2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

2022 NCAA Division I
men's basketball tournament

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Teams	68
Finals site	Caesars Superdome New Orleans, Louisiana
NCAA Division I men's tournaments «2021 2023»

The 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 83rd annual edition of the tournament is scheduled to begin on March 15, 2022, and will conclude with the championship game on April 4 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Big South Conference champion Longwood and NEC champion Bryant will make their NCAA Tournament debuts.

Tournament procedure

Further information: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament § Current tournament format

Pending any changes to the format, a total of 68 teams will enter the 2022 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 (the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams) will play in the First Four. The winners of these games advance to the main draw of the tournament.

The top four teams outside of the ranking (commonly known as the "first four out" in pre-tourney analyses) will act as standbys in the event a school is forced to withdraw before the start of the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. Once the tournament starts, any team that is forced to withdraw would not be replaced; the bracket was not reseeded, and the affected team's opponent would automatically advance to the next round.

Any single-bid automatic champion would have to designate a replacement from within their own conference if they need to withdraw. Otherwise, the replacement teams are as follows, in order:

First Four Out

NET	School	Conference	Record
58	Dayton	Atlantic 10	23–10
40	Oklahoma	Big 12	18–15
44	SMU	AAC	23–8
42	Texas A&M	SEC	23–12

The Selection Committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 68.

2022 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

Dayton

Portland

Buffalo

Indianapolis

Fort Worth

Milwaukee

Greenville

Pittsburgh

San Diego

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2022 First Four (orange) and first and second rounds (green)

San Francisco

San Antonio

Philadelphia

Chicago

New Orleans

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2022 Regionals (blue) and Final Four (red)

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2022 tournament:

First Four

• March 15 and 16
  • University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)

First and Second Rounds (Subregionals)

• March 17 and 19
  • Moda Center, Portland, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University)
  • KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York (Host: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
  • Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana (Hosts: Horizon League and IUPUI)
  • Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas (Host: Texas Christian University)
• March 18 and 20
  • Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Host: Marquette University)
  • Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina (Hosts: Southern Conference and Furman University)
  • PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University)
  • Viejas Arena, San Diego, California (Host: San Diego State University)

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

• March 24 and 26
  • West Regional, Chase Center, San Francisco, California (Host: Pac-12 Conference)
  • South Regional, AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio)
• March 25 and 27
  • East Regional, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pennsylvania)
  • Midwest Regional, United Center, Chicago, Illinois (Host: Northwestern University)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)

• April 2 and 4
  • Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University)

New Orleans will host the Final Four for the sixth time, having previously hosted in 2012, 2003, 1993, 1987, and 1982.

Qualification and selection teams

Further information: 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament: qualifying teams

Automatic qualifiers

Conference	Team	Appearance	Last bid
America East	Vermont	8th	2019
American	Houston	23rd	2021
Atlantic 10	Richmond	10th	2011
ACC	Virginia Tech	13th	2021
ASUN	Jacksonville State	2nd	2017
Big 12	Kansas	50th	2021
Big East	Villanova	41st	2021
Big Sky	Montana State	4th	1996
Big South	Longwood	1st	Never
Big Ten	Iowa	28th	2021
Big West	Cal State Fullerton	4th	2018
CAA	Delaware	6th	2014
C-USA	UAB	16th	2015
Horizon	Wright State	4th	2018
Ivy League	Yale	6th	2019
MAAC	Saint Peter's	4th	2011
MAC	Akron	5th	2013
MEAC	Norfolk State	3rd	2021
Missouri Valley	Loyola–Chicago	8th	2021
Mountain West	Boise State	8th	2015
NEC	Bryant	1st	Never
Ohio Valley	Murray State	18th	2019
Pac-12	Arizona	36th	2018
Patriot	Colgate	5th	2021
SEC	Tennessee	23rd	2021
Southern	Chattanooga	12th	2016
Southland	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2nd	2007
SWAC	Texas Southern	10th	2021
Summit League	South Dakota State	6th	2018
Sun Belt	Georgia State	6th	2019
WCC	Gonzaga	24th	2021
WAC	New Mexico State	26th	2019

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.

