2012 NCAA Tournament Automatic Bids

2012 NCAA Tournament Schedule

2012 NCAA Tournament First Four

Tuesday, Wed  March 13th and 14th 2012  at University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH Host: University of Dayton

The University of Dayton Arena continues to be the most-used venue in NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament history (Division I). Not including the 2012 First Four, there have been 87 NCAA tournament men’s basketball games hosted in Dayton which is four more than the original home of the NCAA Tournament, the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium. There have been games played in the Dayton arena for 25 of the 42 years that the venue has been open. The NCAA has committed to playing the First Four in Dayton for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

2012 NCAA Tournament Second and Third Rounds

The second and third rounds of the 2012 NCAA tournament see a mix of the old with the new for the locations chosen by the NCAA for hosting tournament play. The University of Louisville’s KFC Yum! Arena is the newest venue for this part of the tournament with the Sommet Center, Greensboro Coliseum, and Nationwide Arena being no strangers to hosting post season play.

March 15/17, 2012
Albuquerque, NM
The Pit Arena
University of New Mexico

Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Arena
University of Louisville

Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Center
Duquesne University

Portland, OR
Rose Garden Arena
University of Oregon

March 16/18, 2012

Columbus, OH
Nationwide Arena
Ohio State University

Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
Atlantic Coast Conference

Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena

Ohio Valley Conference

Omaha, NE
CenturyLink Center (Formerly the Qwest Center)
Creighton University

2012 NCAA Tournament Regionals

The 2012 Sweet Regional Play to include the 2012 Sweet 16 and Elite 8 moves to Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta, and St. Louis on March 22nd, 2012. Boston College, ASU, Georgia Tech, and St. Louis University serve and the college hosts for 2012 regional play. Hosting the South Regional this season is considered to be a warm-up for the Georgia Dome which will serve as the host venue for the 2013 NCAA Basketball tournament.

March 22/24, 2012

East Regional
Boston, MA
TD Garden
Boston College

West Regional
Phoenix, AZ
US Airways Center
Arizona State University

March 23/25, 2012

South Regional
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Dome
Georgia Institute of Technology

Midwest Regional
St. Louis, MO
Edward Jones Dome
St. Louis University

2012 NCAA Final Four

31 March/April 2, 2012
Superdome
New Orleans, LA
Tulane

2012 will be the fifth time that the NCAA Final Four has been played in theSuperdome. The venue is home to Tulane football, the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Bowl, and every 4^th year the BCS National Championship game. Fans considering attending the 2012 NCAA Final Four do need to act quickly on making hotel reservations that are a convenient travel to the Super Dome to avoid expensive cab rides or drives to and from the games. A fan favorite, of course, is letting the traffic die down while visiting the world-famous Bourbon Street after game play is finished for the night.

April 2nd, 2012 NCAA Championship Game

2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket

* Note: The winner of the South Region will play the winner of the West. The winner of the East will play the winner of the MidWest region.

2012 NCAA Tournament South Region (Atlanta, Georgia)

Louisville, Kentucky
Thursday, March 15
No.1 Kentucky vs. No. 16 Mississippi Valley State/Western Kentucky winner
No. 8 Iowa State vs. No. 9 Connecticut

Portland, Oregon
Thursday, March 15
No. 5 Wichita State vs. No. 12 Virginia Commonwealth
No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 13 New Mexico State

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thursday, March 15
No. 6 UNLV vs. No. 11 Colorado
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 South Dakota State

Greensboro, North Carolina
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Xavier
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Lehigh

2012 NCAA Tournament West Region (Phoenix, Arizona)

Columbus, Ohio
Friday, March 16
No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 16 Long Island University
No. 8 Memphis vs. No. 9 St. Louis

Portland, Oregon
Thursday, March 15
No. 5 New Mexico vs. No. 12 Long Beach State
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 13 Davidson

Louisville, Kentucky
Thursday, March 15
No. 6 Murray State vs. No. 11 Colorado State
No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 14 BYU/Iona winner

Omaha, Nebraska
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 Virginia
No. 2 Missouri vs. No. 15 Norfolk State

2012 NCAA Tournament East Region  (Boston, MA)

Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday, March 15
No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 16 UNC-Asheville
No. 8 Kansas State vs. No. 9 Southern Miss

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thursday, March 15
No. 5 Vanderbilt vs. No. 12 Harvard
No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 13 Montana

Nashville, TN
Friday, March 16
No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 Texas
No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 14 St. Bonaventure

Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday, March 15
No. 7 Gonzaga vs. No. 10 West Virginia
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Loyola (MD)

2012 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region  (St. Louis, MO)

Greensboro, North Carolina
Friday, March 16
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Lamar/Vermont winner
No. 8 Creighton vs. No. 9 Alabama

Nashville, TN
Friday, March 16
No. 5 Temple vs. No. 12 California/USF winner
No. 4 Michigan vs. No. 13 Ohio

Columbus, Ohio
Friday, March 16
No. 6 San Diego State vs. No. 11 NC State
No. 3 Georgetown vs. No. 14 Belmont

Omaha, Nebraska
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 10 Purdue
No. 2 Kansas vs. No. 15 Detroit

Future Final Four Sites

2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament Georgia Dome, Atlanta

2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament Cowboys Stadium, Dallas (Arlington)

2015 NCAA Basketball Tournament Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis

2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament Reliant Stadium, Houston