied for fourth with five national titles. The University of Connecticut (UConn) and the University of Kansas (KU) are tied for sixth with four national titles. Villanova University is seventh with three national titles. The University of Cincinnati, the University of Florida, University of Louisville,[a] Michigan State University, North Carolina State, Oklahoma State, and the University of San Francisco all have two national titles. The tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 65 in 2001, and 68 in 2011.

Both 2020 men's and women's tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The 2021 tournament was subsequently played at various venues in Indiana, the first (and only) time that a tournament has been hosted in its entirety by one state.

Tournament format

The NCAA has changed the tournament format several times since its inception, most often being an increase of the number of teams. As of 2011, the tournament includes 68 teams.

Qualifying

A total of 68 teams qualify for the tournament played during March and April. Thirty-two teams earn automatic bids as their respective conference champions, all of which are awarded via conference tournaments at the end of the regular season.[10]

The remaining 36 tournament slots are granted to at-large bids, which are determined by the Selection Committee and announced in a nationally televised event on the Sunday before the tournament starts, dubbed Selection Sunday by the media and fans. The committee primarily consists of conference commissioners and school athletic directors who are appointed by the NCAA.

Regions

The tournament is divided into four regions and each region has at least sixteen teams. Regions that do not include First Four games have exactly sixteen teams. The committee is charged with making each of the four regions as close as possible in overall quality of teams from wherever they come from.

The names of the regions vary from year to year, and are broadly geographic (such as "East", "South", "Midwest" & "West"). From 1957 to 1984, the "Mideast", roughly corresponding to the Southeastern region of the United States, designation was used. From 1985 to 1997, the Mideast region was known as "Southeast" and again changed to "South" starting from 1998. The selected names roughly correspond to the location of the four cities hosting the regional finals. From 2004 to 2006, the regions were named after their host cities, e.g. the Phoenix Regional in 2004, the Chicago Regional in 2005, and the Minneapolis Regional in 2006, but reverted to the traditional geographic designations beginning in 2007. For example, during 2012, the regions were named South (Atlanta, Georgia), East (Boston, Massachusetts), Midwest (St. Louis, Missouri), and West (Phoenix, Arizona).[11]

Seeding and bracket

Further information: NCAA basketball tournament selection process
 
A ticket from the 1988 tournament held in Kansas City, Missouri

The selection committee ranks the whole field of 68 teams from 1 to 68, these are referred to as the true seed. The committee then divides the teams amongst the four regions, giving each a seed between No. 1 and No. 16. The same four seeds in all the regions are referred to as the seed line (i.e. the No. 6 seed line). Eight teams are doubled up and compete in the First Four. Two of the paired teams compete for No. 16 seeds, and the other two paired teams are the last at-large teams awarded bids to the tournament and compete for a seed line in the No. 11 to No. 14 range, which varies year to year based on the true seeds of the teams overall.[12]

Teams are placed in the closest geographical region to reduce travel time. However, teams are moved to other regions to follow several rules for ensuring competitive balance and avoiding rematches from the regular season in early rounds.[12]

The top four overall seeds are placed as No. 1 seeds in each region. The regions are paired so that if all the No. 1 seeds reached the Final Four true seed No. 1 would play No. 4 and No. 2 would play No. 3. The No. 2 teams are preferably placed so that the No. 5 true seed will not be paired with the No. 1 true seed. The committee ensures competitive balance among the top four seeds in each region by adding the true seed values up and comparing the values among the regions. If there is significant deviation, some teams will be moved among the regions to balance the true seed distribution.[12]

If a conference has two to four teams in the top four seeds, they will be placed in different regions. Otherwise, teams from the same conference are placed to avoid a rematch before the regional finals if they have played three or more times in the season, the regional semifinals if they have played twice, or the second round if they have played once. Additionally, the committee is advised to avoid rematches from the regular season and the previous years' tournament in the First Four. Finally, the committee will attempt to ensure that a team is not moved out of their preferred geographical region an inordinate number of times based on their placement in the previous two tournaments. To follow these rules and preferences, the committee may move a team off of their expected seed line. Thus, for example, the 40th overall ranked team, originally slated to be a No. 10 seed within a particular region, may instead be moved up to a No. 9 seed or moved down to a No. 11 seed.[12]

Since 2012, the committee has released the No. 1 to 68 true seed list.[12]

Venues

In the men's tournament, all sites are nominally neutral; teams are prohibited from playing tournament games on their home courts prior to the Final Four (though in some cases, a team may be fortunate enough to play in or near its home state or city). By current NCAA rules, any court on which a team hosts more than three regular-season games (in other words, not including conference tournament games) is considered a "home court".[12] The exception to this rule is the University of Dayton, which would be allowed to play a game in the First Four round in their home arena as they did in 2015.[13]

However, while a team can be moved to a different region if its home court is being used during any of the first two weeks of the tournament, the Final Four venue is determined years in advance, and cannot be changed regardless of participants. For this reason a team could potentially play in a Final Four on its home court, though this is unlikely, since the Final Four is staged at venues larger than most college basketball arenas. (The most recent team to play the Final Four in its home city was Butler during 2010; its home court then seated only 10,000, as opposed to the 70,000-plus capacity of Lucas Oil Stadium, the Final Four venue.)

