NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Future Sites Preliminary Rounds

2027 Preliminary Men's Basketball Round Sites

2027 Dates	Host(s)	Round	City, State	Facility
March 16-17	University of Dayton	Opening Round	Dayton, OH	UD Arena
March 16-17	TBD	Opening Round	TBD	TBD
March 19 and 21	UNC Charlotte / Atlantic Coast Conference	1st/2nd Rounds	Charlotte, NC	Spectrum Center
March 18 and 20	Duquesne University	1st/2nd Rounds	Pittsburgh, PA	PPG Paints Areana
March 19 and 21	University of Minnesota	1st/2nd Rounds	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center
March 18 and 20	Creighton University	1st/2nd Rounds	Omaha, NE	CHI Health Center
March 19 and 21	University of Louisville	1st/2nd Rounds	Louisville, KY	KFC Yum! Center
March 18 and 20	University of North Texas	1st/2nd Rounds	Fort Worth, TX	Dickies Arena
March 19 and 21	Cal State University, Sacramento	1st/2nd Rounds	Sacramento, CA	Golden 1 Center
March 18 and 20	University of Idaho	1st/2nd Rounds	Spokane, WA	Numerica Veterans Arena
March 26 and 28	Big East Conference / St. John's University	East Regional	New York, NY	Madison Square Garden
March 26 and 28	Big 12 Conference	Midwest Regional	Kansas City, MO	T-Mobile Center
March 25 and 27	UTSA	South Regional	San Antonio, TX	Frost Bank Center
March 25 and 27	Pepperdine University	West Regional	Los Angeles, CA	Crypto.com Arena

2028 Preliminary Men's Basketball Round Sites

2028 Dates	Host(s)	Round	City, State	Facility
March 14-15	University of Dayton	Opening Round	Dayton, OH	UD Arena
March 16-17	TBD	Opening Round	TBD	TBD
March 17 and 19	Atlantic 10 Conference	1st/2nd Rounds	Brooklyn, NY	Barclays Center
March 16 and 18	University of Central Florida	1st/2nd Rounds	Orlando, FL	Kia Center
March 16 and 18	Ohio State University	1st/2nd Rounds	Columbus, OH	Nationwide Arena
March 17 and 19	Drake University	1st/2nd Rounds	Des Moines, IA	Casey's Center
March 17 and 19	Southeastern Conference	1st/2nd Rounds	Birmingham, AL	Legacy Arena
March 16 and 18	Oklahoma State University	1st/2nd Rounds	Tulsa, OK	BOK Center
March 16 and 18	Utah Valley University	1st/2nd Rounds	Salk Lake City, UT	Delta Center
March 17 and 19	University of Washington	1st/2nd Rounds	Seattle, WA	Climate Pledge Arena
March 23 and 25	NC State University	East Regional	Raleigh, NC	Lenovo Center
March 24 and 26	Detroit Mercy / Oakland	Midwest Regional	Detroit, MI	Little Caesars Arena
March 24 and 26	Conference USA	South Regional	Dallas, TX	American Airlines Center
March 23 and 25	West Coast Conference	West Regional	San Francisco, CA	Chase Center

2027-31 Men's Final Four Sites

Final Four Dates	Hosts	City, State	Facility
April 3/5, 2027	Michigan St.	Detroit, MI	Ford Field
April 1/3, 2028	UNLV	Las Vegas, NV	Allegiant Stadium
March 31 and April 2, 2029	Horizon League, IU Indianapolis	Indianapolis, IN	Lucas Oil Stadium
April 6/8, 2030	Big 12 Conference	North Texas	AT&T Stadium
April 5/7, 2031	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	Mercedes-Benz Stadium