Sunday’s NCAA Tournament selection show will have a different format.
Airing on TBS for the first time (6 p.m., Sunday), the show will depart from its traditional breakdown of the brackets by revealing teams to make the tournament as the head-to-head matchups are announced.
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This year, all 68 teams in the tournament will be revealed before showing the head-to-head bracket matchups. TBS promises to reveal the matchups within the first hour of the two-hour long show.
The change has not been well received:
NCAA Tournament play then begins Tuesday with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. Here is the schedule:
• Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 11
• First Four: Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 14• First Round: Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16• Second Round: Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18• Sweet 16: Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23• Elite Eight: Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25• Final Four: Saturday, March 31• National Championship: Monday, April 2
First- and second-round games will be played in Pittsburgh; Wichita, Kan.; Dallas; Boise, Idaho; Charlotte; Detroit; Nashville; and San Diego.
Regional host sites (Sweet 16 and Elite Eight) are: Atlanta (South Regional); Omaha, Neb. (Midwest Regional); Los Angeles (West Regional); and Boston (East Regional).
The semifinals and national championship game with be played in San Antonio.
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