2018 NCAA Division One Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 NCAA Division One Men's Basketball Tournament
2018 NCAA Division One Men's Basketball Tournament
	2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
General information
March 13 - April 2, 2018
Number of participants	68
Venue of the Final Four
Arena	Alamodome
City	San Antonio , Texas
Final Four
Champion	Villanova Wildcats (3rd title)
Finalist	Michigan Wolverins (7th Final)
Semi-finalists	Kansas Jayhawks (15th finale of four); Loyola Ramblers (2nd final of four)
Champions coach	Jay Wright (2nd title)
MOP	Donte Divincenzo Villanova

The 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for the NCAA First Division 2018 is an Olympic system tournament in which 68 teams have identified the U.S. national basketball champion among male student basketball teams. The first games of the tournament were held on March 13, 2018, and the final game on April 2 at Alamodoum in San Antonio , Texas . The champion of the tournament was the Villanova Wildcats team, which defeated Kansas Jayhox in the final match with a score of 79:62.

This tournament was remembered by many unexpected results and outsider victories. So, during the first round, for the first time in the history of the tournament, the 16th seeding number (UMBK) beat the first number ( Virginia ) with a score of 74:54, and also for the first time the first four seeding numbers of one region did not reach the 1/8 finals. In the final of the region, the 11th seeding number of Loyola Ramblers and the 9th number of Kansas State Wildcats met.

Content

1 NCAA 2018 Schedule and Venues
2 Qualifications
- 2.1 Automatic qualification
- 2.2 Tournament seeding
3 Tournament grid
- 3.1 The First Four - Dayton, Ohio
- 3.2 Southern Region - Atlanta, Georgia
  - 3.2.1 Final of the Southern Region
  - 3.2.2 South Region National Team
- 3.3 West Region - Los Angeles, California
  - 3.3.1 West End
  - 3.3.2 Team of the West Region
- 3.4 East Region - Boston, Massachusetts
  - 3.4.1 Eastern Region Final
  - 3.4.2 Eastern Region Team
- 3.5 Midwest Region - Omaha, Nebraska
  - 3.5.1 Midwest Final
  - 3.5.2 Midwest Team
- 3.6 Final Four - Glendale, Arizona
  - 3.6.1 National Finals
  - 3.6.2 Team of all the stars of the Final Four
4 notes
5 Links

2018 NCAA Tournament Schedules and Venues

Dayton

Pittsburgh

Charlotte

Wichita

Boise

Detroit

Nashville

San diego

Dallas

Venues First Four (orange), first and second rounds (green)

Atlanta

Los Angeles

Boston

Omaha

San antonio

Regional Finals (Blue) and Finals Four (Red)

Schedule and Venues: ^[1]

First four

March 13-14
- University of Dayton Arena , Dayton ( Ohio )

First and second rounds

March 15 and 17
- PPG Paints Arena , Pittsburgh ( PA ) (Host: Ducane University )
- Intrast Bank Arena , Wichita ( Kansas ) (Host: Wichita University )
- American Airlines Center , Dallas ( TX ) (Host: Big 12 Conference )
- Taco Bell Arena , Boise (city) ( Idaho ) (Host: Boise State University of Idaho )
March 16 and 18
- Spectrum Center , Charlotte ( North Carolina ) (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte )
- Little Cesars Arena , Detroit ( MI ) (Host: University of Detroit Mersey )
- Bridgestone Arena , Nashville ( Tennessee ) (Host: Ohio Conference )
- Vieias Arena , San Diego ( California ) (Host: California State University of San Diego )

Regional semi-finals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 22-24
- West Region , Staples Center , Los Angeles ( CA ) (Host: Pepperdine University )
- Southern Region , Philips Arena , Atlanta ( Georgia ) (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology )
March 23 and 25
- East Region , TD Garden , Boston ( Massachusetts ) (Host: Boston College )
- Midwest Region , Century Link Center Omaha , Omaha ( Nebraska ) (Host: Creighton University )

National Semifinals and Finals (Final Four and Final)

March 31 - April 2
- Alamodome , San Antonio ( Texas ) (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio )

Qualification

The NCAA's first division in the 2017/18 season included 351 basketball teams, but four of them - Alabama A&M, Grambling State, Savannah State and Southeast Missouri State were not allowed to participate in the tournament due to poor academic performance of athletes ^{[2 ]} . Later, the league management allowed the Savannah State to participate in postseasonal tournaments.