West Regional – Chase Center, San Francisco, California Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 Gonzaga West Coast 26–3 1 Automatic 2 Duke ACC 28–6 8 At-Large 3 Texas Tech Big 12 25–9 12 At-Large 4 Arkansas SEC 25–8 15 At-Large 5 UConn Big East 23–9 17 At-Large 6 Alabama SEC 19–13 21 At-Large 7 Michigan State Big Ten 22–12 27 At-Large 8 Boise State Mountain West 27–7 29 Automatic 9 Memphis American 21–10 36 At-Large 10 Davidson Atlantic 10 27–6 40 At-Large 11* Rutgers Big Ten 18–13 44 At-Large Notre Dame ACC 22–10 47 At-Large 12 New Mexico State WAC 26–6 50 Automatic 13 Vermont America East 28–5 53 Automatic 14 Montana State Big Sky 27–7 58 Automatic 15 Cal State Fullerton Big West 21–10 62 Automatic 16 Georgia State Sun Belt 18–10 63 Automatic

East Regional – Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 Baylor Big 12 26–6 4 At-Large 2 Kentucky SEC 26–7 6 At-Large 3 Purdue Big Ten 27–7 11 At-Large 4 UCLA Pac–12 25–7 13 At-Large 5 Saint Mary's West Coast 25–7 19 At-Large 6 Texas Big 12 21–11 23 At-Large 7 Murray State Ohio Valley 30–2 26 Automatic 8 North Carolina ACC 24–9 30 At-Large 9 Marquette Big East 19–12 35 At-Large 10 San Francisco West Coast 24–9 37 At-Large 11 Virginia Tech ACC 23–12 46 Automatic 12* Wyoming Mountain West 25–8 43 At-Large Indiana Big Ten 20–13 45 At-Large 13 Akron MAC 24–9 54 Automatic 14 Yale Ivy 19–11 56 Automatic 15 Saint Peter's MAAC 19–11 60 Automatic 16 Norfolk State MEAC 24–6 64 Automatic

South Regional – AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 Arizona Pac–12 31–3 2 Automatic 2 Villanova Big East 26–7 7 Automatic 3 Tennessee SEC 26–7 10 Automatic 4 Illinois Big Ten 22–10 14 At-Large 5 Houston American 29–5 18 Automatic 6 Colorado State Mountain West 25–5 24 At-Large 7 Ohio State Big Ten 19–11 28 At-Large 8 Seton Hall Big East 21–10 32 At-Large 9 TCU Big 12 20–12 34 At-Large 10 Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 25–7 39 Automatic 11 Michigan Big Ten 17–14 42 At-Large 12 UAB C-USA 27–7 48 Automatic 13 Chattanooga Southern 27–7 51 Automatic 14 Longwood Big South 26–6 55 Automatic 15 Delaware Colonial 22–12 59 Automatic 16* Wright State Horizon 21–13 65 Automatic Bryant Northeast 22–9 66 Automatic

Midwest Regional – United Center, Chicago, Illinois Seed School Conference Record Overall Seed Berth type 1 Kansas Big 12 28–6 3 Automatic 2 Auburn SEC 27–5 5 At-Large 3 Wisconsin Big Ten 24–7 9 At-Large 4 Providence Big East 25–5 16 At-Large 5 Iowa Big Ten 26–9 20 Automatic 6 LSU SEC 22–11 22 At-Large 7 USC Pac–12 26–7 25 At-Large 8 San Diego State Mountain West 23–8 31 At-Large 9 Creighton Big East 22–11 33 At-Large 10 Miami (FL) ACC 23–10 38 At-Large 11 Iowa State Big 12 20–12 41 At-Large 12 Richmond Atlantic 10 23–12 49 Automatic 13 South Dakota State Summit 30–4 52 Automatic 14 Colgate Patriot 23–1 57 Automatic 15 Jacksonville State ASUN 21–10 61 Automatic 16* Texas Southern SWAC 18–12 67 Automatic Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Southland 23–11 68 Automatic

*See First Four

Tournament bracket

All times are listed as Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period

First Four – Dayton, OH

The First Four games involve eight teams: the four overall lowest-ranked teams, and the four lowest-ranked at-large teams.

