2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament (gloatingkitten2503)

==Tournament Procedure==
A total of 68 teams have been entered into the 2022 tournament. A total of 32 automatic bids were awarded to each program that won a conference tournament. The remaining 36 bids were issued "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The Selection Committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.
Eight teams (the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams) played in the First Four. The winners of these games advanced to the main bracket of the tournament.
The top four teams outside of the ranking (commonly known as the "first four out" in pre-tournament analyses) acted as standbys in the event a school is forced to withdraw before the start of the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. Any recipient of an automatic bid would designate a replacement from within their own conference if they need to withdraw. Otherwise, the replacement teams were as follows, in order: 
First Four Out
School 	Conference
Washington State	Pac-12
Marquette 	Big East
Wisconsin 	Big Ten
Iowa State 	Big 12
Once the tournament starts, any team that is forced to withdraw will not be replaced; the bracket will not be reseeded, and the affected team's opponent will automatically advance to the next round.
==2023 NCAA Tournament Schedule and Venues==
The sites selected to host each round of the 2023 tournament were:
First Four
*March 14 and 15
**University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
First and Second Rounds (Subregionals)
*March 16 and 18
**East Region
***Amway Center, Orlando, Florida (Host: University of Central Florida)
**South Region
***Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama (Host: Southeastern Conference)
**Midwest Region
***Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa (Host: Drake University)
**West Region
***Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California (Host: California State University, Sacramento)
*March 17 and 19
**East Region
***MVP Arena, Albany, New York (Host: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
**South Region
***Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)
**Midwest Region
***Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University)
**West Region
***Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado (Host: Mountain West Conference)
Regional Semi-Finals and Finals
*March 23 and 25
**East Regional
***Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York (Host: Big East Conference, St. John's University)
**West Regional
***T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada (Host: University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
*March 24 and 26
**South Regional
***KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky (Host: University of Louisville)
**Midwest Regional
***T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Big 12 Conference)
National Semifinals and Championship
*April 1 and 3
**NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas (Host: University of Houston, Rice University, Houston Baptist University, Texas Southern University)
==Qualification and Selection of Teams==
===Automatic Qualifiers===
Conference 	Team 	Appearance	Last Bid
America East 	Vermont 	9th 	2022
American 	Houston 	24th 	2022
Atlantic 10 	Dayton 	19th 	2017
ACC 	North Carolina 	53rd 	2022
ASUN 	Liberty 	6th 	2021
Big 12 	Baylor 	15th 	2022
Big East 	Villanova 	42nd 	2022
Big Sky 	Montana State 	5th 	2022
Big South 	Longwood 	2nd 	2022
Big Ten 	Michigan 	32nd 	2022
Big West 	UC Irvine 	3rd 	2019
CAA 	Towson 	3rd 	1991
C-USA 	UAB 	17th 	2022
Horizon 	Oakland 	4th 	2011
Ivy League 	Yale 	7th 	2022
MAAC 	Iona 	16th 	2021
MAC 	Toledo 	5th 	1980
MEAC 	Norfolk State 	4th 	2022
Missouri Valley	Missouri State 	7th 	1999
Mountain West 	San Diego State 	15th 	2022
NEC 	Sacred Heart 	1st 	Never
Ohio Valley 	SIU Edwardsville 	1st 	Never
Pac-12 	UCLA 	52nd 	2022
Patriot 	Colgate 	6th 	2022
SEC 	Kentucky 	18th 	2022
Southern 	Chattanooga 	13th 	2022
Southland 	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	3rd 	2022
SWAC 	Texas Southern 	11th 	2022
Summit League 	South Dakota State 	7th 	2022
Sun Belt 	Louisiana 	11th 	2014
WCC 	Gonzaga 	25th 	2022
WAC 	New Mexico State 	27th 	2022
===Tournament Seeds===
The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process and were published by the selection committee after the brackets were released.
