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As part of a cycle that began in 2016, CBS will televise the 2025 Final Four and the national championship game. This will officially be the first NCAA Tournament without longtime studio host Greg Gumbel who, after sitting out last year's tournament due to family health issues, passed away on December 27, 2024 from cancer. [3]
Pending any changes, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2026 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 15.
The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 18 and ending with the championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, on April 7.
The 1951 tournament was the first tournament to have a game at a site other than the regional or national championship sites. From 1953 through 1974 , the tournament had between three and six sites host first round games, with the winners progressing to the regional semifinals at the regional sites.
2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament: Domestic 20–5 April ... 2025 – April 12th, 2026: 2025–26 NBA season; National Collegiate Athletic Association
The 1952 tournament had four regions each with a third-place game. This era of the tournament was characterized by competition with the National Invitation Tournament. Founded by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association one year before the NCAA tournament, the NIT was held entirely in New York City at Madison Square Garden.
The Big Ten men's basketball tournament is held annually at the end of the men's college basketball regular season. The tournament has been played each year since 1998. The winner of the tournament is designated the Big Ten Tournament Champion, and receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten was one of the last ...
As such, the tournament has the tagline "The Ultimate Back-To-Back". The tournament's winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The team or teams that finish with the best record after the 14-game regular-season conference schedule will continue to be recognized as Ivy League champion. [1]