	March 15 – Midwest Region
	16	Texas Southern	6:40 p.m.
	16	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	TruTV

	March 15 – East Region
	12	Wyoming	9:10 p.m.
	12	Indiana	TruTV

	March 16 – South Region
	16	Wright State	6:40 p.m.
	16	Bryant	TruTV

	March 16 – West Region
	11	Rutgers	9:10 p.m.
	11	Notre Dame	TruTV

West Regional – San Francisco, CA

First Round Round of 64 March 17–18

Second Round Round of 32 March 19–20

Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 24

Regional Final Elite 8 March 26

1

Gonzaga

4:15 p.m.

16

Georgia State

TNT

Portland – Thu/Sat

8

Boise State

1:45 p.m.

9

Memphis

TNT

5

UConn

6:50 p.m.

12

New Mexico State

TNT

Buffalo – Thu/Sat

4

Arkansas

9:20 p.m.

13

Vermont

TNT

6

Alabama

4:15 p.m.

11

Rutgers/Notre Dame

TNT

San Diego – Fri/Sun

3

Texas Tech

1:45 p.m.

14

Montana State

TNT

7

Michigan State

9:40 p.m.

10

Davidson

CBS

Greenville – Fri/Sun

2

Duke

7:10 p.m.

15

Cal State Fullerton

CBS

West Regional Final

March 26

Chase Center – San Francisco, California

East Regional – Philadelphia, PA

First Round Round of 64 March 17–18

Second Round Round of 32 March 19–20

Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 25

Regional Final Elite 8 March 27

1

Baylor

2:00 p.m.

16

Norfolk State

TBS

Fort Worth – Thu/Sat

8

North Carolina

4:30 p.m.

9

Marquette

TBS

5

Saint Mary's

7:20 p.m.

12

Wyoming/Indiana

TBS

Portland – Thu/Sat

4

UCLA

9:50 p.m.

13

Akron

TBS

6

Texas

4:30 p.m.

11

Virginia Tech

TBS

Milwaukee – Fri/Sun

3

Purdue

2:00 p.m.

14

Yale

TBS

7

Murray State

9:40 p.m.

10

San Francisco

CBS

Indianapolis – Thu/Sat

2

Kentucky

7:10 p.m.

15

Saint Peter's

CBS

East Regional Final

March 27

Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

South Regional – San Antonio, TX

First Round Round of 64 March 17–18

Second Round Round of 32 March 19–20

Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 24

Regional Final Elite 8 March 26

1

Arizona

7:27 p.m.

16

Bryant/Wright State

TruTV

San Diego – Fri/Sun

8

Seton Hall

9:57 p.m.

9

TCU

TruTV

5

Houston

9:20 p.m.

12

UAB

TNT

Pittsburgh – Fri/Sun

4

Illinois

6:50 p.m.

13

Chattanooga

TNT

6

Colorado State

12:15 p.m.

11

Michigan

CBS

Indianapolis – Thu/Sat

3

Tennessee

2:45 p.m.

14

Longwood

CBS

7

Ohio State

12:15 p.m.

10

Loyola–Chicago

CBS

Pittsburgh – Fri/Sun

2

Villanova

2:45 pm

15

Delaware

CBS

South Regional Final

March 26

AT&T Center – San Antonio, Texas

Midwest Regional – Chicago, IL

First Round Round of 64 March 17–18

Second Round Round of 32 March 19–20

Regional Semifinals Sweet 16 March 25

Regional Final Elite 8 March 27

1

Kansas

9:57 p.m.

16

Texas Southern/Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

TruTV

Fort Worth – Thu/Sat

8

San Diego State

7:27 p.m.

9

Creighton

TruTV

5

Iowa

3:10 p.m.

12

Richmond

TruTV

Buffalo – Thu/Sat

4

Providence

12:40 p.m.

13

South Dakota State

TruTV

6

LSU

7:20 p.m.

11

Iowa State

TBS

Milwaukee – Fri/Sun

3

Wisconsin

9:50 p.m.

14

Colgate

TBS

7

USC

3:10 p.m.

