March Insanity is without doubt one of the most extremely anticipated tournaments in basketball, and it lastly will get underway this week.
Pleasure is constructing amongst followers forward of the enduring annual occasion that can see 68 groups compete to grow to be NCAA Champions.
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Within the eighty fifth version of the event final yr, UConn gained their second consecutive title after beating Purdue 75-60 within the Championship Recreation.
They’re now aiming to grow to be solely the second staff ever to realize a March Insanity three-peat after UCLA’s seven wins from 1967 to 1973.
March Insanity: Dates and begin occasions
March Insanity started on Sunday, March 16 when followers discovered the complete brackets for the boys’s and girls’s tournaments.
Video games will begin on Tuesday, March 18 and the schedule will run by way of all the best way till Monday, April 7.
Begin occasions will range from noon to night tip-offs within the USA, whereas within the UK, begin occasions are set to be between 4pm and 2am.
April 6 and seven is when the Championship video games will happen.
There has nonetheless but to be affirmation of the place the event might be obtainable to look at within the UK.
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March Insanity: Full schedule and matchups
The bracket and matchups have now been formally confirmed.
Every quantity subsequent to the groups represents their seed.
First 4: March 18-19
- (16) Alabama State vs (16) Saint Francis
- (11) San Diego State vs (11) North Carolina
- (16) American College vs. (16) Mount St. Mary’s
- (11)) Texas vs (11) Xavier
First spherical: March 20-21
- (8) Louisville vs. (9) Creighton
- (4) Purdue vs. (13) Excessive Level
- (3) Wisconsin vs. (14) Montana
- (1) Houston vs. (16) SIU Edwardsville
- (1) Auburn vs. (16) Saint Francis/Alabama St.
- (5) Clemson vs. (12) McNeese
- (6) BYU vs. (11) VCU
- (8) Gonzaga vs. (9) Georgia
- (2) Tennessee vs. (15) Wofford
- (7) Kansas vs. (10) Arkansas
- (4) Texas A&M vs. (13) Yale
- (6) Missouri vs. (11) Drake
- (7) UCLA vs. (10) Utah State
- (2) St. John’s vs. (15) Omaha
- (5) Michigan vs. (12) UC San Diego
- (3) Texas Tech vs. (14) UNC Wilmington
- (8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Baylor
- (2) Alabama vs. (15) Robert Morris
- (3) Iowa State vs. (14) Lipscomb
- (5) Memphis vs. (12) Colorado State
- (1) Duke vs. (16) Mount St. Mary’s/American
- (7) Saint Mary’s vs. (10) Vanderbilt
- (6) Ole Miss vs. (11) North Carolina/San Diego State
- (4) Maryland vs. (13) Grand Canyon
- (1) Florida vs. (16) Norfolk State
- (3) Kentucky vs. (14) Troy
- (7) Marquette vs. (10) New Mexico
- (4) Arizona vs. (13) Akron
- (8) UConn vs. (9) Oklahoma
- (6) Illinois vs. (11) Xavier/Texas
- (2) Michigan State vs. (15) Bryant
- (5) Oregon vs. (12) Liberty
Second spherical: March 22-23
Candy 16: March 27-28
Elite Eight: March 29-30
Ultimate 4: April 5
Championship sport: April 7
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And right here’s the schedule for the ladies’s event.
First 4: March 19-20
- (11) Iowa State vs. (11) Princeton
- (16) UC San Diego vs. (16) Southern U.
- (11) Columbia vs. (11) Washington
- (16) Excessive Level vs. (16) William & Mary
First spherical: March 21-22
- (6) Michigan vs. (11) Iowa State/Princeton
- (4) Kentucky vs. (13) Liberty
- (8) Utah vs. (9) Indiana
- (3) Notre Dame vs. (14) Stephen F. Austin
- (5) Kansas State vs. (12) Fairfield
- (4) Baylor vs. (13) Grand Canyon
- (2) TCU vs. (15) FDU
- (1) South Carolina vs. (16) Tennessee Tech
- (7) Vanderbilt vs. (10) Oregon
- (4) Ohio State vs. (13) Montana State
- (5) Ole Miss vs. (12) Ball State
- (7) Louisville vs. (10) Nebraska
- (8) Richmond vs. (9) Georgia Tech
- (2) Duke vs. (15) Lehigh
- (5) Tennessee vs. (12) South Florida
- (1) UCLA vs. (16) UC San Diego/Southern U.
- (6) Iowa vs. (11) Murray State
- (2) UConn vs. (15) Arkansas State
- (5) Alabama vs. (12) Inexperienced Bay
- (2) NC State vs. (15) Vermont
- (6) West Virginia vs. (11) Columbia/Washington
- (3) Oklahoma vs. (14) FGCU
- (1) Southern California vs. (16) UNC Greensboro
- (7) Oklahoma State vs. (10) South Dakota State
- (4) Maryland vs. (13) Norfolk State
- (3) North Carolina vs. (14) Oregon State
- (7) Michigan State vs. (10) Harvard
- (8) California vs. (9) Mississippi State
- (8) Illinois vs. (9) Creighton
- (6) Florida State vs. (11) George Mason
- (1) Texas vs. (16) Excessive Level/William & Mary
- (3) LSU vs. (14) San Diego State
Second spherical: March 23-24
Candy 16: March 28-29
Elite Eight: March 30-31
Ultimate 4: April 4
Championship sport: April 6
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Previous March Insanity winners
Final 10 NCAA males’s Champions
- UConn Huskies – 2024
- UConn Huskies – 2023
- Kansas Jayhawks – 2022
- Baylor Bears – 2021
- Virginia Cavaliers- 2019
- Villanova Wildcats – 2018
- North Carolina Tar Heels – 2017
- Villanova Wildcats – 2016
- Duke Blue Devils – 2015
- UConn Huskies – 2014
Final 10 NCAA ladies’s Champions
- South Carolina – 2024
- LSU – 2023
- South Carolina – 2022
- Stanford – 2021
- Baylor – 2019
- Notre Dame – 2018
- South Carolina – 2017
- Connecticut – 2016
- Connecticut – 2015
- Connecticut – 2014
March Insanity: Venues and places
The event might be performed at a wide range of venues throughout the USA, with video games being performed all around the nation.
The lads’s Ultimate 4 and NCAA Championship sport are going to be performed on the similar place – the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Right here’s each venue the place males’s March Insanity video games might be held:
First 4
First/Second Spherical
- Rupp Enviornment – Lexington, Kentucky
- Amica Mutual Pavilion – Windfall, Rhode Island
- Local weather Pledge Enviornment – Seattle, Washington State
- Intrust Financial institution Enviornment – Wichita, Kansas
- Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse – Cleveland, Ohio
- Ball Enviornment – Denver, Colorado
- Fiserv Discussion board – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Lenovo Middle – Raleigh, North Carolina
Candy 16 and Elite Eight
- East: Prudential Middle – Newark, New Jersey
- West: Chase Middle – San Francisco, California
- South: State Farm Enviornment – Atlanta, Georgia
- Midwest: Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis, Indiana
Ultimate 4 and Championship Recreation
- Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas
And listed below are the venues for every ladies’s March Insanity sport, with the ultimate set to be hosted on the Amalie Enviornment in Florida.
First 4
First/Second Spherical
Candy 16 and Elite Eight
- Legacy Enviornment – Birmingham, Alabama
- Spokane Veterans Memorial Enviornment – Spokane, Washington
Ultimate 4 and Championship Recreation
- Amalie Enviornment – Tampa, Florida