2024 NCAA Tournament bracket, odds, dates, times, and more

The 68-team NCAA Tournament field is officially set for 2024, with UConn, Houston, North Carolina, and Purdue each securing No. 1 seeds, while eight teams are poised to duke it out in the First Four on Tuesday and Wednesday for a chance to play in the first round of the tourney.

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2024 March Madness times and dates for each round

The 2024 NCAA Tournament will begin with the First Four on Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday March, 20.

No. 16 Howard will face No. 16 Wagner at 6:40 p.m. ET on truTV before No. 10 Virginia and No. 10 Colorado State go head to head at 9:10 p.m. on the same network.

Wednesday's First Four games feature No. 16 Montana State versus No. 16 Grambling at 6:40 p.m. ET and No. 10 Boise State and No. 10 Colorado at 9:10 p.m.

All First Four games will be played in Dayton, Ohio at UD Arena.

2024 NCAA Tournament first round

Dates: March 21-22
Location: Various sites

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• 2024 NCAA Tournament second round

  • Dates: March 23-24 
    Location: Various sites

• 2024 NCAA Tournament regional semifinal

  • Dates: March 28-29
    Location: TD Garden, Boston; Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles; American Airlines Center, Dallas; Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

• 2024 NCAA Tournament regional final

  • Dates: March 30-31
    Location: TD Garden, Boston; Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles; American Airlines Center, Dallas; Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

• 2024 NCAA Tournament national semifinal

  • Date: Saturday, April 6
    Location: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

• 2024 NCAA championship game

  • Date: Monday, April 8
    Location: State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona

2024 NCAA Tournament odds and brief analysis

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After locking up the Big East regular-season and tournament titles, the UConn Huskies earned the No. 1 overall seed in the East Region of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The Huskies boast +400 odds to collect the school's sixth banner. A sixth national championship would move the program into a tie with North Carolina for the third most NCAA titles.

The Tar Heels also received a No. 1 seed from the NCAA tournament selection committee and will go for a seventh national championship. UCLA, who did not receive a bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament, has the most NCAA titles, with 11, followed by Kentucky, with eight.

North Carolina is currently the fifth choice on the NCAA tournament odds board, at +1400, and just fell to North Carolina State in the ACC Tournament final.

The No. 1 seed in the South Region, Houston, is the second choice (+500) to win the 2024 NCAA Tournament and also came up short in the Cougars' conference tournament final. Houston, who went 30-4 in the regular season, got blown out by Iowa State, 69-41, in the Big 12 Tournament final on Saturday night.

The No. 1 seed in the Midwest, Purdue, is the third choice to win the NCAA title (+600) and lost a heart-breaker in overtime to Wisconsin in a 76-75 decision in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal.

No. 2 seed Arizona is the fourth choice (+1200) ahead of North Carolina to win the school's second NCAA title in basketball. The Wildcats were 25-8 in the regular season and rank eighth in KenPom's adjusted offensive efficiency and 12th in defensive efficiency. They also rank 10th in KenPom's nonconference strength of schedule rating.

Another team who's ranked top 10 in offensive and defensive efficiency in KenPom's rankings is No. 4 seed Auburn ( +1500 ), who defeated Florida 86-67 in the SEC Tournament final on Sunday.

Auburn ranks fourth in adjusted defensive efficiency and 10th in offensive efficiency but drew a fairly weak nonconference schedule, and played Tennessee and Kentucky just once, with both matchups resulting in losses for the Tigers.

2024 March Madness fun facts

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• Since the First Four began in 2011, at least one First Four team has advanced to the second round in an all but one tournament. UCLA (2021) and VCU (2011) are the only two First Four teams to reach either the regional final or national semifinal round.
   
• Kentucky will play in the NCAA Tournament a record 61st time in 2024. North Carolina is second in NCAA Tournament appearances, with 53 as of 2024.
   
• UNC holds the record for most national semifinal appearances (21), two more than UCLA. UNC and Kentucky are also tied for the second most national championship game appearances (12), one fewer than UCLA's 13. (This does not include vacated appearances by the Bruins.)
   
• The ACC and Pac-12 are currently tied for most NCAA titles (15), while the SEC is third, with 11, based on membership at the time of tournament win. Based on current conference membership, the ACC's title number trickles up to 17, followed by the Pac-12 at 16.
   
• All four No. 1 seeds have reached the national semifinal just once, in 2008 — Kansas (champion), North Carolina, UCLA, and Memphis.
   
• There have been four instances where no No. 1 seed reached the national semifinal, including most recently in 2023.
   
• A No. 15 seed has won a first-round game in three straight years — Princeton (2023), Saint Peter's (2022), and Oral Roberts (2021)
   
• At least one top-four seed has lost in the first round in 14 of the last 15 NCAA Tournaments.
   
• No. 3 seeds own a 22-5 record versus No. 6 seeds since 2008.
   
• A double-digit seed has advanced to the regional semifinal in 15 consecutive tournaments.
   
• In nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, a team seeded seventh or worse has appeared in the national semifinal.
   
• Florida in 2007 is the last team to go back to back as NCAA Tournament champion, and no defending champ has made it beyond the regional semifinal since then.
   
• The national champion has ranked in the top 25 in KenPom's adjusted offensive and defensive efficiency rankings in 20 of the last 21 tournaments.