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The 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a
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of 68 teams to determine the men's
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national champion for the 2017–18 season. The 80th annual edition of the
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began on March 13, 2018, and concluded with the championship game on April 2, at the
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. During the first round, UMBC became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed in the men's tournament by defeating
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74–54. For the first time in tournament history, all four top-seeded teams in a single region (the South) failed to make the Sweet 16. The tournament also featured the first regional final matchup of a 9-seed ( Kansas State) and an 11-seed ( Loyola–Chicago). Villanova (returning after their 2016 national championship),
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(making their first appearance since their runner-up finish in
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(returning after their runner-up finish in
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), and Loyola–Chicago (the " Cinderella team" of the tournament, and the fourth 11-seed to reach the Final Four, after VCU in
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), all reached the Final Four. Villanova defeated Michigan in the championship game, 79–62. The 2018 tournament was the first time since
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that none of the six Division I college basketball-playing schools based in the Washington, DC metropolitan areaAmerican, Georgetown,
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– made the NCAA tournament.
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champion Lipscomb made its NCAA tournament debut.


Tournament procedure

A total of 68 teams entered the 2018 tournament. 32 automatic bids were awarded, one to each program that won their
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tournament. The remaining 36 bids were "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Eight teams (the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams) played in the First Four (the successor to what had been popularly known as " play-in games" through the 2010 tournament). The winners of these games advanced to the main draw of the tournament. The Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 68.


Schedule and venues

The following sites were selected to host each round of the 2018 tournament: First Four *March 13 and 14 **
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Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...
(Host:
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) First and second rounds *March 15 and 17 **
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(Host:
Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( ; also known as Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a Private university, private Catholic higher education, Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of ...
) ** Intrust Bank Arena,
Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397, ...
(Host:
Wichita State University Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...
) **
American Airlines Center The American Airlines Center (AAC) is a multi-purpose List of indoor arenas, indoor arena located in the Victory Park, Dallas, Victory Park neighborhood in downtown Dallas, Texas. The arena serves as the home of the Dallas Stars of the National ...
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(Host:
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) ** Taco Bell Arena,
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Boise State University Boise State University (BSU) is a Public university, public research university in Boise, Idaho, United States. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has b ...
) *March 16 and 18 ** Spectrum Center,
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(Host:
University of North Carolina at Charlotte The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte, or simply Charlotte) is a public research university in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. UNC Charlotte offers 24 doctoral, 66 master's, and 79 bachelor's degree programs thr ...
) **
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(Host:
University of Detroit Mercy The University of Detroit Mercy is a private Catholic university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is sponsored by both the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy. The university was founded in 1877 and is the largest Cath ...
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(Host:
Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in partnership with ...
) ** Viejas Arena,
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) Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) *March 22 and 24 **West Regional,
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) **South Regional,
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) *March 23 and 25 **East Regional,
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) **Midwest Regional, CenturyLink Center Omaha,
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) National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) *March 31 and April 2 **
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(Host:
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Qualification and selection

Four teams, out of 351 in Division I, were ineligible to participate in the 2018 tournament due to failing to meet APR requirements: Alabama A&M, Grambling State, Savannah State, and Southeast Missouri State. However, the NCAA granted the Savannah State Tigers a waiver which would have allowed the team to participate in the tournament, but the team failed to qualify.


Automatic qualifiers

The following 32 teams were automatic qualifiers for the 2018 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's automatic bid.


Tournament seeds

The tournament seeds were determined through the
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. The seeds and regions were determined as follows: *See First Four


Regional brackets

All times are listed as
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First Four –

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The First Four games involved eight teams: the four overall lowest-ranked teams, and the four lowest-ranked at-large teams.


South Regional –

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South Regional Final


South Regional all tournament team

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(Sr, Loyola–Chicago) – South Regional most outstanding player * Clayton Custer (Jr, Loyola–Chicago) * Donte Ingram (Sr, Loyola–Chicago) * Xavier Sneed (So, Kansas State) * Barry Brown Jr. (Jr, Kansas State)


West Regional –

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West Regional Final


West Regional all tournament team

* Charles Matthews (So, Michigan) – West Regional most outstanding player * Moritz Wagner (Jr, Michigan) * Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (Sr, Michigan) * Phil Cofer (Sr, Florida State) * Terance Mann (Jr, Florida State)


East Regional –

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East Regional Final


East Regional all tournament team

* Jalen Brunson (Jr, Villanova) – East Regional most outstanding player * Omari Spellman (Fr, Villanova) * Eric Paschall (Jr, Villanova) * Carsen Edwards (So, Purdue) * Keenan Evans (Sr, Texas Tech)


Midwest Regional –

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Midwest Regional Final


Midwest Regional all tournament team

* Malik Newman (So, Kansas) – Midwest Regional most outstanding player * Trevon Duval (Fr, Duke) * Gabe DeVoe (Sr, Clemson) *
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(Fr, Duke) * Devonte' Graham (Sr, Kansas) * Gary Trent Jr. (Fr, Duke)


Final Four

During the Final Four round, regardless of the seeds of the participating teams, the champion of the top overall top seed's region (Virginia's South Region) plays against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region (Loyola-Chicago's West Region), and the champion of the second overall top seed's region (Villanova's East Region) plays against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region (Kansas' Midwest Region).


