The bracket for the men's 2024 NCAA Tournament was announced on Sunday.
The bracket for the men's 2024 NCAA Tournament was announced Sunday, unveiling the 68 teams that secured a spot in a March Madness competition with no clear favorite for national champion.Defending champion Connecticut, looking to become the first team to repeat since Florida in 2007, landed one of the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament. They top the East Region, where they'll face No. 16 Stetson, which is making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Houston is the top seed in South Region and will play Longwood. Purdue, which last season became just the second No. 1 seed in tournament history to lose in the first round, takes the top spot in the Midwest Region and will play which will play the winner of the First Four matchup between Montana State and Grambling State. North Carolina is the top seed in the West Region and will play the First Four winner of Howard and Wagner.
Many quality bubble teams did not make the field - which features 32 automatic bids from conference tournaments and 34 at-large spots. The first four teams out of the tournament included Oklahoma, Seton Hall, Indiana State and Pittsburgh.The 32 first-round games will then be played on Thursday and Friday.
The East Regional will be played at TD Garden in Boston, the South Regional will be at American Airlines Center in Dallas, the Midwest Regional will be at Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit, and the West Regional will be at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The Final Four will be played on April 6 and the championship game is April 8, with all games at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. No. 8 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 9 NorthwesternNo. 3 Illinois vs. No. 14 Morehead StateNo. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Texas A&MNo. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 NC StateNo. 1 Purdue vs. No. 16 Montana State/Grambling StateNo. 6 South Carolina vs. No. 11 OregonNo. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Howard/WagnerNo. 4 Alabama vs. No. 13 CharlestonNo. 2 Arizona vs. No.
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