Rounds

The tournament consists of several rounds. They are named As of 2011, in order of first to last:

  • The First Four
  • The first round (the Round of 64)
  • The second round (the Round of 32)
  • The regional semi-finals (participating teams are known popularly as the "Sweet Sixteen")
  • The regional finals (participating teams are known commonly as the "Elite Eight")
  • The national semi-finals (participating teams are referred to officially as the "Final Four")
  • The national championship

The tournament is single-elimination, which increases the chance of an underdog and lower-seeded "Cinderella team" advancing to subsequent rounds. Although these lower-ranked teams are forced to play stronger teams, they need only one win to advance (instead of needing to win a majority of games in a series, as in professional basketball).

First Four

 
The University of Dayton Arena, which has hosted all First Four games since the round's inception in 2011 (except 2021), as well as its precursor, the single "play-in" game held from 2001 to 2010. As of 2019, the arena has hosted 123 tournament games, the most of any venue.

Since 2011, the First Four are games between the four lowest-ranked at-large teams and the four lowest-ranked automatic-bid (conference-champion) teams. Each year, the four lowest-ranked automatic-bid teams compete as No. 16 seeds, while the four lowest-ranked at-large teams compete as higher seeds, which have included No. 11, 12, 13, and 14 seeds.

First Four At-Large Seeds by Year
Seed Count Years
11 16 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015-2019 (x2), 2021 (x2), 2022
12 4 2011, 2012, 2014, 2022
13 1 2013
14 1 2012

First and second rounds

During the first round (round of 64), the No. 1 seed plays the No. 16 seed in all regions; the No. 2 team plays the No. 15, and so on. The effect of this seeding structure ensures that the better a team is ranked (and therefore seeded), the worse-ranked (and presumably weaker) their opponents will be. Sixteen first-round games are played on the Thursday following the First Four round. The remaining sixteen first-round games are played on Friday. (In 2021 the First Four was played on a Thursday and the first round on the following Friday and Saturday.) At this point, 32 teams remain.

The second round (round of 32) is played on the Saturday and Sunday immediately after the first round. (In 2021, the round of 32 was played on the Sunday and Monday immediately following the first round.) Thursday's winners play in eight games on Saturday, followed by Friday's winners playing on Sunday. The winners are."

The brackets for the first four rounds are arranged so as to match the highest remaining seed from each round against the winner of the game involving the lowest "highest" seed from the previous round. Thus, for the second round, the winner of the 1 vs 16 game plays the winner of the 8 vs 9 game, the winner of the 2 vs 15 game plays the winner of the 7 vs 10 game, and so on.

Regional semifinals and finals

The winners, nicknamed the "Sweet Sixteen," advance to the regional semifinals and finals, which are played during the second weekend of the tournament (again, the games are split into Thursday/Saturday and Friday/Sunday). Four regional semi-final games are played Thursday and four are played Friday. After Friday's games, the "Elite Eight" teams remain. Saturday features two regional final games matching Thursday's winners and Sunday's two final games match Friday's winners. After the second weekend of the tournament, the four regional champions are known as the "Final Four."

Final Four

Main article: NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by school
For a list of teams advanced to Final Four, see List of NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four participants.

The winners of each region advance to the Final Four, where the national semifinals are played on Saturday and the national championship is played on Monday. As is noted above, which regional champion will play which, and in which semifinal they play, is determined by the overall rankings of the four No. 1 seeds in the original bracket, not on the ranks of the eventual Final Four teams themselves.

Winners

Titles by year

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions

Titles by school

The following is a list of all schools that have won at least one NCAA men's basketball tournament, along with the year(s) in which they won their championship(s).
For non-NCAA championships claimed by schools, see National Invitation Tournament, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Mythical national championship.

Result by school and by year

  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  F4  Final Four
  •  E8  Elite Eight
  •  16  Sweet Sixteen (Began in 1951.)
  •  32  Round of 32 (Began in 1975.)
    •  22   23   24   25  Round of 22-25 (Between 1953 and 1974, between 22 and 25 teams were invited to the tournament.)
  •  •  Round of 64 (Began in 1979. Fewer than 64 teams invited before 1985.)
  •  ƒ  Play-In Round (1983–1984 and 2001–2010), First Four (2011–present)
  •  N  Team won the NIT that season.
  •  N  Team played in the NIT that season. If a team has never appeared in the NCAA Tournament, their NIT appearances aren't on this chart.

For each season starting in 1979, the 4 teams seeded No. 1 are shown with double underline, and 12 teams seeded between No. 2 and No. 4 are shown with dotted underline.