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– San Antonio, Texas

Kansas vacated 15 wins, including all NCAA tournament wins from the 2017–18 season after an investigation into the eligibility of Silvio De Sousa. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Kansas removing the wins from its own record.


National semifinals


National Championship


Final Four all-tournament team

* Donte DiVincenzo (So, Villanova) – Final Four Most Outstanding Player * Mikal Bridges (Jr, Villanova) * Jalen Brunson (Jr, Villanova) * Eric Paschall (Jr, Villanova) * Moritz Wagner (Jr, Michigan)


Game summaries and tournament notes


Upsets

Per the NCAA, "Upsets are defined as when the winner of the game was seeded five or more places lower than the team it defeated." The 2018 tournament saw a total of 11 upsets; 5 of them were in the first round, 5 of them were in the second round, and one of them was in the Sweet Sixteen.


Record by conference

*The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively. *The "Record" column includes wins in the First Four for the ACC, Atlantic 10, Big South, and SWAC conferences and two losses in the First Four for the Pac-12 conference. *The MEAC and NEC conferences each had one representative, eliminated in the First Four with a record of 0–1. *The Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big West, CAA, Horizon, Ivy League, MAAC, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Summit, Sun Belt and WAC conferences each had one representative, eliminated in the first round with a record of 0–1. The Pac-12 lost all of its teams after the first day of the main tournament draw, marking the first time since the Big 12 began play in 1996 that one of the six major conferences—defined as the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, and both
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of the Big East—failed to have a team advance to the tournament's round of 32.


Media coverage


Television

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had U.S. television rights to the Tournament under the '' NCAA March Madness'' brand. As part of a cycle beginning in 2016, TBS held the rights to the Final Four and to the championship game. For the first time, TBS held the rights to the Selection Show, which expanded into a two-hour format, was presented in front of a studio audience, and promoted that the entire field of the tournament would be unveiled within the first ten minutes of the broadcast. However, this entailed the 68-team field (beginning with automatic qualifiers, followed by at-large teams) being revealed in alphabetical order, and not by bracket matchups (which was done later in the show). The new format was criticized for lacking suspense, and the show also faced criticism for technical issues, as well as a segment containing
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Television channels

*First Four –
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*First and second rounds – CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV *Regional semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) – CBS and TBS *National semifinals (Final Four) and championship – TBS


Studio hosts

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(New York City and San Antonio) – first round, second round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game *
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(New York City, Atlanta, and San Antonio) – first round, second round, regional semi-finals, Final Four and national championship game * Casey Stern (Atlanta) – First Four, first round and second round * Adam Zucker (New York) – first round and second round (game breaks)


Studio analysts

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(New York City and San Antonio) – first round, second round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game *
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(Atlanta and San Antonio) – First Four, first round, second round, regional semi-finals, Final Four and national championship game * Brendan Haywood (Atlanta and San Antonio) – First Four, first round, second round, regional semi-finals and Final Four * Clark Kellogg (New York City and San Antonio) – first round, second round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game * Gregg Marshall (Atlanta) – regional semi-finals * Frank Martin (Atlanta) – second round * Candace Parker (Atlanta and San Antonio) – First Four, first round, second round, regional semi-finals and Final Four * Kenny Smith (New York City and San Antonio) – first round, second round, regionals, Final Four and national championship game * Wally Szczerbiak (New York City) – second round * Brad Underwood (Atlanta) – first round *
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(San Antonio) – Final Four *
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(San Antonio) – Final Four * Kris Jenkins (San Antonio) – Final Four


Commentary teams

* Jim Nantz/ Bill Raftery/
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/ Tracy Wolfson – first and second rounds at Charlotte, North Carolina; Midwest Regional at Omaha, Nebraska; Final Four and National Championship at San Antonio, Texas * Brian Anderson/
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/ Lisa Byington – first and second rounds at Boise, Idaho; South Regional at Atlanta, Georgia * Ian Eagle/
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/ Allie LaForce – First Four at Dayton, Ohio (Wednesday); first and second rounds at Detroit, Michigan; East Regional at Boston, Massachusetts *
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/ Dan Bonner/ Dana Jacobson – first and second rounds at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; West Regional at Los Angeles, California * Brad Nessler/
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/ Evan Washburn – first and second rounds at Wichita, Kansas * Spero Dedes/ Steve Smith/
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– First Four at Dayton, Ohio (Tuesday); first and second rounds at Dallas, Texas * Andrew Catalon/ Steve Lappas/ Jamie Erdahl – first and second rounds at Nashville, Tennessee * Carter Blackburn/ Debbie Antonelli/ John Schriffen – first and second rounds at San Diego, California


