2027 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

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.

Tournament procedure

2027 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

Pending any changes, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2027 tournament. 32 automatic bids will be awarded to each program that wins their conference's tournament. The remaining 36 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.

2027 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

2027 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2027 tournament:

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

• March 18 and 20 • PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University) • CHI Health Center Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska (Host: Creighton University) • Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas (Host: University of North Texas) • Numerica Veterans 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 • South Regional • Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas San Antonio) • West Regional • Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, California (Host: Pepperdine University) • March 26 and 28 • Midwest Regional • T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 12 Conference) • East Regional • Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York (Hosts: Big East Conference/St. John's University)

National Semifinals and Finals (Final Four and National Championship)

• 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 (/wiki/2009NCAADivisionIMen'sBasketballTournament)..

Media coverage

Television

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

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

Streaming

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

Radio

Westwood One will have exclusive coverage of the tournament.