# 16 F4 CH School 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22
49 36 18 11 UCLA E8 16 16 F4 16 CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH CH F4 CH F4 16 16 E8 RU 32 32 N N 32 32 16 • E8 32 • CH • E8 16 • 16 16 16 • RU F4 F4 32 32 • 16 16 16 ƒ F4 16
59 48 17 8 Kentucky F4 N E8 N N CH CH N CH E8 16 E8 E8 CH 16 E8 E8 16 RU E8 16 E8 16 E8 E8 RU N E8 CH N 16 32 • E8 F4 16 E8 • 16 E8 F4 32 E8 CH RU CH E8 32 16 16 E8 32 E8 32 32 • N E8 F4 CH N RU F4 32 E8 16 E8 •
52 37 21 6 North Carolina E8 RU CH 23 F4 RU F4 N N F4 N N 16 32 RU 32 32 32 RU CH E8 16 E8 16 E8 E8 16 16 F4 16 CH 32 F4 32 F4 F4 • F4 32 N 32 CH 32 E8 F4 CH N E8 E8 32 32 16 RU CH 32 16 • RU
44 32 17 5 Duke 24 E8 F4 RU F4 N N N N RU 32 E8 N 32 32 RU 16 F4 F4 RU CH CH 32 RU • 32 E8 RU 16 CH 16 16 F4 16 16 • 32 16 CH 16 • E8 • CH 16 32 E8 E8 F4
40 23 8 5 Indiana CH CH 16 16 16 N F4 E8 CH 16 N 16 CH 32 16 E8 N • CH • 16 • 16 F4 E8 16 • • • 32 32 • • RU 32 N 32 32 • 16 16 • 16 N N •
34 17 5 4 Connecticut 16 24 N 16 23 24 23 25 25 E8 23 23 N N 16 32 N N N N N E8 16 32 N 16 E8 16 N E8 CH 32 N E8 16 CH 32 E8 • F4 N CH • CH N 32 • •
50 34 16 4 Kansas RU E8 CH RU RU E8 E8 16 N N F4 F4 32 32 16 32 32 F4 16 CH 32 RU 32 F4 16 16 E8 16 32 32 32 16 F4 RU E8 • • E8 CH 16 32 E8 RU 16 32 32 E8 E8 F4 32 32 CH
40 21 6 3 Villanova F4 E8 16 16 N N E8 N 16 N N N N 25 E8 RU 16 N E8 32 32 E8 E8 32 CH 32 N E8 N • 32 N N • 32 32 • N N N N N 16 E8 • 16 F4 32 • • 32 32 CH 32 CH 32 16 F4
35 20 10 2 Michigan State F4 E8 E8 CH N • 16 N 16 32 32 N 32 • N N 16 F4 CH F4 • E8 • F4 • 32 16 RU F4 • 16 16 E8 F4 • 32 32 F4 ƒ 32
39 25 8 2 Louisville 16 N N N N N F4 16 25 N 16 16 N N N F4 N 16 F4 N 32 16 16 CH 32 F4 F4 16 N CH 16 16 32 32 16 16 • 16 E8 • • N 32 • F4 N 32 E8 E8 • • F4 CH 16 E8 32 N •
29 14 6 2 Oklahoma State N N CH CH RU F4 E8 E8 N E8 E8 • N N 16 16 32 32 F4 N 32 32 E8 • • 32 F4 16 N N N 32 • N • • • • N 32
33 13 6 2 Cincinnati N N N 16 F4 F4 CH CH RU 16 N N 16 32 32 N N N F4 E8 • 32 E8 32 32 32 32 16 32 • 32 32 N N 32 16 • • 32 • 32 32 •
21 10 5 2 Florida N N N N 16 32 • N N F4 • N 16 RU 32 • 32 • 32 CH CH N N • E8 E8 E8 F4 N E8 32 32 32 N
25 14 3 2 NC State N N F4 E8 16 16 25 16 16 CH N N 32 • CH N E8 E8 • • 16 32 N N N N 32 • 32 16 32 N N 16 • • 16 • N N
17 12 3 2 San Francisco N N CH CH F4 16 16 E8 E8 N 16 E8 E8 N 32 16 16 • • • N N •
31 19 10 1 Ohio State RU F4 F4 F4 E8 CH RU RU F4 E8 N 16 • 16 N 32 N 32 N N 32 16 E8 N F4 32 • 32 N 32 RU N • 16 16 F4 E8 • 32 N 32 32 • 32
37 23 6 1 Syracuse N N E8 N E8 N N N 16 25 F4 32 16 32 16 16 N N 32 16 32 32 RU 32 E8 16 • 32 16 32 RU N 16 • 16 32 N CH 16 • • N N 16 16 32 E8 F4 32 F4 N 16 • 16
27 17 6 1 Michigan E8 F4 RU E8 N E8 32 RU E8 N N N 32 32 32 16 CH 32 N RU RU E8 • • N 32 N N N N 32 32 • RU E8 • 16 RU 16 E8 16
34 16 6 1 Arkansas F4 F4 E8 16 32 F4 E8 • 16 32 16 32 32 N • 32 F4 E8 32 16 CH RU 16 N 32 32 • • • • 32 N 32 32 • N E8 E8
31 12 5 1 Georgetown RU N N 32 32 N N 32 E8 • RU 32 CH RU 32 E8 32 E8 32 32 32 N 32 16 E8 • N N N 16 N N 16 F4 32 N • • 32 • N 32 N •
34 20 4 1 Arizona N N 16 E8 32 • • • F4 16 32 16 • • F4 • 16 CH E8 • 32 RU 16 E8 • E8 32 • • 16 E8 N 16 E8 E8 • 16 • 16
29 18 4 1 Utah CH E8 N N 16 E8 N N 16 16 F4 F4 N N 16 16 • 16 16 • N N 16 N 32 32 16 E8 RU 32 32 N • 32 • 16 • N 16 32 N N
26 12 4 1 Wisconsin CH E8 N N N 32 N • • F4 • 32 16 32 E8 • 32 16 32 32 16 16 • F4 RU 16 16 • 32 32
20 10 4 1 UNLV 16 16 F4 N N 32 16 32 16 F4 32 E8 CH F4 N N • N • N N N N 16 32 N • • • •
34 16 3 1 Marquette E8 N 16 24 N N 16 E8 N 16 16 16 RU 32 E8 CH 32 16 • N 32 • N N N N N • 16 N 32 • N N • F4 N N • • 32 32 • 16 16 E8 • N • •
24 10 3 1 Virginia N N 32 N N N F4 16 E8 F4 N • • E8 32 • N 16 32 E8 • N • N N N N 32 • N 16 32 E8 32 • CH • N
14 8 3 1 Baylor E8 RU F4 N • N N • N E8 E8 N 16 • • 16 N 32 CH 32
18 7 3 1 California F4 E8 E8 CH RU N N N 32 16 • • 16 N N • 32 32 • N • 32 N ƒ 32 N • N
28 14 2 1 Maryland 16 N E8 E8 N 16 32 N 32 16 16 32 32 N 16 16 • • 16 16 32 F4 CH 16 32 N N 32 N 32 32 N 32 16 • 32 32
17 10 2 1 Oregon CH E8 E8 24 N N N N N N • N N • E8 • N E8 • N 16 32 32 E8 F4 N 16 16 N
29 9 2 0 St. John's N N N N N N N N N E8 RU N N N N 24 N N N 16 23 16 N N N 25 N N 32 32 32 E8 32 N 32 16 • F4 32 32 • N 32 E8 • 32 N • E8 32 • N N • N N • ƒ
17 6 2 1 Stanford CH N • N N • N 32 32 16 F4 32 32 E8 32 32 32 • N • 16 N N 16 N N
8 5 2 1 Loyola Chicago N N N CH 16 22 23 N 16 F4 N 16 •
13 4 2 1 Holy Cross CH F4 E8 N E8 N N 25 N N N N N 32 N • N N • • • • N • •
12 3 2 1 La Salle N N N N N CH RU N N 23 N 32 32 • • N N • • 32 N • N 16
2 2 2 1 CCNY N N F4 N CH
16 9 1 1 Wyoming E8 CH E8 E8 E8 E8 16 24 16 N N 32 32 N 16 • N N N N 32 N • ƒ
17 4 1 1 UTEP 25 16 N CH 16 25 N 32 N N N 32 32 • 32 • 32 • 16 N N N • • N • N N
23 14 6 0 Houston 16 16 N 16 16 F4 F4 16 16 25 25 N 32 • F4 RU RU N • N • N • N N N N • N N 32 16 F4 E8
33 14 5 0 Oklahoma F4 E8 RU N N 16 N 32 32 E8 32 16 RU 16 32 N • N N • • • • 16 32 • F4 E8 N 32 • 32 E8 • • 16 F4 • 32 32 N
