2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

2017 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

2017 Final Four logo
Season 2016–17
Teams 68
Finals site University of Phoenix Stadium
Glendale, Arizona
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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The 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It is scheduled to begin on March 14, 2017, and will conclude with the championship game on April 3 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The championship game will be the first contested in a Western state since 1995 when Seattle, Washington was the host of the Final Four for that year.

Tournament procedure

A total of 68 teams will enter the 2017 tournament, with all 32 conferences tournament winners receiving an automatic bid. The Ivy League, which used to crown its regular season champion with an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, will host a postseason tournament to determine an automatic winner. In previous years, had the Ivy League had two schools tied for first in the standings, a one-game playoff (or series as was the case in the 2002 season) determined the automatic bid. But as of March 10, 2016, the Ivy League's council of presidents approved a four-team tournament where the top four teams in the regular season would play on March 11 and 12 at Philadelphia's Palestra.[1]

The remaining 36 teams will receive "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

Eight teams—the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams—will play in the First Four (the successor to what had been known as "play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of these games advance to the main draw of the tournament.

The Selection Committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 68.

2017 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

Dayton
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Orlando
Salt Lake City
Greenville
Indianapolis
Tulsa
Sacramento
2017 First Four (orange) and First and Second rounds (green)
Note:Greensboro (red), originally was awarded First and Second round games, but the games have been relocated due to NCAA objections over HB2
Kansas City
San Jose
Memphis
New York City
Glendale
2017 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2017 tournament[2]

First Four

First and Second Rounds

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)

Notes
  1. ↑ At the time of announcement, this venue was known as First Niagara Center. Following the 2016 purchase of First Niagara Financial Group by KeyCorp, the new venue name officially took effect with the start of the 2016–17 NHL season

Qualifying and selection procedure

Out of 344 eligible Division I teams, 68 participate in the tournament. Seven Division I teams are ineligible due to failing to meet APR requirements, self-imposed postseason bans, or reclassification from a lower division.

All 32 automatic bids are all conference tournaments winners. The remaining 36 bids will be granted on an "at-large" basis, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee to the teams it deems to be the best 36 teams at-large that do not receive automatic bids.

Eight teams—the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams—play in the First Four (the successor to what had been popularly known as "play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of these games advance to the round of 64.

The Selection Committee also seeds the entire field from 1 to 68.

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams are automatic qualifiers for the 2017 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.

Conference Team Appearance Last bid
ACC
America East
Atlantic 10
American
Atlantic Sun
Big 12
Big East
Big Sky
Big South
Big Ten
Big West
CAA
C-USA
Horizon
Ivy League^
MAAC
MAC
MEAC
Missouri Valley
Mountain West
NEC
Ohio Valley
Pac-12
Patriot
SEC
Southern
Southland
SWAC
Summit League
Sun Belt
WCC
WAC

^ First Time of having a conference tournament in league history.

Media Coverage

Television

CBS Sports and Turner Sports have US television rights to the tournament.[3]

Radio

Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.

See also

Notes

1.^ The 7 teams that are ineligible, and the reasons for ineligibility:
Academic Progress Rate[4]
Alcorn State
Savannah State
Other NCAA infractions
Hawaii[5]
Self-imposed bans
Reclassification[6]
Abilene Christian
Grand Canyon
Incarnate Word
UMass Lowell

References

  1. ↑ http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14942702/ivy-league-adds-four-team-conference-tournament-2017-automatic-ncaa-tournament-bid
  2. ↑ http://www.ncaa.com/MBBPrelims
  3. ↑ "CBS Sports, Turner Broadcasting, NCAA Reach 14-Year Agreement" (Press release). National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 22, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Division I student-athletes still making gains in APR". April 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Former Hawaii head men's basketball coach violated NCAA ethical conduct rules". December 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Multidivision and Reclassifying for 2015–16" (PDF). Retrieved February 27, 2016.

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