NCAA Division I Men’s Selection Committee Reveal Tournament Schedule
March Madness is upon us, my friends! Woo hoo! The time when college kids and alumni can root on the home team in the quest to proclaim their school the national champs! As an Indiana University grad, March was always a a crazy exciting time for us.
Today, the NCAA Division I men’s selection committee revealed the 68 basketball teams who will grace the 2016 men’s tournament. Much to my husband’s supreme disappointment and irritation, Valparaiso didn’t make the cut. Any other teams you think were snubbed?
Check out the full men’s NCAA basketball tournament schedule below
First Four: March 15-16; UD Arena Dayton, Ohio
First and Second Rounds:
March 17, 19 at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa; PNC Arena, Raleigh, N.C.; Pepsi Coliseum, Denver; Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, R.I.
March 18, 20 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Scottrade Center, St. Louis; Chesapeak Energy Center, Oklahoma City; Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Wash.
West Regional: March 24, 26 Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.
South Regional: March 24, 26 KFC YUM! Center, Louisville, Ky.
Midwest Regional: March 25, 27 United Center, Chicago, Ill.
East Regional: March 25, 27 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Final Four: April 2, 4 NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Here’s the full 2016 NCAA Tournament bracket, listed by region.
Midwest Region (Chicago)
- Virginia
- Michigan State
- Utah
- Iowa State
- Purdue
- Seton Hall
- Dayton
- Texas Tech
- Butler
- Syracuse
- Gonzaga
- Little Rock
- Iona
- Fresno State
- Middle Tennessee
- Hampton
West Region (Anaheim)
- Oregon
- Oklahoma
- Texas A&M
- Duke
- Baylor
- Texas
- Oregon State
- Saint Joseph’s
- Cincinnati
- VCU
- Northern Iowa
- Yale
- UNC Wilmington
- Green Bay
- Cal State Bakersfield
- Holy Cross or Southern
South Region (Louisville)
- Kansas
- Villanova
- Miami
- California
- Maryland
- Arizona
- Iowa
- Colorado
- UConn
- Temple
- Vanderbilt OR Wichita State
- South Dakota State
- Hawai’i
- Buffalo
- UNC Asheville
- Austin Peay
East Region (Philadelphia)
- North Carolina
- Xavier
- West Virginia
- Kentucky
- Indiana
- Notre Dame
- Wisconsin
- USC
- Providence
- Pittsburgh
- Michigan OR Tulsa
- Chattanooga
- Stony Brook
- Stephen F. Austin
- Weber State
- Florida Gulf Coast OR Fairleigh Dickinson