=''Team Stream'' broadcasts

= ;Final Four * Matt Park/ Jay Feely/ Dr. Sanjay Gupta – Michigan Team Stream on TNT * Jeff Hagedorn/ Jerry Harkness/ Shams Charania – Loyola–Chicago Team Stream on truTV * Dave Armstrong/ Scot Pollard/ Rob Riggle– Kansas Team Stream on TNT * Scott Graham/ Randy Foye/ Kacie McDonnell – Villanova Team Stream on truTV ;National championship game * Matt Park/ Jay Feely/ Dr. Sanjay Gupta – Michigan Team Stream on TNT * Scott Graham/ Randy Foye/ Kacie McDonnell – Villanova Team Stream on truTV


Radio

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had exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament.


First Four

* Ted Emrich and Austin Croshere – at Dayton, Ohio


First and second rounds

* Scott Graham and
Kelly Tripucka Peter Kelly Tripucka (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 1991. He was a two-time NBA All Star and averaged over twenty points a game i ...
– Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Brandon Gaudin and Donny Marshall – Wichita, Kansas * Ryan Radtke and Jim Jackson – Dallas, Texas * Jason Benetti and Dan Dickau – Boise, Idaho * Kevin Kugler and Eric Montross/ John Thompson – Charlotte, North Carolina (Montross – Friday night; Thompson – Friday Afternoon & Sunday) * Chris Carrino and
P. J. Carlesimo Peter John Carlesimo (born May 30, 1949) is an American former basketball coach who coached in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college basketball for nearly 40 years. He is also a television broadcaster and has worked with ESP ...
– Detroit, Michigan *Ted Emrich – Friday Afternoon/ Craig Way – Friday Night & Sunday and Will Perdue – Nashville, Tennessee * John Sadak and Mike Montgomery – San Diego, California


Regionals

* Gary Cohen and P. J. Carlesimo – East Regional at Boston, Massachusetts *Kevin Kugler and Donny Marshall – Midwest Regional at Omaha, Nebraska *Brandon Gaudin and John Thompson – South Regional at Atlanta, Georgia * Tom McCarthy and Jim Jackson – West Regional at Los Angeles, California


Final Four

*Kevin Kugler, John Thompson, Clark Kellogg, and Jim Gray – San Antonio, Texas


Internet


Video

Live video of games was available for streaming through the following means: * NCAA March Madness Live (website and app, no CBS games on digital media players; access to games on Turner channels requires
TV Everywhere TV Everywhere (also known as authenticated streaming or authenticated video on-demand) refers to a type of American subscription business model wherein access to streaming video content from a television channel requires users to "authenticate" ...
authentication through provider; 3 hour preview for Turner games is provided before authentication is required) *
CBS All Access Paramount+ (formerly known as CBS All Access in the United States and 10 All Access in Australia) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Paramount Global. The service's content is drawn primarily ...
(only CBS games, service subscription required) * CBS Sports website and app (only CBS games) *
Bleacher Report ''Bleacher Report'' (often abbreviated as B/R) is a website that focuses on sports and sports culture. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London. ''Bleacher Report'' was acquired by Time Warner's Turner B ...
website and ''Team Stream'' app (only Turner games, access requires subscription) * Watch TBS website and app (only TBS games, requires TV Everywhere authentication) * Watch TNT website and app (only TNT games, requires TV Everywhere authentication) * Watch truTV website and app (only truTV games, requires TV Everywhere authentication) * Websites and apps of cable, satellite, and OTT providers of CBS & Turner (access requires subscription)


Audio

Live audio of games was available for streaming through the following means: * NCAA March Madness Live (website and app) * Westwood One Sports website *
TuneIn TuneIn is a global audio streaming service providing news, radio, sports, music, and podcasts to over 75 million monthly active users. TuneIn is operated by the privately held company TuneIn Inc. based in San Francisco, California. The comp ...
(website and app) * Websites and apps of Westwood One Sports affiliates


See also

* 2018 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament * 2018 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament * 2018 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament * 2018 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship * 2018 UMBC vs. Virginia men's basketball game


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Ncaa tournament NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Basketball competitions in San Antonio NCAA Division I Men's Basketball 2018 in San Antonio