32 13 5 0 Illinois E8 F4 F4 F4 E8 N 16 N • E8 16 32 • 32 F4 • 32 • • N 32 32 32 E8 16 32 16 RU 32 • • N 32 32 N N N 32 32
31 18 4 0 Kansas State F4 RU 16 F4 E8 E8 F4 16 16 E8 E8 E8 N 16 32 E8 16 32 E8 • • N • N • N N N 32 N E8 32 32 • • • E8 •
24 10 4 0 LSU F4 16 N 16 E8 F4 N N • • F4 E8 • • 32 • 32 • 16 N • N • F4 32 N N • N 16 32 •
36 13 3 0 Texas E8 F4 F4 N 16 16 16 25 N 32 N N 32 E8 32 • 32 32 32 16 • 32 • 16 F4 16 • E8 32 E8 32 • 32 • 32 • • • N • 32
28 8 3 0 Iowa F4 RU 16 32 F4 32 32 16 • • E8 16 32 32 32 32 N 32 32 N 16 32 N N N • • N N ƒ 32 32 N 32 32 •
32 13 2 0 Purdue RU N N 32 N F4 N N 32 32 • • 32 16 32 • N • E8 32 32 32 16 16 E8 N 32 N 32 32 16 16 32 32 • • 16 16 E8 • 16
24 12 2 0 Gonzaga N • N N E8 16 16 • 32 32 32 16 • • 16 32 32 32 32 32 E8 16 RU 16 E8 RU 16
30 11 2 0 West Virginia N N N N 24 25 23 24 RU 16 25 16 23 23 N N 32 • 32 N • • N 32 N • N N N 16 N N E8 16 N 16 • F4 32 • N 16 • 16 16 32
18 9 2 0 DePaul N F4 N N N 16 25 16 16 N N N 16 N 16 E8 F4 32 32 32 N 16 • 16 16 32 32 N • • N N N • N 32 N N
33 8 2 0 Temple E8 F4 N F4 N N N 25 N 23 N N 25 25 N • N N 32 32 32 32 E8 N • E8 • E8 32 • 32 32 • E8 32 E8 N N N N N • • • 32 • 32 N • N ƒ
15 8 2 0 Colorado E8 F4 E8 16 F4 E8 E8 16 N N 32 N N • N N N 32 • • • N N 32 N
15 8 2 0 Oregon State E8 F4 E8 E8 F4 25 E8 16 N 32 32 E8 N • • N • • • N • E8
17 7 2 0 Georgia Tech E8 N N N E8 16 • 32 • F4 32 16 • N 16 N N • N RU 32 • 32 N N •
21 6 2 0 Providence N N N N N 25 E8 22 N N 25 F4 16 N N 32 32 N F4 • • N N • N N E8 N • N • N N N • • 32 ƒ • N 16
19 6 2 0 USC F4 F4 25 16 N 32 • • • 32 N N • N E8 • 16 • 32 ƒ • 32 N E8 •
16 6 2 0 Butler N N 16 N N N • • N • 32 N 16 N 16 32 • RU RU 32 32 32 16 32 N
16 6 2 0 Wichita State N N N E8 F4 N 32 N E8 N • • • N N N N 16 N N • F4 32 16 32 32 • N ƒ
7 6 2 0 Dartmouth E8 RU E8 RU 16 E8 23
6 6 2 0 NYU E8 RU E8 N N N N F4 16 16 N N N
9 4 2 0 Bradley N N N RU RU E8 N N N N N N N N • N N 32 • N N • N N N 16 N •
37 17 1 0 Notre Dame E8 E8 16 E8 25 25 23 N 25 16 16 N 16 16 16 16 F4 E8 32 16 N N 32 • 16 • 32 • N N N 32 32 16 N N N • 32 N • 32 • • E8 E8 32 N 32
23 10 1 0 Wake Forest E8 16 E8 F4 E8 32 32 N E8 N 32 • 16 32 16 E8 32 N N N • 32 32 16 32 N • 32 ƒ N
17 9 1 0 Washington E8 E8 E8 F4 32 N N 16 • • N N N 16 • • 16 16 32 16 32 N N N N 32
26 8 1 0 Pittsburgh F4 16 24 25 N E8 N N 32 • N • N 32 32 • 32 N • N N 16 16 16 • 32 16 32 E8 32 32 • 32 N •
21 7 1 0 Iowa State F4 N • 16 • • 32 • 32 32 16 E8 • N N 32 32 32 16 • 16 32 • 16
18 7 1 0 Dayton N 16 N N N N N N N N 16 16 RU N 25 25 N 16 N N N N E8 • N 32 N • N N • • N 32 N N N E8 32 • • N N N
18 7 1 0 Texas Tech 24 25 16 16 25 16 N • • • N 16 • N 32 16 • N • E8 RU 32 16
18 7 1 0 Florida State 23 RU 32 32 N N • • 32 16 E8 N 32 N N N N • • 16 32 N N N 32 E8 16 16
11 7 1 0 Santa Clara F4 E8 E8 16 E8 E8 16 N N • N N 32 • 32 N
25 6 1 0 Princeton 16 16 25 16 25 16 F4 16 25 N N 32 32 • 32 • • • • • 32 • 32 N N • N • • N • N
24 6 1 0 Penn 16 25 E8 E8 16 25 32 16 F4 32 N • • • • 32 • • • • • • • • •
21 6 1 0 Memphis 24 25 N N N 25 N N N RU N N 32 N 16 16 16 F4 32 32 • N N E8 • 16 • N N N N • 32 N E8 E8 RU 16 N • • 32 32 N N 32
12 6 1 0 SMU 16 F4 16 16 16 E8 32 32 N 32 • N N • • N N
11 5 1 0 Seattle N 16 24 16 16 N RU 24 25 25 16 23 25
11 5 1 0 Auburn • 16 E8 32 32 N N N N 16 32 N 16 N 32 F4 32
9 5 1 0 Penn State E8 16 F4 16 23 N N N N 32 N N • N N 16 N N • N
23 4 1 0 New Mexico State N 16 23 25 23 16 16 F4 25 32 • N • • 16 32 • N • N • • • • • • N • • • 32
14 4 1 0 Seton Hall N N N N N N N N N N 32 RU E8 16 32 • N N N 16 N N 32 • N N • • 32 • •
9 4 1 0 South Carolina N 16 16 16 25 N N N • N N • • N N • N N N N F4
11 3 1 0 Mississippi State 16 N N • N 16 F4 N N 32 • 32 32 N 32 • N N N • N N
8 3 1 0 St. Bonaventure N N N N N N 16 N 16 F4 N N 32 N N N N • N N • N • • N
5 3 1 0 Duquesne F4 N N N E8 N N N N N N N 16 N 25 32 N N N N
5 3 1 0 Drake N F4 E8 E8 N N • •
10 2 1 0 Georgia N N F4 N 32 N • N • • N N 16 • N N • 32 N N • • N • N N
8 2 1 0 Rutgers N N N N 32 F4 N N 16 N 32 • N • N N N N N N 32 ƒ
6 2 1 0 Washington State RU • 32 N • N N 32 16 N N N
18 1 1 0 VCU N • 32 32 32 32 N N • • N 32 N • F4 32 32 • • 32 • • • N
11 1 1 0 Charlotte N F4 • N • N • 32 32 32 N 32 • • • N N N
6 1 1 0 George Mason N • • • N N F4 • N 32
5 1 1 0 Jacksonville RU 25 N 25 N • N • N N N
4 1 1 0 Indiana State N N RU • 32 • N N
20 9 0 0 Saint Joseph's N N 16 16 F4 16 E8 N 16 16 25 25 N 25 25 N N E8 • N N 32 N N N 16 32 N • E8 N N • N N • 32
28 8 0 0 Xavier N N N 24 ƒ N • 32 • • 16 32 32 N • 32 • N N • 32 32 E8 • 32 E8 16 16 • 16 ƒ 16 32 E8 32 N N
24 8 0 0 Tennessee N 16 N N 32 32 32 32 16 32 32 N N N • N N N • 32 16 • N N 32 16 16 • E8 • N N 16 32 16 • 32