Auto Qualification

The list contains teams that have automatically qualified for the tournament, having won their conferences in the tournament ^[3] .

The conference	Educational institution	Of participation	Last time
America east	UMBK	2	2008
American	Cincinnati	32	2017
Atlantic 10	Davidson	fourteen	2015
ACC	Virginia	22	2017
Atlantic sun	Lipsky	one	never
Big 12	Kansas	47	2017
Big east	Villanova	38	2017
Big sky	Montana	eleven	2013
Big south	Redford	3	2009
Big ten	Michigan	28	2017
Big west	Cal State Fullerton	3	2008
CAA	Charleston College	5	1999
C-usa	Marshall	6	1987
Horizon	Wright State	3	2007
Ivy league	Penn	24	2007
MAAC	Aiona	13	2017
MAC	Buffalo	3	2016
MEAC	Central north carolina	3	2017
Missouri valley	Loyola Chicago	6	1985
Mountain west	San diego state	12	2015
Nec	Barking Brooklyn	7	2013
Ohio valley	Murray State	16	2012
Pac-12	Arizona	35	2017
Patriot	Bucknell	8	2017
Sec	Kentucky	58	2017
Southern	USK Greensboro	3	2001
Southland	Stephen F. Austin	5	2016
Swac	South texas	8	2017
Summit league	South Dakota State	5	2017
Sun belt	Georgia State	four	2015
Wcc	Gonzaga	21	2017
Wac	New Mexico State	24	2017

Tournament sowing

South Region, Philips Arena , Atlanta , Georgia
Sowing Number	University	The conference	Result	Type of qualification	Overall rating
one	Virginia	ACC	31-2	Automatic	one
2	Cincinnati	American	30-4	Automatic	8
3	Tennessee	Sec	25-8	At large	10
four	Arizona	Pac-12	27-7	Automatic	16
5	Kentucky	Sec	24-10	Automatic	17
6	Miami	ACC	22-9	At large	22
7	Nevada	Mountain west	27-7	At large	27
8	Creighton	Big east	21-11	At large	thirty
9	Kansas State	Big 12	22-11	At large	34
10	Texas	Big 12	19-14	At large	39
eleven	Loyola Chicago	Missouri valley	28-5	Automatic	46
12	Davidson	Atlantic 10	21-11	Automatic	48
13	Buffalo	MAC	26-8	Automatic	52
fourteen	Wright State	Horizon	25-9	Automatic	57
fifteen	Georgia State	Sun belt	24-10	Automatic	60
16	UMBK	America east	24-10	Automatic	63

West Region, Staples Center , Los Angeles , California
Sowing Number	University	The conference	Result	Type of qualification	Overall rating
one	Xavier	Big east	28-5	At large	four
2	North Carolina	ACC	25-10	At large	5
3	Michigan	Big ten	28-7	Automatic	eleven
four	Gonzaga	Wcc	30-4	Automatic	fifteen
5	Ohio State	Big ten	24-8	At large	twenty
6	Houston	American	26-7	At large	23
7	Texas A&M	Sec	20-12	At large	25
8	Missouri	Sec	20-12	At large	32
9	Florida State	ACC	20-11	At large	38
10	Providence	Big east	21-13	At large	35
eleven	San diego state	Mountain west	22-10	Automatic	45
12	South Dakota State	Summit League	28-6	Automatic	49
13	USK Greensboro	Southern	27-7	Automatic	52
fourteen	Montana	Big sky	26-7	Automatic	56
fifteen	Lipsky	Atlantic sun	23-9	Automatic	59
16*	Central north carolina	MEAC	19-15	Automatic	67
16*	South texas	Swac	15-19	Automatic	68

East Region, TD Garden , Boston , Massachusetts
Sowing Number	University	The conference	Result	Type of qualification	Overall rating
one	Villanova	Big east	30-4	Automatic	2
2	Purdue	Big ten	28-6	At large	7
3	Texas Tech	Big 12	24-9	At large	12
four	Wichita	American	25-7	At large	fourteen
5	West virginia	Big 12	24-10	At large	eighteen
6	Florida	Sec	20-12	At large	21
7	Arkansas	Sec	23-11	At large	26
8	Virginia Tech	ACC	21-11	At large	31
9	Alabama	Sec	19-15	At large	36
10	Butler	Big east	20-13	At large	33
eleven*	Saint Bonaventure	Atlantic 10	25-7	At large	42
eleven*	UCLA	Pac-12	21-11	At large	41
12	Murray State	Ohio valley	26-5	Automatic	fifty
13	Marshall	C-usa	24-10	Automatic	54
fourteen	Stephen F. Austin	Southland	28-6	Automatic	58
fifteen	Cal State Fullerton	Big west	20-11	Automatic	61
16*	Barking Brooklyn	Nec	18-16	Automatic	66
16*	Redford	Big south	22-12	Automatic	65

