The selection committee for the NCAA Bracket 2018 who seeds the whole field of 68 teams from 1-68, but did not make this information public until 2012. The committee then divides the teams amongst the regions. The top four teams will be distributed among the four regions, and each will receive a #1 rank within that region. The next four ranked teams will then be distributed among the four regions, each receiving a #2 rank with their region, and the process continues down the line. Carried to its logical conclusion, this would give each region seventeen teams ranked 1-17, but as seen below, this is complicated somewhat (see the next paragraph and the The First Four section below).
The selection committee is also instructed to place teams so that whenever possible, conference teams cannot meet until the regional finals. Additionally, they are also instructed to avoid any possible rematches of regular season or previous year's tournament games during the Rounds of 32 and 64. Further restrictions are listed in the Venues section below. To comply with these other requirements, the selection committee may move one or several teams up or down one seed from their respective original seed line. Thus, for example, the 40th overall seeded team, originally slated to be a #10 seed within a particular region, may instead be moved up to a #9 seed or moved down to a #11 seed.
The bracket is thus established, and during the semifinals, the champion of the top overall number 1 seed's region will play against the champion of the fourth-ranked number 1 seed's region, and the champion of the second-ranked number 1 seed's region will play against the champion of the third-ranked number 1 seed's region.
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March Madness 2018: Time, TV schedule and live streams
Turner Sports and CBS Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship on Monday, April 4 – North Carolina vs. Villanova – will tip off at 9:19 p.m. ET on TBS. Jim Nantz will call the game with analysts Grant Hill and Bill Raftery and reporter Tracy Wolfson.
“Team Stream by Bleacher Report” or team-specific coverage will include the North Carolina Team Stream on TNT and the Villanova Team Stream on truTV. North Carolina Team Stream commentators will include Wes Durham calling the game with analyst Brendan Haywood and reporter Dwayne Ballen. The Villanova Team Stream will be called by Scott Graham with analyst Brian Finneran and reporter Kacie McDonnell. Team Stream coverage on TNT and truTV will begin at 9 p.m.
National Championship coverage on TBS will begin with the Capital One Championship Central pregame show at 7 p.m. Ernie Johnson will host studio coverage with analysts Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg and Kenny Smith. They will be joined by Greg Gumbel with analysts Steve Smith, Reggie Miller and Seth Davis.
Pregame coverage will include guest appearances by Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo and Connecticut Head Coach Kevin Ollie. Monday’s coverage will include taped performances from Sunday’s NCAA March Madness Music Festival featuring Maroon 5 and Pitbull, airing as part of the pregame show.
“Team Stream by Bleacher Report” or team-specific coverage will include the North Carolina Team Stream on TNT and the Villanova Team Stream on truTV. North Carolina Team Stream commentators will include Wes Durham calling the game with analyst Brendan Haywood and reporter Dwayne Ballen. The Villanova Team Stream will be called by Scott Graham with analyst Brian Finneran and reporter Kacie McDonnell. Team Stream coverage on TNT and truTV will begin at 9 p.m.
National Championship coverage on TBS will begin with the Capital One Championship Central pregame show at 7 p.m. Ernie Johnson will host studio coverage with analysts Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg and Kenny Smith. They will be joined by Greg Gumbel with analysts Steve Smith, Reggie Miller and Seth Davis.
Pregame coverage will include guest appearances by Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo and Connecticut Head Coach Kevin Ollie. Monday’s coverage will include taped performances from Sunday’s NCAA March Madness Music Festival featuring Maroon 5 and Pitbull, airing as part of the pregame show.
March Madness Odds
The Jayhawks entered March Madness 2018 as the team to beat, and still look that way heading into the Sweet 16.
Kansas is a +350 betting favorite to win the NCAA Tournament this season at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. After opening as a +450 favorite to win the title, the Jayhawks have improved their chances by avoiding an upset in the first two rounds.
Next, the No. 1 Jayhawks are set to take on the No. 5 Maryland Terrapins (+2800 to win the championship). In the last 18 games between 1-seeds and 5-seeds, 1-seeds are 15-3 SU.
The ACC is well represented in the Sweet 16 with six teams, including both of its No. 1 seeds in North Carolina (+425) and Virginia (+575). North Carolina entered the tournament as a +600 favorite and has been peaking at the right time with a 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS record over its last six games.
Virginia is down from +1000 and has a 12-3 SU and 11-4 ATS record over its last 15 games according to the OddsShark College Basketball Database.
The No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners are next up on the betting board at +750 to win the NCAA Tournament, down from their opening number of +1400. No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Villanova both started the tournament with odds of +1600 to win it, and both are now at +1200.