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NCAA men s basketball tournament redirects here For other division tournaments see NCAA basketball tournament March Madness redirects here For other uses see March Madness disambiguation NCAA March Madness redirects here For CBS amp Turner Sports coverage of the tournament see NCAA March Madness TV program The NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness is a single elimination tournament played each spring in the United States currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA to determine the national championship The tournament was created in 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and was the idea of Ohio State coach Harold Olsen 1 Played mostly during March it has become one of the biggest annual sporting events in the United States 2 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournamentCurrent season competition or edition 2023 NCAA Division I men s basketball tournamentSportBasketballFounded1939 84 years ago 1939 Inaugural season1939Organising bodyNCAANo of teams64 Tournament 8 First Four CountryUnited StatesMost recentchampion s Kansas 4th title 2022 Most titlesUCLA 11 TV partner s NCAA March Madness CBS TBS TNT TruTV CBS Sports Network re airs Galavision Spanish language coverage Level on pyramid1Official websitencaa com basketballChampionships1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023It has become extremely common in popular culture to predict the outcomes of each game even among non sports fans it is estimated that tens of millions of Americans participate in a bracket pool contest every year Mainstream media outlets such as ESPN CBS Sports and Fox Sports host tournaments online where contestants can enter for free Employers have also noticed a change in the behavior of employees during this time they have seen an increase in the number of sick days used extended lunch breaks and even the rescheduling of conference calls to allow for more tournament watching 3 Many handicappers and pundits also offer advice for winning their own bracket 4 5 The tournament teams include champions from 32 Division I conferences which receive automatic bids and 36 teams which are awarded at large berths These at large teams are chosen by an NCAA selection committee then announced in a nationally televised event dubbed Selection Sunday The 68 teams are divided into four regions and organized into a single elimination bracket which pre determines when a team wins a game which team it will face next Each team is seeded or ranked within its region from 1 to 16 After the First Four round the remainder of the tournament begins the third Thursday of March and is played over the course of three weekends at pre selected neutral sites across the United States Teams seeded by rank proceed through a single game elimination bracket beginning with the First Four round a first round consisting of 64 teams playing in 32 games over the course of a week the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight rounds the next week and weekend respectively and for the last weekend of the tournament the Final Four round The two Final Four games are played the Saturday preceding the first Sunday in April with the championship game on Monday These four teams one from each region East South Midwest and West compete in a preselected location for the national championship The tournament has been at least partially televised on network television since 1969 6 Currently the games are broadcast by CBS TBS TNT and truTV under the trade name NCAA March Madness These networks paid the NCAA to broadcast the games in 2011 The contract was for 14 years and they paid 10 8 billion However in 2018 that contract was extended for another seven years making it valid through the year 2032 The average payment over the years comes out to be 891 million annually 7 Since 2011 all games are available for viewing nationwide and internationally As television coverage has grown so too has the tournament s popularity Currently millions of Americans fill out a bracket 8 attempting to correctly predict the outcome of 63 games of the tournament not including the First Four games With 11 national titles UCLA has the record for the most NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championships John Wooden coached UCLA to 10 of its 11 titles The University of Kentucky UK is second with eight national titles The University of North Carolina is third with six national titles and Duke University and Indiana University are tied for fourth with five national titles The University of Connecticut UConn and the University of Kansas KU are tied for sixth with four national titles Villanova University is seventh with three national titles The University of Cincinnati the University of Florida University of Louisville a Michigan State University North Carolina State Oklahoma State and the University of San Francisco all have two national titles The tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 65 in 2001 and 68 in 2011 