2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

## 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
 Marquette
 Wisconsin
 Iowa State

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

### 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.

## 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.