2023 NCAA March Madness: What is the ‘First Four’? Where is it played?
The NCAA basketball tournament is set to start, and we couldn’t be happier about it. March Madness 2023 promises to be better than ever.
The NCAA basketball tournament is set to start, and we couldn’t be happier about it. March Madness 2023 promises to be better than ever. Venues are all set to host the best in college basketball.
No country in the world cares as much about college sports as the US. American’s love for March Madness is the purest of this love. Across the country, millions of people will tune in to watch the NCAA Tournament only to see upsets, drama, and basketball.
The tournament will be started by what is known as the ‘First Four’.
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But what is the ‘First Four’? And where is it played?
Essentially it is the first four games played before the Round of 64. To better explain, the two lowest-ranked teams among the automatic bid conferences play one another to eliminate one of the teams and create a 64-team bracket.
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The First Four of the men’s tournament will be hosted by the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
‘First Four’ games:
- March 14th: SE Missouri St. vs Texas A&M-CC and Pitt vs Mississippi St.
- March 15th: Fairleigh Dickinson vs Texas Southern and Nevada vs Arizona St