Both 2020 men s and women s tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 9 The 2021 tournament was subsequently played at various venues in Indiana the first and only time that a tournament has been hosted in its entirety by one state Contents 1 Tournament format 1 1 Qualifying 1 2 Regions 1 2 1 Seeding and bracket 1 2 2 Venues 1 3 Rounds 1 3 1 First Four 1 3 2 First and second rounds 1 3 3 Regional semifinals and finals 1 3 4 Final Four 2 Winners 2 1 Titles by year 2 2 Titles by school 3 Result by school and by year 4 Tournament history 4 1 Mid major teams 4 1 1 Defunct conferences and independents 4 2 Tournament appearances streaks 4 3 Tournament droughts 5 Evolution of the tournament 5 1 Expansion of field 5 2 Seeding history and statistics 5 2 1 No 1 seeds by year and region 5 2 2 Number of 1 seeds by school 5 3 Venues 5 3 1 Stadium size and domes 5 4 Other changes 5 4 1 Bids per conferences 5 4 2 Consolation games 5 4 3 Play in games 5 4 4 Play in round naming 5 4 5 Pod system 5 4 6 National semifinal seeding 5 5 Other notes 5 5 1 Home court advantage 5 5 2 Flag controversy 5 5 3 House Bill 2 6 Rituals and influence 6 1 Cutting down the nets 6 2 Team awards 6 3 Most Outstanding Player 6 4 Influence on the NBA draft 7 Television coverage and revenues 7 1 Current television contracts 7 2 History of television coverage 7 2 1 Early broadcast coverage 7 2 2 ESPN amp CBS share coverage 7 2 3 CBS takes over 7 2 4 Viewing options emerge 7 2 5 HDTV coverage 7 3 International broadcasts 8 Tournament statistics 8 1 Low seeded teams 8 1 1 Most successful low seeds 8 1 2 Best performances by No 16 seeds 8 1 3 Lowest seeded pairings by round 8 1 4 Additional low seed stats 8 1 5 Notable point spread upsets 8 2 Highly seeded teams 8 2 1 All No 1 seeds in the Final Four 8 2 2 Final Fours without a No 1 seed 8 2 3 No 1 seeds in the Championship Game 8 2 4 Additional No 1 seed stats 8 2 5 Teams No 1 in national polls 8 2 6 Performance of undefeated teams 8 2 7 Undefeated teams not in the tournament 8 2 8 Champions absent the next year 8 3 Coaches 8 3 1 Most national championships 8 3 2 National championships among active coaches 8 3 3 Schools winning a national championship under multiple coaches 8 3 4 Most teams from different schools taken to the Final Four 8 4 Point differentials 8 4 1 Championship victory margins 8 4 2 Accumulated victory margins 8 5 Seed pairing results 8 5 1 Round of 64 results 8 5 2 Round of 32 results 8 5 3 Round of 16 results 8 5 4 Regional finals results 9 Host cities 10 Popular culture 10 1 Bracketology and pools 10 2 Tournament associated terms 10 2 1 March Madness 10 2 2 Sweet Sixteen 10 2 3 Elite Eight 10 2 4 Final Four 10 2 5 Cinderella team 11 Notes 12 See also 13 References 14 External linksTournament format EditThe NCAA has changed the tournament format several times since its inception most often being an increase of the number of teams As of 2011 update the tournament includes 68 teams Qualifying Edit A total of 68 teams qualify for the tournament played during March and April Thirty two teams earn automatic bids as their respective conference champions all of which are awarded via conference tournaments at the end of the regular season 10 The remaining 36 tournament slots are granted to at large bids which are determined by the Selection Committee and announced in a nationally televised event on the Sunday before the tournament starts dubbed Selection Sunday by the media and fans The committee primarily consists of conference commissioners and school athletic directors who are appointed by the NCAA Regions Edit The tournament is divided into four regions and each region has at least sixteen teams Regions that do not include First Four games have exactly sixteen teams The committee is charged with making each of the four regions as close as possible in overall quality of teams from wherever they come from The names of the regions vary from year to year and are broadly geographic such as East South Midwest amp West From 1957 to 1984 the Mideast roughly corresponding to the Southeastern region of the United States designation was used From 1985 to 1997 the Mideast region was known as Southeast and again changed to South starting from 1998 The selected names roughly correspond to the location of the four cities hosting the regional finals From 2004 to 2006 the regions were named after their host cities e g the Phoenix Regional in 2004 the Chicago Regional in 2005 and the Minneapolis Regional in 2006 but reverted to the traditional geographic designations beginning in 2007 For example during 2012 the regions were named South Atlanta Georgia East Boston Massachusetts Midwest St Louis Missouri and West Phoenix Arizona 11 Seeding and bracket Edit Further information NCAA basketball tournament selection process A ticket from the 1988 tournament held in Kansas City