10

Miami (FL)

TruTV

Greenville – Fri/Sun

2

Auburn

12:40 p.m.

15

Jacksonville State

TruTV

Midwest Regional Final

March 27

United Center – Chicago, Illinois

Record by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Win %	FF	R64	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
Big Ten	9	0–0	–
Big 12	6	0–0	–
Big East	6	0–0	–
SEC	6	0–0	–
ACC	5	0–0	–
Mountain West	4	0–0	–
WCC	3	0–0	–
Pac-12	3	0–0	–
American	2	0–0	–
Atlantic 10	2	0–0	–
Missouri Valley	1	0–0	–
Summit	1	0–0	–
C-USA	1	0–0	–
MAC	1	0–0	–
Southland	1	0–0	–
MEAC	1	0–0	–
SWAC	1	0–0	–
America East	1	0–0	–
Atlantic Sun	1	0–0	–
Big Sky	1	0–0	–
Big South	1	0–0	–
Big West	1	0–0	–
Colonial	1	0–0	–
Horizon	1	0–0	–
MAAC	1	0–0	–
Ohio Valley	1	0–0	–
Patriot	1	0–0	–
Southern	1	0–0	–
WAC	1	0–0	–
Northeast	1	0–0	–
Sun Belt	1	0–0	–
Ivy League	1	0–0	–

• The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.

Media coverage

Television

CBS Sports and Turner Sports have US television rights to the tournament. As part of a cycle that began in 2016, TBS will televise the 2022 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 Final (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) – CBS and TBS
• National Semifinals (Final Four) and Championship – TBS

Number of games per network

• CBS: 21
• TBS: 21
• truTV: 13
• TNT: 12

Studio hosts

• Greg Gumbel (New York City and New Orleans) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Ernie Johnson (New York City, Atlanta, and New Orleans) – First Round, Second Round, Regional Semi-Finals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Nabil Karim (Atlanta) – First Four, First Round and Second Round
• Adam Lefkoe (New York City) – First Round and Second Round (game breaks)

Studio analysts

• Charles Barkley (New York City and New Orleans) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Rex Chapman (Atlanta) – First Four, First Round, Second Round and Regional Semi-Finals
• Seth Davis (Atlanta and New Orleans) – First Four, First Round, Second Round, Regional Semi-Finals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Clark Kellogg (New York City and New Orleans) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Candace Parker (Atlanta and New Orleans) – First Four, First Round, Second Round, Regional Semi-Finals and Final Four
• Kenny Smith (New York City and New Orleans) – First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Gene Steratore (New York City and New Orleans) (Rules Analyst) – First Four, First Round, Second Round, Regionals, Final Four and National Championship Game
• Wally Szczerbiak (New York City) – First Round, Second Round and Regionals
• Dwyane Wade (Atlanta) – First Four, First Round, Second Round and Regional Semi-Finals

Commentary teams

• Jim Nantz/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill/Tracy Wolfson – First and Second Rounds at Greenville, South Carolina; Regionals; Final Four and National Championship at New Orleans, Louisiana
• Brian Anderson/Jim Jackson/Allie LaForce – First and Second Rounds at Fort Worth, Texas; Regionals
• Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel/Jamie Erdahl – First and Second Rounds at Indianapolis, Indiana; Regionals
• Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner/Dana Jacobson – First and Second Rounds at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Regionals
• Lisa Byington/Steve Smith/Avery Johnson/Lauren Shehadi – First and Second Rounds at San Diego, California
• Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas/Andy Katz – First and Second Rounds at Portland, Oregon
• Spero Dedes/Debbie Antonelli/AJ Ross – First and Second Rounds at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Brad Nessler/Brendan Haywood/Evan Washburn – First and Second Rounds at Buffalo, New York
• Tom McCarthy/Steve Lavin/Avery Johnson/Jon Rothstein – First Four at Dayton, Ohio

Radio

Westwood One has exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.