Oregon struggled in its Round of 32 game against Saint Joseph's, but is still 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games against teams with winning records.
Other contenders looking to make a splash in the Sweet 16 include No. 4 Duke (+1800), No. 3 Texas A&M (+2000), No. 5 Indiana (+2000), No. 3 Miami (+2800), No. 4 Iowa State (+2800) and No. 11 Gonzaga (+2800).
Gonzaga is 7-0 SU and 6-0-1 ATS in its last seven games and is up from a starting line of +6600.
No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 10 Syracuse are all now going off at +3300 on the March Madness odds after coming into the tournament each going off at +10000. Notre Dame and Wisconsin meet in the Sweet 16.
Kansas is a +350 betting favorite to win the NCAA Tournament this season at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. After opening as a +450 favorite to win the title, the Jayhawks have improved their chances by avoiding an upset in the first two rounds.
Next, the No. 1 Jayhawks are set to take on the No. 5 Maryland Terrapins (+2800 to win the championship). In the last 18 games between 1-seeds and 5-seeds, 1-seeds are 15-3 SU.
The ACC is well represented in the Sweet 16 with six teams, including both of its No. 1 seeds in North Carolina (+425) and Virginia (+575). North Carolina entered the tournament as a +600 favorite and has been peaking at the right time with a 6-0 SU and 5-1 ATS record over its last six games.
Virginia is down from +1000 and has a 12-3 SU and 11-4 ATS record over its last 15 games according to the OddsShark College Basketball Database.
The No. 2 Oklahoma Sooners are next up on the betting board at +750 to win the NCAA Tournament, down from their opening number of +1400. No. 1 Oregon and No. 2 Villanova both started the tournament with odds of +1600 to win it, and both are now at +1200.
Oregon struggled in its Round of 32 game against Saint Joseph's, but is still 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games against teams with winning records.
Other contenders looking to make a splash in the Sweet 16 include No. 4 Duke (+1800), No. 3 Texas A&M (+2000), No. 5 Indiana (+2000), No. 3 Miami (+2800), No. 4 Iowa State (+2800) and No. 11 Gonzaga (+2800).
Gonzaga is 7-0 SU and 6-0-1 ATS in its last seven games and is up from a starting line of +6600.
No. 6 Notre Dame, No. 7 Wisconsin and No. 10 Syracuse are all now going off at +3300 on the March Madness odds after coming into the tournament each going off at +10000. Notre Dame and Wisconsin meet in the Sweet 16.
CHAMPION March Madness 2018
The Villanova Wildcats are the 2018 NCAA men's national champions. The 2-seed Wildcats won a thriller Monday over No. 1-seed North Carolina, beating the Tar Heels on forward Kris Jenkins' three-pointer as time expired to capture the 77-74 victory
Villanova led by 10 points, 67-57, with 5:29 left, but UNC wouldn't simply fade away. The Tar Heels used a 12-3 run to pull within 70-69 with a minute remaining, setting up one of the most memorable finishes in NCAA title game history. The win gives Villanova its first national title since 1985, also the last time the Wildcats reached the championship game.
Villanova, which reached this year's title game with a 44-point blowout of Oklahoma on 71 percent shooting in the Final Four, finished Monday's game 28 of 48 from the floor (58.3 percent) and, at 58.2 percent, finished with the highest tournament shooting percentage by a champion in the last 50 years.
Jenkins finished with 14 points, one of four Wildcats in double figures. Reserve guard Phil Booth led Villanova with a career-high 20 points off the bench.
Villanova led by 10 points, 67-57, with 5:29 left, but UNC wouldn't simply fade away. The Tar Heels used a 12-3 run to pull within 70-69 with a minute remaining, setting up one of the most memorable finishes in NCAA title game history. The win gives Villanova its first national title since 1985, also the last time the Wildcats reached the championship game.
Villanova, which reached this year's title game with a 44-point blowout of Oklahoma on 71 percent shooting in the Final Four, finished Monday's game 28 of 48 from the floor (58.3 percent) and, at 58.2 percent, finished with the highest tournament shooting percentage by a champion in the last 50 years.
Jenkins finished with 14 points, one of four Wildcats in double figures. Reserve guard Phil Booth led Villanova with a career-high 20 points off the bench.
FINAL FOUR March Madness 2018
Hicks has turned himself into the best weapon off the bench in the Final Four this 2018 season. He's averaging 9.1 points per game and 4.7 rebounds in just under 20 minutes per. The 6-foot-8 junior has a real shot next season to be the kind of bust-out player in the frontcourt that Roy Williams has so often had in his career in Chapel Hill (see: Brice Johnson, Ed Davis, John Henson, among others).
That's the kind of talent level we're talking about with Hicks: a tough, athletic big man who has a shot to play a major role running the baseline behind Syracuse's zone and being available to stretch out the backline of the defense with his efficient finishing ability. It's a role he's played well already, as his best game of the season came at the Carrier Dome scoring 21 points and grabbing eight rebounds. If the Tar Heels are to win in the semifinals, Hicks will likely play a big part.
Syracuse -- Tyler Lydon, Forward
Lydon is possibly Syracuse's second-best player, averaging 10.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Really, that almost disqualifies him from X-Factor status. However, his play against North Carolina is going to be ever so critical off the bench for the Orange due to his size ability to stretch the floor against North Carolina's front line.
He can pull the aformentioned Johnson away from the hoop, and render his weak-side shot-blockin ability moot, as well as stand up defensively in the zone with his athleticism. The key for Lydon will be in his rebounding against that tough frontline. If Lydon can at least be a weapon on the defensive glass and limit the Tar Heels' second chance opportunities, the Orange will have a chance to pull the massive upset.
Oklahoma -- Khadeem Lattin, Forward
A lot will be made this week of Lattin's bloodlines, as the 6-9 forward's grandfather was on the Texas Western team that 50 years ago became the first all-black starting five to win the national championship. However, Lattin's play on the floor will be much more important to Oklahoma's chances than his family. With a 7-foot-plus wingspan, Lattin is a superb shot-blocker with terrific instincts and a great motor. He had one of the 30 best block rates in all of college basketball this season at 9.7 percent, but it's defense on the perimeter that will be more important here.
Lattin is mobile and does a good job of using his length to cut off pick-and-rolls, which will be ever so important against a Villanova team that really uses the screen a lot with its two point guards to get some space. Villanova finished nearly 30 percent of its possessions directly off of some sort of ball-screen action. Lattin -- and also Ryan Spangler -- will need to cut off penetration and also be disciplined against outside shooters off of pops. If he can be a defensive weapon, the Sooners should be in better shape to win.
Villanova -- Jalen Brunson, Guard
You could go a variety of directions here. Kris Jenkins will be important in the way that he stretches the floor against Oklahoma's two true bigs. Mikal Bridges has been a defensive dynamo with his wacky-waving-inflatable-arm-flailing-tube-man arms. But call this one a hunch. Throughout his prep career, Brunson has been absolutely terrific in big spots, and I expect much of the same in this round of games.
Brunson was named the MVP of the FIBA U19 tournament last summer, averaging 14 points and 5.6 assists while getting everybody on that ridiculously talented Team USA team involved. He started and dropped 12 points and six dimes in the 2014 U18 FIBA Americas championship in Colorado Springs. Back in 2014 when Brunson was a high school junior, he broke the Illinois state tournament record for points with 56 in a loss. Then, in 2015, he came back and dropped 30 in the state title game next season to win it. Basically, here's the deal: Brunson, despite being the fifth cog in Villanova's starting five, has always stepped up in the biggest spots with massive performances. My guess is that he does that on Saturday night for Villanova, win or lose.
That's the kind of talent level we're talking about with Hicks: a tough, athletic big man who has a shot to play a major role running the baseline behind Syracuse's zone and being available to stretch out the backline of the defense with his efficient finishing ability. It's a role he's played well already, as his best game of the season came at the Carrier Dome scoring 21 points and grabbing eight rebounds. If the Tar Heels are to win in the semifinals, Hicks will likely play a big part.
Syracuse -- Tyler Lydon, Forward
Lydon is possibly Syracuse's second-best player, averaging 10.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game. Really, that almost disqualifies him from X-Factor status. However, his play against North Carolina is going to be ever so critical off the bench for the Orange due to his size ability to stretch the floor against North Carolina's front line.
He can pull the aformentioned Johnson away from the hoop, and render his weak-side shot-blockin ability moot, as well as stand up defensively in the zone with his athleticism. The key for Lydon will be in his rebounding against that tough frontline. If Lydon can at least be a weapon on the defensive glass and limit the Tar Heels' second chance opportunities, the Orange will have a chance to pull the massive upset.
Oklahoma -- Khadeem Lattin, Forward
A lot will be made this week of Lattin's bloodlines, as the 6-9 forward's grandfather was on the Texas Western team that 50 years ago became the first all-black starting five to win the national championship. However, Lattin's play on the floor will be much more important to Oklahoma's chances than his family. With a 7-foot-plus wingspan, Lattin is a superb shot-blocker with terrific instincts and a great motor. He had one of the 30 best block rates in all of college basketball this season at 9.7 percent, but it's defense on the perimeter that will be more important here.