Midwest Region, Century Link Center Omaha , Omaha , Nebraska
Sowing Number	University	The conference	Result	Type of qualification	Overall rating
one	Kansas	Big 12	27-7	Automatic	3
2	Duke	ACC	26-7	At large	6
3	Michigan State	Big ten	29-4	At large	9
four	Auburn	Sec	25-7	At large	13
5	Clemson	ACC	23-9	At large	19
6	TSU	Big 12	21-11	At large	24
7	Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	25-7	At large	28
8	Seton Hall	Big east	21-11	At large	29th
9	SC State	ACC	21-11	At large	37
10	Oklahoma	Big 12	18-13	At large	40
eleven*	Arizona State	Pac-12	20-11	At large	43
eleven*	Syracuse	ACC	20-13	At large	44
12	New Mexico State	Wac	28-5	Automatic	47
13	Charleston College	CAA	26-7	Automatic	53
fourteen	Bucknell	Patriot	25-9	Automatic	55
fifteen	Aiona	MAAC	20-13	Automatic	62
16	Penn	Ivy League	24-8	Automatic	64

* See “ The First Four ”

Tournament grid

* - means that victory is won in overtime

Time is given in North American Eastern Time Zone ( UTC-04 ), unless otherwise specified

First Four - Dayton, Ohio

March 13 - East Region

16	Barking Brooklyn	61
16	Redford	71

March 13 - East Region

eleven	Saint Bonaventure	65
eleven	UCLA	58

March 14 - West Region

16	Central north carolina	46
16	South texas	64

March 14 - Midwest Region

eleven	Arizona State	56
eleven	Syracuse	60

South Region - Atlanta, Georgia.

First round Round of 64 March 15-16			Second round Round of 32 March 17-18			Regional semi-finals Sweet 16 March 22			Regional finale Elite 8 March 24

one	Virginia	54
16	UMBK	74
			16	UMBK	43
Charlotte - Fri / Sun
			9	Kansas State	fifty
8	Creighton	59

9	Kansas State	69
						9	Kansas State	61

						5	Kentucky	58
5	Kentucky	78

12	Davidson	33
			5	Kentucky	95
Boise - Thu / Sat
			13	Buffalo	75
four	Arizona	68

13	Buffalo	89
									9	Kansas State	62

									eleven	Loyola Chicago	78
6	Miami	62

eleven	Loyola Chicago	64
			eleven	Loyola Chicago	63
Dallas - Thu / Sat
			3	Tennessee	62
3	Tennessee	73

fourteen	Wright State	47
						eleven	Loyola Chicago	69

						7	Nevada	68
7	Nevada	87 *

10	Texas	83
			7	Nevada	75
Nashville - Fri / Sun
			2	Cincinnati	73
2	Cincinnati	68

fifteen	Georgia State	53

Southern Region Final

March 24, 2018 6:09 pm CDT	Report	# 11 Loyola Chicago	78: 62	# 9 Kansas State	Philips Arena , Atlanta , Georgia Spectators: 15 477 Judges: Jerry Pollard, Terry Wimer, Burt Smith	Tbs
		B. Richardson - 23	Glasses	The ex. Snead - 16
		D. Ingram - 8	Rebounds	The ex. Snead - 6
		C. Custer - 5	Gears	C. Stokes - 4

Southern Region Team

Ben Richardson (Loyola-Chicago) - The most outstanding player in the Southern Region ^[4]
Clayton Custer (Loyola Chicago)
Donte Ingram (Loyola Chicago)
Xavier Snead (Kansas State)
Barry Brown (Kansas State)

West Region - Los Angeles, California

First round Round of 64 March 15-16			Second round Round of 32 March 17-18			Regional semi-finals Sweet 16 March 22			Regional finale Elite 8 March 24

one	Xavier	102
16	South texas	83
			one	Xavier	70
Nashville - Fri / Sun
			9	Florida State	75
8	Missouri	54