Missouri The selection committee ranks the whole field of 68 teams from 1 to 68 these are referred to as the true seed The committee then divides the teams amongst the four regions giving each a seed between No 1 and No 16 The same four seeds in all the regions are referred to as the seed line i e the No 6 seed line Eight teams are doubled up and compete in the First Four Two of the paired teams compete for No 16 seeds and the other two paired teams are the last at large teams awarded bids to the tournament and compete for a seed line in the No 11 to No 14 range which varies year to year based on the true seeds of the teams overall 12 Teams are placed in the closest geographical region to reduce travel time However teams are moved to other regions to follow several rules for ensuring competitive balance and avoiding rematches from the regular season in early rounds 12 The top four overall seeds are placed as No 1 seeds in each region The regions are paired so that if all the No 1 seeds reached the Final Four true seed No 1 would play No 4 and No 2 would play No 3 The No 2 teams are preferably placed so that the No 5 true seed will not be paired with the No 1 true seed The committee ensures competitive balance among the top four seeds in each region by adding the true seed values up and comparing the values among the regions If there is significant deviation some teams will be moved among the regions to balance the true seed distribution 12 If a conference has two to four teams in the top four seeds they will be placed in different regions Otherwise teams from the same conference are placed to avoid a rematch before the regional finals if they have played three or more times in the season the regional semifinals if they have played twice or the second round if they have played once Additionally the committee is advised to avoid rematches from the regular season and the previous years tournament in the First Four Finally the committee will attempt to ensure that a team is not moved out of their preferred geographical region an inordinate number of times based on their placement in the previous two tournaments To follow these rules and preferences the committee may move a team off of their expected seed line Thus for example the 40th overall ranked team originally slated to be a No 10 seed within a particular region may instead be moved up to a No 9 seed or moved down to a No 11 seed 12 Since 2012 the committee has released the No 1 to 68 true seed list 12 Venues Edit In the men s tournament all sites are nominally neutral teams are prohibited from playing tournament games on their home courts prior to the Final Four though in some cases a team may be fortunate enough to play in or near its home state or city By current NCAA rules any court on which a team hosts more than three regular season games in other words not including conference tournament games is considered a home court 12 The exception to this rule is the University of Dayton which would be allowed to play a game in the First Four round in their home arena as they did in 2015 13 However while a team can be moved to a different region if its home court is being used during any of the first two weeks of the tournament the Final Four venue is determined years in advance and cannot be changed regardless of participants For this reason a team could potentially play in a Final Four on its home court though this is unlikely since the Final Four is staged at venues larger than most college basketball arenas The most recent team to play the Final Four in its home city was Butler during 2010 its home court then seated only 10 000 as opposed to the 70 000 plus capacity of Lucas Oil Stadium the Final Four venue Rounds Edit The tournament consists of several rounds They are named As of 2011 update in order of first to last The First Four The first round the Round of 64 The second round the Round of 32 The regional semi finals participating teams are known popularly as the Sweet Sixteen The regional finals participating teams are known commonly as the Elite Eight The national semi finals participating teams are referred to officially as the Final Four The national championshipThe tournament is single elimination which increases the chance of an underdog and lower seeded Cinderella team advancing to subsequent rounds Although these lower ranked teams are forced to play stronger teams they need only one win to advance instead of needing to win a majority of games in a series as in professional basketball First Four Edit The University of Dayton Arena which has hosted all First Four games since the round s inception in 2011 except 2021 as well as its precursor the single play in game held from 2001 to 2010 As of 2019 the arena has hosted 123 tournament games the most of any venue Since 2011 the First Four are games between the four lowest ranked