First Four

• Lance Medow and Stephen Bardo – at Dayton, Ohio

First and Second Rounds

• Ryan Radtke and Dan Dickau – Portland, Oregon
• Scott Graham and Jon Crispin – Buffalo, New York
• Brandon Gaudin and Austin Croshere – Indianapolis, Indiana
• Kevin Kugler and Robbie Hummel – Fort Worth, Texas
• Jason Benetti and Will Perdue – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Bill Rosinski and Jordan Cornette – Greenville, South Carolina
• John Sadak and Fran Fraschilla – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Dave Pasch and P. J. Carlesimo – San Diego, California

Regionals

• Tom McCarthy and Will Perdue – East Regional at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Kevin Kugler and Robbie Hummel – Midwest Regional at Chicago, Illinois
• Scott Graham and P.J. Carlesimo – South Regional at San Antonio, Texas
• Ryan Radtke and Steve Lavin – West Regional at San Francisco, California

Final Four and National Championship

• Kevin Kugler, P.J. Carlesimo and Clark Kellogg – New Orleans, Louisiana

Internet

Video

Live video of games is available for streaming through the following means:

• NCAA March Madness Live (website and app, no CBS games on digital media players; access to games on WarnerMedia channels (TBS, TNT, truTV) required TV Everywhere authentication through provider)
• Paramount+ (only CBS games, service subscription required)
• CBS Sports website and app (only CBS games)
• Watch TBS website and app (only TBS games, required TV Everywhere authentication)
• Watch TNT website and app (only TNT games, required TV Everywhere authentication)
• Watch truTV website and app (only truTV games, required TV Everywhere authentication)
• Websites and apps of cable, satellite, and OTT providers of CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV (access required subscription)

In addition, the March Madness app offered Fast Break, whiparound coverage of games similar to NFL RedZone.

Audio

Live audio of games is available for streaming through the following means:

• NCAA March Madness Live (website and app)
• Westwood One Sports website
• TuneIn (website and app)
• Websites and apps of Westwood One Sports affiliates

Local announcers

Region	Seed	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)
S	1	Arizona
S	2	Villanova
S	3	Tennessee
S	4	Illinois
S	5	Houston	KPRC	Jeremy Branham	Elvin Hayes
S	6	Colorado
S	7	Ohio State	WBNS & WBNS-FM
S	8	Seton Hall
S	9	TCU	WBAP
S	10	Loyola Chicago
S	11	Michigan	WWJ (AM) & WXYT-FM
S	12	UAB
S	13	Chattanooga
S	14	Longwood
S	15	Delaware
S	16
MW	1	Kansas	KLWN 1320 AM	Brian Hanni	Greg Gurley
MW	2	Auburn	WTGZ	Andy Burcham	Sonny Smith
MW	3	Wisconsin
MW	4	Providence
MW	5	Iowa
MW	6	LSU	WWL (New Orleans) & WDGL (Baton Rouge)	Chris Blair	John Brady
MW	7	USC	KABC (AM)	Jordan Moore
MW	8	San Diego State
MW	9	Creighton
MW	10	Miami (FL)
MW	11	Iowa State
MW	12	Richmond
MW	13	South Dakota State
MW	14	Colgate
MW	15	Jacksonville State
MW	16
W	1	Gonzaga
W	2	Duke
W	3	Texas Tech
W	4	Arkansas
W	5	UConn	WAVZ 1300(AM)	Mike Crispino	Wayne Norman
W	6	Alabama
W	7	Michigan State	WJR
W	8	Boise State
W	9	Memphis
W	10	Davidson
W	11
W	12	New Mexico State
W	13	Vermont
W	14	Montana State
W	15	Cal State Fullerton
W	16	Georgia State
E	1	Baylor
E	2	Kentucky
E	3	Purdue
E	4	UCLA	KLAC
E	5	Saint Mary's
E	6	Texas
E	7	Murray State
E	8	UNC
E	9	Marquette
E	10	San Francisco
E	11	Virginia Tech
E	12
E	13	Akron
E	14	Yale
E	15	Saint Peter's
E	16	Norfolk State

International

ESPN International had international rights to the tournament. Coverage uses CBS/Turner play-by-play teams until the Final Four.

Most-watched tournament games

All times Eastern. Tournament seedings and region are in parentheses.

See also

• 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament