OFFICIAL BRACKET PRESENTED BY

2021 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

2016 DIVISION I MEN’S
FIRST ROUND SECOND ROUND SWEET 16 ELITE 8® NATIONAL SEMIFINALS NATIONAL SEMIFINALS ELITE 8® SWEET 16 SECOND ROUND FIRST ROUND
MARCH 20 MARCH 22 MARCH 27–28 MARCH 29–30 APRIL 3 APRIL 3 MARCH 29–30 MARCH 27–28 MARCH 21 MARCH 19

FIRST FOUR®
16 Norfolk St. (16-7) 11 Wichita St. (16-5) Mount St. Mary's (12-10) 16 Michigan St. (15-12) 11
Mar 18 Mar 18 MARCH 18 Mar 18 Mar 18
16 Appalachian St. (17-11) W 11 Drake (25-4) W E Texas Southern (16-8) 16 E UCLA (17-9) 11

1 Gonzaga (26-0) Baylor (22-2) 1

Mar 20 Gonzaga Baylor Mar 19
16 Norfolk St./App St. Hartford (15-8) 16
Gonzaga Baylor
8 Oklahoma (15-10) North Carolina (18-10) 8
Mar 20 Oklahoma Wisconsin Mar 19
9 Missouri (16-9) Wisconsin (17-12) 9
Gonzaga Baylor
5 Creighton (20-8) Villanova (16-6) 5
Mar 20 Creighton Villanova Mar 19
12 UCSB (22-4) Winthrop (23-1) 12
Virginia Purdue
4 Virginia (18-6) Purdue (18-9) 4
Mar 20 Virginia Purdue Mar 19
13 Ohio (16-7) North Texas (17-9) 13
Gonzaga Baylor
6 USC (22-7)
WEST SOUTH Texas Tech (17-10) 6
Mar 20 USC Texas Tech Mar 19
11 Wichita St./Drake Utah St. (20-8) 11
USC Texas Tech
3 Kansas (20-8) Arkansas (22-6) 3
Mar 20 Kansas Arkansas Mar 19
14 Eastern Wash. (16-7) Colgate (14-1) 14
Iowa Ohio St.
7 Oregon (20-6) Florida (14-9) 7
Mar 20 VCU Florida Mar 19
10 VCU (19-7) NATIONAL Virginia Tech (15-6) 10
Iowa CHAMPIONSHIP Ohio St.
2 Iowa (21-8) APRIL 5 Ohio St. (21-9) 2
Mar 20 Iowa Ohio St. Mar 19
15 Grand Canyon (17-6) Oral Roberts (16-10) 15
Michigan Michigan Houston
1 Michigan (20-4) Illinois (23-6) 1
Mar 20 Michigan SEMIFINALS SEMIFINALS
Illinois Mar 19
16 Mt. St. Mary’s/Texas So. Drexel (12-7) 16
Michigan Illinois
8 LSU (18-9) Loyola Chicago (24-4) 8
Mar 20 St. Bonaventure Loyola Mar 19
9 St. Bonaventure (16-4) Georgia Tech (17-8) 9
Michigan Illinois
5 Colorado (22-8) Tennessee (18-8) 5
Mar 20 Colorado Tennessee Mar 19
12 Georgetown (13-12) Oregon St. (17-12) 12
Florida St. Tennessee
4 Florida St. (16-6) Oklahoma St. (20-8) 4
Mar 20 Florida St. Oklahoma St. Mar 19
13 UNC Greensboro (21-8) Liberty (23-5) 13
Michigan Houston
6 BYU (20-6)
EAST MIDWEST San Diego St. (23-4) 6
Mar 20 Michigan St. #MARCHMADNESS Syracuse Mar 19
11 Michigan St./UCLA Watch the tournament on these networks
Syracuse (16-9) 11
Michigan St. or online at NCAA.COM/MARCHMADNESS
West Virginia
3 Texas (19-7) West Virginia (18-9) 3
Mar 20 Texas West Virginia Mar 19
14 Abilene Christian (23-4) Morehead St. (23-7) 14
Alabama Houston
7 UConn (15-7) Clemson (16-7) 7
Mar 20 UConn *On March 14, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee will select eight teams to play the First Four. Those games are scheduled for March 18 in West Lafayette and Bloomington.
Rutgers Mar 19
10 Maryland (16-13) The four winning teams will advance to first-round sites to be determined by the committee during selection weekend.
Rutgers (15-11) 10
Alabama Houston
First-/second-round and regional sites will be placed in the bracket by the committee March 14.

March 19 and 20 first-round sites: Indianapolis, West Lafayette, Bloomington

2 Alabama (24-6) March 21 and 22 second-round site: Indianapolis
Houston (24-3) 2
Alabama
March 27–30 regional site: Indianapolis
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15 Iona (12-5) No commercial use without the NCAA’s written permission.
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Cleveland St. (19-7) 15