9	Florida State	67
						9	Florida State	75

						four	Gonzaga	68
5	Ohio State	81

12	South Dakota State	73
			5	Ohio State	84
Boise - Thu / Sat
			four	Gonzaga	90
four	Gonzaga	68

13	USK Greensboro	64
									9	Florida State	54

									3	Michigan	58
6	Houston	67

eleven	San diego state	65
			6	Houston	63
Wichita - Thu / Sat
			3	Michigan	64
3	Michigan	61

fourteen	Montana	47
						3	Michigan	99

						7	Texas A&M	72
7	Texas A&M	73

10	Providence	69
			7	Texas A&M	86
Charlotte - Fri / Sun
			2	North Carolina	65
2	North Carolina	84

fifteen	Lipsky	66

West Finals

March 24, 2018 5:49 pm PDT	Report	# 9 Florida State	54: 58	# 3 Michigan	Staples Center , Los Angeles , California Spectators: 19,665 Judges: Randy McCall, Keith Kimble, John Guffney	Tbs
		P. Kofer - 16	Glasses	C. Matthews - 17
		P. Kofer - 11	Rebounds	C. Matthews - 11
		B. Angola, T. Mann, T. Forest - 2	Gears	Z. Simpson - 5

West Region Team

Charles Matthews (Michigan) is the most outstanding player in the Western region ^[5]
Moritz Wagner (Michigan)
Mahmoud Ali Abdur-Rahman (Michigan)
Phil Kofer (Florida State)
Terence Mann (Florida State)

East Region - Boston, Massachusetts

First round Round of 64 March 15-16			Second round Round of 32 March 17			Regional semi-finals Sweet 16 March 23			Regional finale Elite 8 March 25

one	Villanova	87
16	Redford	61
			one	Villanova	81
Pittsburgh - Thu / Sat
			9	Alabama	58
8	Virginia Tech	83

9	Alabama	86
						one	Villanova	90

						5	West virginia	78
5	West virginia	85

12	Murray State	68
			5	West virginia	94
San Diego - Fri / Sun
			13	Marshall	71
four	Wichita	75

13	Marshall	81
									one	Villanova	71

									3	Texas Tech	59
6	Florida	77

eleven	Saint Bonaventure	62
			6	Florida	66
Dallas - Thu / Sat
			3	Texas Tech	69
3	Texas Tech	70

fourteen	Stephen F. Austin	60
						3	Texas Tech	78

						2	Purdue	65
7	Arkansas	62

10	Butler	79
			10	Butler	73
Detroit - Fri / Sun
			2	Purdue	76
2	Purdue	74

fifteen	Cal State Fullerton	48

East Finals

March 25, 2018 2:20 pm EDT	Report	# 3 Texas Tech	59: 71	# 1 Villanova	TD Garden , Boston , Massachusetts Spectators: 19 169 Judges: Terry Oglesby, Mike Reid, Michael Stevens	Cbs
		C. Evans - 12	Glasses	J. Brunson - 15
		J. Gray - 9	Rebounds	I. Pascal - 14
		C. Evans - 4	Gears	J. Brunson - 4

East Region Team

Jalen Brunson (Villanova) - the most outstanding player in the Eastern region ^[6]
Omari Spellman (Villanova)
Eric Pascal (Villanova)
Carsen Edwards (Purdue)
Keenan Evans (Texas Tech)

Midwest Region - Omaha, Nebraska

First round Round of 64 March 15-16			Second round Round of 32 March 17-18			Regional semi-finals Sweet 16 March 23			Regional finale Elite 8 March 25

one	Kansas	76
16	Penn	60
			one	Kansas	83
Wichita - Thu / Sat
			8	Seton Hall	79
8	Seton Hall	94

9	SC State	83
						one	Kansas	80

						5	Clemson	76
5	Clemson	79

12	New Mexico State	68
			5	Clemson	84
San Dikgo - Fri / Sun
			four	Auburn	53
four	Auburn	62

13	Charleston College	58
									one	Kansas	85 *

									2	Duke	81
6	TSU	52

eleven	Syracuse	57
			eleven	Syracuse	55
Detroit - Fri / Sun
			3	Michigan State	53
3	Michigan State	82

fourteen	Bucknell	78
						eleven	Syracuse	65

						2	Duke	69
7	Rhode Island	83 *

10	Oklahoma	78
			7	Rhode Island	62
Pittsburgh - Thu / Sat
			2	Duke	87
2	Duke	89

fifteen	Aiona	67

Midwestern Final

March 31, 2018 5:09 pm CDT	Report	# 11 Loyola	57: 69	# 3 Michigan	Alamodome , San Antonio , Texas Viewers: 68 257 Judges: Roger Ayers, Mike Rogers, Terry Oglesby	Tbs
		K. Krutvig - 17	Glasses	M. Wagner - 24
		D. Ingram - 9	Rebounds	M. Wagner - 15
		D. Ingram - 2	Gears	Z. Simpson - 3

