In the United States, a single elimination tournament Basketball Championship held each spring featuring 65 college basketball teams. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) organizes this tournament. In 1993, National Association of Basketball Coaches had developed NCAA. The 2010 NCAA men’s division basketball tournament is scheduled to begin on 14 March 2010 to 5 April and tournament schedule for 2011 is 15 March, 2011 and its championship game will take place on 4 April at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. Here is provided the information about NCAA Basketball 2010 and Tournament Schedule of 2010-2011.
2010 NCAA Tournament Schedule
Some key dates for the NCAA men's basketball tournament are as under.
Selection Sunday March 14, 2010
Opening-Round Game
March 16, 2010 UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio)
First Two Rounds
March 18, 20, 2010 New Orleans Arena (New Orleans)
Dunkin Donuts Center (Providence, R.I.)
HP Pavilion (San Jose, Calif.)
Ford Center (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
March 19, 21, 2010 HSBC Arena (Buffalo, N.Y.)
Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Bradley Center (Milwaukee, Wisc.)
Spokane Memorial Arena (Spokane, Wash.)
East Regional
March 25, 27, 2010
Carrier Dome (Syracuse, N.Y.)
West Regional
March 25, 27, 2010 Energy Solutions Arena (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Midwest Regional
March 26, 28, 2010
Edward Jones Dome (St. Louis)
South Regional
March 26, 28, 2010
Reliant Stadium (Houston)
National Semifinals
April 3, 2010
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
Championship Game
April 5, 2010
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
For more information about 2010 tournament schedule, click here.
2011 NCAA Tournament Schedule [1][2]
March 15 - Play-in game @ University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH
March 17 to 20 Early Round sites include:
BOK Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Host: University of Tulsa)
McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)
Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado (Host: Mountain West Conference)
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio (Host: Cleveland State University)
St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida (Host: University of South Florida)
Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
United Center, Chicago, Illinois (Host: Big Ten Conference)
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. (Host: Georgetown University)
March 24 to 27 Regional sites include:
Southwest Regional: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)
West Regional: Honda Center, Anaheim, California (Host: Big West Conference)
Southeast Regional: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University)
East Regional:Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey (Host: Seton Hall University)
Each regional winner will advance to the Final Four, held April 2 and 4 in Houston at Reliant Stadium, co-hosted by Rice University and the University of Houston.
Video of NCAA Basketball 2010 trailer from Youtube:
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