March Madness 2021 dates, schedule and locations

See below for the dates, locations and schedule for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, aka March Madness 2021. The Final Four will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

NOTES: On 11/16/2020, the NCAA announced that the 2021 NCAA Tournament would be held in one, centralized location, due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1/4/2021, the NCAA announced that all tournament games would take place in and around Indianapolis, Indiana.

Dates:

• Selection Sunday: March 14, 2021
• First Four: March 18, 2021
• First and Second Rounds: March 19-22, 2021
• Regional Semifinals: March 27-30, 2021
• National Semifinals (Final Four): Saturday, April 3, 2021
• National Championship Game: Monday, April 5, 2021

Locations:

• Indianapolis
  • Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Host: Ball State University)
  • Lucas Oil Stadium, two courts (Host: Horizon League)
  • Hinkle Fieldhouse (Host: Butler University)
  • Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Host: IUPUI)
• Bloomington
  • Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (Host: Indiana University)
• West Lafayette
  • Mackey Arena (Host: Purdue University)

 

All locations listed below are the originally scheduled game locations for reference.

First Four

University of Dayton Arena – Dayton, Ohio – March 16-17, 2021 (Host: University of Dayton)

 

First and Second Rounds

Dunkin’ Donuts Center – Providence, Rhode Island – March 18 & 20, 2021 (Host: Providence College)

ExtraMile Arena – Boise, Idaho – March 18 & 20, 2021 (Host: Boise State University)

Little Caesars Arena – Detroit, Michigan – March 18 & 20, 2021 (Host: University of Detroit Mercy, Oakland University)

American Airlines Center – Dallas, Texas – March 18 & 20, 2021 (Host: Big 12 Conference)

Intrust Bank Arena – Wichita, Kansas – March 19 & 21, 2021 (Host: Wichita State University)

Rupp Arena – Lexington, Kentucky – March 19 & 21, 2021 (Host: University of Kentucky)

PNC Arena – Raleigh, North Carolina – March 19 & 21, 2021 (Host: North Carolina State University)

SAP Center – San Jose, California – March 19 & 21, 2021 (Host: West Coast Conference)

Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen) and Finals (Elite Eight)

Midwest Regional: Target Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota – March 25 & 27, 2021 (Host: University of Minnesota)

West Regional: Pepsi Center – Denver, Colorado – March 25 & 27, 2021 (Host: Mountain West Conference)

South Regional: FedExForum – Memphis, Tennessee – March 26 & 28, 2021 (Host: University of Memphis)

East Regional: Barclays Center – Brooklyn, New York – March 26 & 28, 2021 (Host: Atlantic 10 Conference)

 

National Semifinals (Final Four) and Championship

Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis, Indiana – April 3 & 5, 2021 (Host: Horizon League)

 

Additional Facts

This is the third time that Lucas Oil Stadium (opened in 2008) will host the NCAA Final Four – previously doing so in 2010 and 2015 – and the eighth time for the city of Indianapolis. The 1980 Final Four was held at Market Square Arena (closed 1999) and the event was held four times at the former RCA Dome (1991, 1997, 2000 and 2006). The Final Four will return to Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium in 2026.

Television rights for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament are held by CBS Sports and Turner Sports, as games will be broadcast on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. Radio rights are held exclusively by Westwood One.