March 31, 2018 7:49 pm CDT	Report	# 1 Kansas	79: 95	# 1 Villanova	Alamodome , San Antonio , Texas Viewers: 68 257 Judges: Randy McCall, Michael Stevens, Kipp Kissinger	Tbs
		D. Graham - 23	Glasses	I. Pascal - 24
		M. Newman - 8	Rebounds	O. Spellman - 13
		D. Graham, S. Mikhaylyuk - 3	Gears	P. Booth, J. Brunson - 6

Midwest Team

Mike Newman (Kansas) - The most outstanding player in the Midwest region ^[7]
Trevon Duval (Duke)
Gabe Devo (Clemson)
Marvin Bagley III (Duke)
Devonte Graham (Kansas)
Gary Trent (Duke)

Final Four - Glendale, Arizona

National semifinals March 31			National finals April 2

S11	Loyola Chicago	57
W3	Michigan	69
			W3	Michigan	62
			E1	Villanova	79
E1	Villanova	95
MW1	Kansas	79

National Finals

April 2, 2018 8:20 pm CDT	Report	# 3 Michigan	62: 79	# 1 Villanova	Alamodome , San Antonio , Texas Spectators: 67 831 Judges: Doug Sirmons, Terry Uwimer, Jeffrey Anderson	Tbs
		M. Abdur-Rahman - 23	Glasses	D. Divincenzo - 31
		M. Wagner - 7	Rebounds	O. Spellman - 11
		Z. Simpson - 2	Gears	D. Divicenzo - 3

All Four Final All-Star Team

Donte Divincenzo (Villanova) - the most outstanding player ^[8]
Mikal Bridges (Villanova)
Jalen Brunson (Villanova)
Eric Pascal (Villanova)
Mortiz Wagner (Michigan)

Notes

↑ 2016-18 preliminary rounds ( unopened ) (unreachable link) (November 14, 2014). Date of treatment February 22, 2018. Archived March 7, 2018.
↑ Division I teams face penalties, lose postseason (neopr.) . NCAA (May 10, 2017).
↑ NCAA conference tournament schedule: Tracking March Madness automatic bids (neopr.) . NCAA. Date of treatment March 4, 2018.
↑ Culpepper, Juliakate . Loyola dominates Kansas State to reach Final Four (March 25, 2018). Date of appeal March 25, 2018.
↑ Seidel, Jeff . Michigan's Charles Matthews the hero; Wolverines advance to Final Four (March 24, 2018). Date of appeal March 25, 2018.
↑ marchmadness. East Region All-Tournament Team . [tweet] (unspecified) . Twitter (March 25, 2018) .
↑ marchmadness. Midwest Region All-Tournament Team . [tweet] (unspecified) . Twitter (March 25, 2018) .
↑ Villanova Wins National Championship For Second Time in Three Years (neopr.) . villanova.com (April 3, 2018). Date of treatment April 3, 2018.

Links

NCAA Men's Basketball Division I

[1] 2016-18 preliminary rounds ( unopened ) (unreachable link) (November 14, 2014). Date of treatment February 22, 2018. Archived March 7, 2018.

[2] Division I teams face penalties, lose postseason (neopr.) . NCAA (May 10, 2017).

[3] NCAA conference tournament schedule: Tracking March Madness automatic bids (neopr.) . NCAA. Date of treatment March 4, 2018.

[South_all-tournament-4] Culpepper, Juliakate . Loyola dominates Kansas State to reach Final Four (March 25, 2018). Date of appeal March 25, 2018.

[West_all-tournament-5] Seidel, Jeff . Michigan's Charles Matthews the hero; Wolverines advance to Final Four (March 24, 2018). Date of appeal March 25, 2018.

[eastreg-6] marchmadness. East Region All-Tournament Team . [tweet] (unspecified) . Twitter (March 25, 2018) .

[mwreg-7] marchmadness. Midwest Region All-Tournament Team . [tweet] (unspecified) . Twitter (March 25, 2018) .

[finalfouratt-8] Villanova Wins National Championship For Second Time in Three Years (neopr.) . villanova.com (April 3, 2018). Date of treatment April 3, 2018.