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The 82nd edition of the tournament began play on March 18, 2021, in sites around the state of Indiana, [2] and concluded with the championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 5, with the Baylor Bears defeating the previously undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs 86–70 to earn the team's first ever title.
It was the sixth meeting between the two teams; Gonzaga entered the game leading the all-time series 5–0, with the last meeting resulting in an 83–71 win for Gonzaga in the second round of the 2019 NCAA tournament on March 23, 2019. [4] This was the first championship game since 2005 to feature the top two overall seeds in the tournament. [5]
Beginning in 1946, a national third-place game was held before the championship game. Regional third-place games were played in the West from 1939 and the East from 1941. Despite expansion in 1951, there were still only two regions, each with a third-place game. The 1952 tournament had four regions each with a third-place game.
The semifinals of the tournament are known as the Final Four and are held in a different city each year, along with the championship game; [8] Indianapolis, the city where the NCAA is based, will host the Final Four every five years until 2040. [9] Each winning university receives a rectangular, gold-plated trophy made of wood. [10]
The 2024 NCAA Tournament will begin with the First Four on Tuesday, followed by the first round (March 21-22), second round (March 23-24), Sweet 16 (March 28-29), Elite Eight (March 30-31), Final ...
Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery and Grant Hill (Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four, and National Championship Game)/Tracy Wolfson; Brian Anderson/Jim Jackson/Allie LaForce; Ian Eagle/Grant Hill (1st & 2nd Rounds) or Jim Spanarkel (Regionals)/Jamie Erdahl; Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner/Dana Jacobson; Brad Nessler/Steve Lavin and Avery Johnson (First Four only)/Evan ...
Let's reseed the Sweet 16 field in March Madness. UConn is playing like the No. 1 overall seed, but some other teams are falling short of expectation.
That left just 4.3% of brackets perfect only nine games into the tournament. Alabama's win over No. 9 Florida State on Friday night cut the remaining perfect brackets down to just 2.4%.