2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament is a planned single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball national champion for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 82nd edition of the tournament is scheduled to begin on March 16, 2021, and will conclude with the championship game on April 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Tournament procedure

Pending any changes to the current format, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2021 tournament. 32 automatic bids shall 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.
Eight teams will play in the First Four. 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.

2021 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2021 tournament:
First Four
First and Second Rounds
Regional Semifinals and Finals
National Semifinals and Championship

Television

and Turner Sports have US television rights to the tournament. As part of a cycle that began in 2016, CBS will televise the 2021 Final Four and the National Championship Game.

Television channels