at large teams and the four lowest ranked automatic bid conference champion teams Each year the four lowest ranked automatic bid teams compete as No 16 seeds while the four lowest ranked at large teams compete as higher seeds which have included No 11 12 13 and 14 seeds First Four At Large Seeds by Year Seed Count Years11 16 2011 2013 2014 2015 2019 x2 2021 x2 202212 4 2011 2012 2014 202213 1 201314 1 2012First and second rounds Edit During the first round round of 64 the No 1 seed plays the No 16 seed in all regions the No 2 team plays the No 15 and so on The effect of this seeding structure ensures that the better a team is ranked and therefore seeded the worse ranked and presumably weaker their opponents will be Sixteen first round games are played on the Thursday following the First Four round The remaining sixteen first round games are played on Friday In 2021 the First Four was played on a Thursday and the first round on the following Friday and Saturday At this point 32 teams remain The second round round of 32 is played on the Saturday and Sunday immediately after the first round In 2021 the round of 32 was played on the Sunday and Monday immediately following the first round Thursday s winners play in eight games on Saturday followed by Friday s winners playing on Sunday The winners are The brackets for the first four rounds are arranged so as to match the highest remaining seed from each round against the winner of the game involving the lowest highest seed from the previous round Thus for the second round the winner of the 1 vs 16 game plays the winner of the 8 vs 9 game the winner of the 2 vs 15 game plays the winner of the 7 vs 10 game and so on Regional semifinals and finals Edit The winners nicknamed the Sweet Sixteen advance to the regional semifinals and finals which are played during the second weekend of the tournament again the games are split into Thursday Saturday and Friday Sunday Four regional semi final games are played Thursday and four are played Friday After Friday s games the Elite Eight teams remain Saturday features two regional final games matching Thursday s winners and Sunday s two final games match Friday s winners After the second weekend of the tournament the four regional champions are known as the Final Four Final Four Edit Main article NCAA Men s Division I Final Four appearances by school For a list of teams advanced to Final Four see List of NCAA Division I men s basketball tournament Final Four participants The winners of each region advance to the Final Four where the national semifinals are played on Saturday and the national championship is played on Monday As is noted above which regional champion will play which and in which semifinal they play is determined by the overall rankings of the four No 1 seeds in the original bracket not on the ranks of the eventual Final Four teams themselves Winners EditTitles by year Edit Main article List of NCAA Division I men s basketball champions Titles by school Edit The following is a list of all schools that have won at least one NCAA men s basketball tournament along with the year s in which they won their championship s For non NCAA championships claimed by schools see National Invitation Tournament Helms Athletic Foundation and Mythical national championship Team YearsUCLA 11 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1975 1995Kentucky 8 1948 1949 1951 1958 1978 1996 1998 2012North Carolina 6 1957 1982 1993 2005 2009 2017Duke 5 1991 1992 2001 2010 2015Indiana 1940 1953 1976 1981 1987Kansas 4 1952 1988 2008 2022UConn 1999 2004 2011 2014Villanova 3 1985 2016 2018Cincinnati 2 1961 1962Florida 2006 2007Louisville 1980 1986 2013Michigan State 1979 2000NC State 1974 1983Oklahoma State 1945 1946San Francisco 1955 1956 Team YearArizona 1 1997Arkansas 1994Baylor 2021California 1959CCNY 1950Georgetown 1984Holy Cross 1947La Salle 1954Loyola Chicago 1963Marquette 1977Maryland 2002Michigan 1989Ohio State 1960Oregon 1939UNLV 1990Stanford 1942Syracuse 2003UTEP 1966Utah 1944Virginia 2019Wisconsin 1941Wyoming 1943 Arizona Arkansas Baylor California CCNY Georgetown HolyCross La Salle Loyola Marquette Maryland Michigan Ohio State Oregon Stanford Syracuse UNLV Utah UTEP Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Cincinnati Florida Louisville Michigan State NC State Oklahoma State USF Villanova UConn Kansas Duke Indiana NorthCarolina Kentucky UCLAclass notpageimage Schools that have won the NCAA Division I Men s Basketball Championship 11 8 6 5 4 3 2 1Result by school and by year Edit CH National Champion RU National Runner up F4 Final Four E8 Elite Eight 16 Sweet Sixteen Began in 1951 32 Round of 32 Began in 1975 22 23 24 25 Round of 22 25 Between 1953 and 1974 between 22 and 25 teams were invited to the tournament Round of 64 Began in 1979 Fewer 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