2016 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2016 first 4 (orange) , first , second rounds march 17 , 19 (green) march 18 , 20 (blue)



















2016 regionals (blue) , final 4 (red)

previously, round of 64 known second round since 2011 edition, reverted moniker first round coming tournament. first 4 named first round.

first four

march 15 , 16

university of dayton arena, dayton, ohio (host: university of dayton)

first , second rounds

march 17 , 19

dunkin donuts center, providence, rhode island (host: providence college)
wells fargo arena, des moines, iowa, (host: iowa state university)
pnc arena, raleigh, north carolina, (host: north carolina state university)
pepsi center, denver, colorado, (host: mountain west conference)


march 18 , 20

barclays center, brooklyn, new york city, new york, (host: atlantic 10 conference)
scottrade center, st. louis, missouri, (host: missouri valley conference)
chesapeake energy arena, oklahoma city, oklahoma, (host: big 12 conference)
spokane veterans memorial arena, spokane, washington, (host: university of idaho)

regional semifinals , finals (sweet sixteen , elite eight)

march 24 , 26

south regional, kfc yum! center, louisville, kentucky, (host: university of louisville)
west regional, honda center, anaheim, california, (host: big west conference)


march 25 , 27

east regional, wells fargo center, philadelphia, (host: la salle university)
midwest regional, united center, chicago, (host: big ten conference)

national semifinals , championship (final 4 , championship)

april 2 , 4

nrg stadium, houston, texas (hosts: rice university, texas southern university, university of houston)