2027 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2027 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 2026–27 season. The 88th edition of the tournament is scheduled to begin on March 16, 2027 and will conclude with the championship game on April 5, 2027 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan

Pending any changes, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2027 tournament. 31 automatic bids shall be awarded to each program that wins their conference's tournament. The remaining 37 bids are "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee on Selection Sunday, March 14. 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 tournament. bracket.

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2027 tournament:^[1]

First Four

• March 16 and 17
  • University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds (Subregionals)

• March 18 and 20
  • PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University)
  • CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska (Host: Creighton University)
  • Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas (Host: University of North Texas)
  • Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: University of Idaho)
• March 19 and 21
  • Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina (Hosts: UNC Charlotte/Atlantic Coast Conference)
  • Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, (Host: University of Minnesota)
  • KFC Yum Center, Louisville, Kentucky, (Host: University of Louisville)
  • Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California (Host: California State University)

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

• March 25 and 27
  • Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas San Antonio)
  • Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California (Host: Pepperdine University)
• March 26 and 28
  • T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 12 Conference)
  • Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York (Hosts: Big East Conference/St. John's University)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four)

• April 3 and 5
  • Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan (Host: Michigan State University)

Detroit will host the final four for the second time, having previously hosted in 2009.^[2].

CBS Sports and TNT Sports will have US television rights to the tournament.^[3] As part of a cycle that began in 2016, CBS will televise the Final Four and the National Championship Game.

• 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

• HBO Max (only TBS, TNT, and TrvTv Games), ad free tiers only
• Paramount+ (only CBS games)

Westwood One will have exclusive coverage of the tournament.

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