Lattin is mobile and does a good job of using his length to cut off pick-and-rolls, which will be ever so important against a Villanova team that really uses the screen a lot with its two point guards to get some space. Villanova finished nearly 30 percent of its possessions directly off of some sort of ball-screen action. Lattin -- and also Ryan Spangler -- will need to cut off penetration and also be disciplined against outside shooters off of pops. If he can be a defensive weapon, the Sooners should be in better shape to win.
Villanova -- Jalen Brunson, Guard
You could go a variety of directions here. Kris Jenkins will be important in the way that he stretches the floor against Oklahoma's two true bigs. Mikal Bridges has been a defensive dynamo with his wacky-waving-inflatable-arm-flailing-tube-man arms. But call this one a hunch. Throughout his prep career, Brunson has been absolutely terrific in big spots, and I expect much of the same in this round of games.
Brunson was named the MVP of the FIBA U19 tournament last summer, averaging 14 points and 5.6 assists while getting everybody on that ridiculously talented Team USA team involved. He started and dropped 12 points and six dimes in the 2014 U18 FIBA Americas championship in Colorado Springs. Back in 2014 when Brunson was a high school junior, he broke the Illinois state tournament record for points with 56 in a loss. Then, in 2015, he came back and dropped 30 in the state title game next season to win it. Basically, here's the deal: Brunson, despite being the fifth cog in Villanova's starting five, has always stepped up in the biggest spots with massive performances. My guess is that he does that on Saturday night for Villanova, win or lose.
ELITE EIGHT March Madness 2018
The 2018 NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight tips off on Saturday, with four teams -- the two best in the South and in the West -- meet for the right to go to the Final Four in Houston.
The South regional final features No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Villanova, which are playing like two of the best teams in the country right now, and which put on clinics in their Sweet Sixteen games. Villanova was especially impressive against Miami in the Sweet 16. The Wildcats put up an other-worldly 1.56 points per possession, and 92 total points, against the Hurricanes, continuing the offensive dominance they showed in an 87-point outing against Iowa in the Round of 32.
Meanwhile, Kansas cruised to a win over talented Maryland behind a strong second half on offense. Both teams have had complete control of all three of their games so far, and KenPom.com predicts a very even game, giving both teams a 50 percent chance to win.
Two high-flying offenses meet out West, as well. No. 1 Oregon used a brilliant offensive performance -- and a shot that made Mike Krzyzewski angry -- to beat Duke, while No. 2 Oklahoma caught fire from beyond the three-point arc to blow out Texas A&M. If you like points, Saturday's games are for you.
The South regional final features No. 1 Kansas and No. 2 Villanova, which are playing like two of the best teams in the country right now, and which put on clinics in their Sweet Sixteen games. Villanova was especially impressive against Miami in the Sweet 16. The Wildcats put up an other-worldly 1.56 points per possession, and 92 total points, against the Hurricanes, continuing the offensive dominance they showed in an 87-point outing against Iowa in the Round of 32.
Meanwhile, Kansas cruised to a win over talented Maryland behind a strong second half on offense. Both teams have had complete control of all three of their games so far, and KenPom.com predicts a very even game, giving both teams a 50 percent chance to win.
Two high-flying offenses meet out West, as well. No. 1 Oregon used a brilliant offensive performance -- and a shot that made Mike Krzyzewski angry -- to beat Duke, while No. 2 Oklahoma caught fire from beyond the three-point arc to blow out Texas A&M. If you like points, Saturday's games are for you.
SWEET 16 March Madness 2018
Welcome to the Sweet 16, otherwise known as the ACC Invitational (with a few outsiders). The fact that one league composes 37.5 percent of the surviving March Madness bracket is the latest head-shaking, logic-defying twist in an 2018 NCAA Tournament that has been flooded with them.
Six teams out of 16 from one conference. "The tournament," Mike Krzyzewski said aloud, "is crazy."
Seemed that way Sunday, anyway, when Northern Iowa could not hold a 12-point lead in 44 seconds.
When Maryland went 1-of-18 in 3-pointers and moved past Hawaii, anyway.
When Notre Dame was saved by a reserve averaging 2.5 points a game.
When Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig – 3-for-17 in 3-pointers the previous three games – hit two in the last 14 seconds to break Xavier’s hearts.
When Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield waited until his team was tied and in trouble against VCU with 11 minutes left to bring his A game – scoring 21 points in those 11 minutes.
And just look at the curvy roads taken by some of the 16..
Syracuse lost five of its last six regular season games?
Wisconsin was once 9-9, with an interim coach and the team calling a players’ only meeting after losing to Northwestern?
