The 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2022–23 season. The 84th annual edition of the tournament will begin on March 14, 2023 and will conclude with the championship game on April 3 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[1]
| Season | 1998–1999 | ||||
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| Teams | 68 | ||||
| Finals site | NRG Stadium Houston, Texas | ||||
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Tournament procedure
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 will also seed 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:.[2]
First Four
- March 14 and 15
First and Second Rounds (Subregionals)
- March 16 and 18
- March 17 and 19
- MVP Arena, Albany, New York (Hosts: [[Siena College, 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
- East Regional
- West Regional
- March 24 and 26
- South Regional
- Midwest Regional
National SemiFinals And Championship
- April 1 and 3
Houston will host the Final Four for the fourth time, having previously hosted in 1971, 2011 and 2016. This tournament will mark the NCAA's first ever presence in the state of Nevada as Las Vegas becomes a new host city and T-Mobile Arena becoming the 45th new host venue. This development was a direct consequence of the 2018 dismissal of Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, which led to the United States Congress overturning the PASPA, in turn making Nevada and Las Vegas (as well as New Jersey) eligible to host tournament games. The tournament also returns to the state of Alabama and Legacy Arena for the first time since 2008. Other returning venues include the Amway Center which last hosted in 2017, Wells Fargo Arena which last hosted in 2019, the Golden 1 Center for the first time since it was introduced as a host venue in 2017, MVP Arena which last hosted in 2003, longtime host venue Greensboro Coliseum which last hosted in 2012, Madison Square Garden which last hosted in 2017, Nationwide Arena which last hosted in 2019, Ball Arena which lasted hosted in 2016 (it is scheduled to host again in 2025), KFC Yum! Center which last hosted in 2019, and T-Mobile Center which last hosted in 2019.
Media Coverage
Television
CBS Sports and Turner Sports have US television rights to the tournament.[3] As part of a cycle that began in 2016, CBS will televise the 2023 Final Four and the national championship game.
The 2023 tournament will be Jim Nantz's final season as the lead play-by-play announcer, with Ian Eagle succeeding him starting in 2024.[4]
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.
See also
References
- ^ Duarte, Joseph (July 16, 2018). "Houston To Host Final Four in 2023". Chron.com. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ "Future Division I Men's Basketball Championship Sites". NCAA. 21 April 2017.
- ^ Bonesteel, Matt (April 12, 2016). "CBS and Turner Sports lock down NCAA tournament through 2032". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- ^ Marchand, Andrew (2022-10-24). "Jim Nantz to call his final NCAA Tournament with Ian Eagle as successor". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-10-25.