===South Regional - KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky===
Seed	School 	Conference 	Berth Type
1 	Kentucky 	SEC 	Automatic
2 	Kansas 	Big 12 	At-Large
3 	Duke 	ACC 	At-Large
4 	Purdue 	Big Ten 	At-Large
5 	TCU 	Big 12 	At-Large
6 	Texas A&M 	SEC 	At-Large
7 	Xavier 	Big East 	At-Large
8 	Iowa 	Big Ten 	At-Large
9 	Colorado State 	Mountain West	At-Large
10 	Wyoming 	Mountain West	At-Large
11* 	Colorado 	Pac-12 	At-Large
11* 	Saint Mary's 	West Coast 	At-Large
12 	Toledo 	MAC 	Automatic
13 	Towson 	Colonial 	Automatic
14 	Liberty 	ASUN 	Automatic
15 	Colgate 	Patriot 	Automatic
16* 	SIU Edwardsville	Ohio Valley 	Automatic
16* 	Texas Southern 	SWAC 	Automatic
===Midwest Regional - Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio===
Seed	School 	Conference	Berth Type
1 	Houston 	American 	Automatic
2 	Arkansas 	SEC 	At-Large
3 	Arizona 	Pac-12 	At-Large
4 	Illinois 	Big Ten 	At-Large
5 	Auburn 	SEC 	At-Large
6 	Indiana 	Big Ten 	At-Large
7 	Texas Tech 	Big 12 	At-Large
8 	Oklahoma State 	Big 12 	At-Large
9 	Oregon 	Pac-12 	At-Large
10 	UConn 	Big East 	At-Large
11* 	Notre Dame 	ACC 	At-Large
11* 	Florida 	SEC 	At-Large
12 	Chattanooga 	Southern 	Automatic
13 	South Dakota State 	Summit 	Automatic
14 	Montana State 	Big Sky 	Automatic
15 	Louisiana 	Sun Belt 	Automatic
16* 	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Southland 	Automatic
16* 	Sacred Heart 	Northeast 	Automatic
===East Regional - MVP Arena, Albany, New York===
Seed	School 	Conference 	Berth Type
1 	Baylor 	Big 12 	Automatic
2 	North Carolina	ACC 	Automatic
3 	Villanova 	Big East 	Automatic
4 	Tennessee 	SEC 	At-Large
5 	Michigan State	Big Ten 	At-Large
6 	Dayton 	Atlantic 10 	Automatic
7 	Ohio State 	Big Ten 	At-Large
8 	Virginia 	ACC 	At-Large
9 	Memphis 	American 	At-Large
10 	Oklahoma 	Big 12 	At-Large
11 	Florida State 	ACC 	At-Large
12 	UAB 	C-USA 	Automatic
13 	UC Irvine 	Big West 	Automatic
14 	Iona 	MAAC 	Automatic
15 	Vermont 	America East	Automatic
16 	Longwood 	Big South 	Automatic
===West Regional - Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado===
Seed	School 	Conference 	Berth Type
1 	UCLA 	Pac-12 	Automatic
2 	Gonzaga 	West Coast 	Automatic
3 	Michigan 	Big Ten 	Automatic
4 	Creighton 	Big East 	At-Large
5 	Alabama 	SEC 	At-Large
6 	Texas 	Big 12 	At-Large
7 	USC 	Pac-12 	At-Large
8 	San Diego State 	Mountain West 	Automatic
9 	Saint Louis 	Atlantic 10 	At-Large
10 	Providence 	Big East 	At-Large
11 	Virginia Tech 	ACC 	At-Large
12 	Missouri State 	Missouri Valley	Automatic
13 	New Mexico State	WAC 	Automatic
14 	Yale 	Ivy 	Automatic
15 	Oakland 	Horizon 	Automatic
16 	Norfolk State 	MEAC 	Automatic
*See First Four
==Media Coverage==
===Television===
CBS Sports and Turner Sports have US television rights to the tournament. As part of a cycle that began in 2016, CBS televised the 2023 Final Four and the National Championship Game.
====Television channels====
*Selection Show – CBS
*First Four – TruTV
*First and Second Rounds – CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV
*Regional Semifinals and Finals – CBS and TBS
*National Semifinals (Final Four) and Championship – CBS
===Radio===
Westwood One will have exclusive coverage of the entire tournament.
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