Gonzaga was on the brink of being left out of the tournament?
Indiana’s Tom Crean was toast, according to talk shows and critics?
Texas A&M needed 12 points in 44 seconds just to get into overtime? "I still don’t know what happened," Billy Kennedy said afterward. And he was the winning coach.
What happened is Northern Iowa had only eight turnovers the first 39 minutes and 30 seconds of regulation, and four in the last 30 seconds. "Thirty seconds," coach Ben Jacobson said, "that we aren’t going to be able to ever have an answer for."
Six teams out of 16 from one conference. "The tournament," Mike Krzyzewski said aloud, "is crazy."
Seemed that way Sunday, anyway, when Northern Iowa could not hold a 12-point lead in 44 seconds.
When Maryland went 1-of-18 in 3-pointers and moved past Hawaii, anyway.
When Notre Dame was saved by a reserve averaging 2.5 points a game.
When Wisconsin’s Bronson Koenig – 3-for-17 in 3-pointers the previous three games – hit two in the last 14 seconds to break Xavier’s hearts.
When Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield waited until his team was tied and in trouble against VCU with 11 minutes left to bring his A game – scoring 21 points in those 11 minutes.
And just look at the curvy roads taken by some of the 16..
Syracuse lost five of its last six regular season games?
Wisconsin was once 9-9, with an interim coach and the team calling a players’ only meeting after losing to Northwestern?
Gonzaga was on the brink of being left out of the tournament?
Indiana’s Tom Crean was toast, according to talk shows and critics?
Texas A&M needed 12 points in 44 seconds just to get into overtime? "I still don’t know what happened," Billy Kennedy said afterward. And he was the winning coach.
What happened is Northern Iowa had only eight turnovers the first 39 minutes and 30 seconds of regulation, and four in the last 30 seconds. "Thirty seconds," coach Ben Jacobson said, "that we aren’t going to be able to ever have an answer for."
2nd ROUND March Madness 2018
All the questions will be answered when the 2018 NCAA Tournament's second round begins on Saturday. There are eight games on tap for day three of the big dance, and there's plenty to like about this schedule. Indiana and Kentucky will clash in a battle of college basketball royalty. The same goes for a 1-vs.-9 seed matchup between Kansas and Connecticut. On the other side of the spectrum, Yale and Little Rock will try to make history, while Gonzaga and Wichita State work to prove their Cinderella cred is still good.
The day kicks off with the Shockers' attempt to become the third team in NCAA history to win three games in five days and advance from the First Four to the Sweet Sixteen. Wichita State's lockdown defense put the clamps on Vanderbilt and Arizona in its first two games; those two power conference programs managed to shoot just 35.6 percent from the field in defeat. With tournament veterans Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet (9-3 in the NCAAT all-time) leading the way, they'll push No. 3 seed Miami to the limit.
Nine hours later, Providence and North Carolina will cap off the day's action in a rematch of a 2014 big dance thriller. That year, the Tar Heels held off an underdog Friar team in a 79-77 barnburner. Providence's All-American point guard Kris Dunn was just a freshman then, and injuries prevented him from seeing the court. Now, he'll have a chance for revenge after leading his team to a thrilling 70-69 victory over USC.
The day kicks off with the Shockers' attempt to become the third team in NCAA history to win three games in five days and advance from the First Four to the Sweet Sixteen. Wichita State's lockdown defense put the clamps on Vanderbilt and Arizona in its first two games; those two power conference programs managed to shoot just 35.6 percent from the field in defeat. With tournament veterans Ron Baker and Fred VanVleet (9-3 in the NCAAT all-time) leading the way, they'll push No. 3 seed Miami to the limit.
Nine hours later, Providence and North Carolina will cap off the day's action in a rematch of a 2014 big dance thriller. That year, the Tar Heels held off an underdog Friar team in a 79-77 barnburner. Providence's All-American point guard Kris Dunn was just a freshman then, and injuries prevented him from seeing the court. Now, he'll have a chance for revenge after leading his team to a thrilling 70-69 victory over USC.
1st ROUND March Madness 2018
The 2018 NCAA Tournament is in full swing with 32 teams looking to advance in Thursday's first round that is sure to be filled with all the drama, big shots and upsets we've come to expect from March.
Get all the scores and more from the opening of the tournament Thursday.
Every NCAA Tournament game will be available on TBS, CBS, TNT or truTV, and you can watch every game with March Madness Live and on the March Madness Live app.
Get all the scores and more from the opening of the tournament Thursday.
Every NCAA Tournament game will be available on TBS, CBS, TNT or truTV, and you can watch every game with March Madness Live and on the March Madness Live app.
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