{"id":221394,"date":"2026-03-16T00:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221394\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T00:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:38:11","slug":"2026-ncaa-mens-and-womens-basketball-tournament-brackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/221394\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball tournament brackets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 68-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament is set. Matchup starting times and broadcast information will be announced later on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s First Four begins Tuesday and first-round games begin on Thursday. Here\u2019s a look at the men\u2019s bracket:<\/p>\n

First Four<\/p>\n

Tuesday-Wednesday (at Dayton, Ohio)
No. 11 Texas (18-14) vs. No. 11 North Carolina State (20-13)
No. 11 Miami (Ohio) (31-1) vs. No. 11 Southern Methodist (20-13)
No. 16 Maryland Baltimore County (24-8) vs. Howard (23-10)
No. 16 Prairie View A&M (18-17) vs. No. 16 Lehigh (18-16)<\/p>\n

East Region<\/p>\n

FIRST ROUND
Thursday (at Greenville, S.C.)
No. 1 Duke (32-2) vs. No. 16 Siena (23-11)
No. 8, Ohio State (21-12) vs. No. 9 Texas Christian (22-11)
Friday (at San Diego)
No. 5 St. John\u2019s (28-6) vs. No. 12 Northern Iowa (23-12)
No. 4 Kansas (23-10) vs. No. 13 California Baptist (25-8)
Thursday (at Buffalo)
No. 6 Louisville (23-10) vs. No. 11 South Florida (25-8)
No. 3 Michigan State (25-7) vs. No. 14 North Dakota State (27-7)
Friday (at Philadelphia)
No. 7 UCLA (23-11) vs. No. 10 Central Florida (21-11)
No. 2 Connecticut (29-5) vs. No. 15 Furman (22-12)<\/p>\n

West Region<\/p>\n

FIRST ROUND
Friday (at San Diego)
No. 1 Arizona (32-2) vs. Long Island University (24-10)
No. 8 Villanova (24-8) vs. No. 9 Utah State (25-8)
Thursday (at Portland)
No. 5 Wisconsin (24-10) vs. No. 12 High Point (30-4)
No. 4 Arkansas (26-8) vs. No. 13 Hawaii (24-8)
No. 6 Brigham Young (23-11) No. 11 Texas \/ North Carolina State
No. 3 Gonzaga (30-3) vs. No. 14 Kennesaw State (21-13)
Friday (at St. Louis)
No. 7 Miami (25-8) vs. No. 10 Missouri (20-12)
No. 2 Purdue (27-8) vs. No. 15 Queens (21-13)<\/p>\n

Midwest Region<\/p>\n

FIRST ROUND
Thursday (at Buffalo)
No. 1 Michigan (31-3) vs. No. 16 Maryland Baltimore County \/ Howard
No. 8 Georgia (22-10) vs. No. 9 Saint Louis (28-5)
Friday (at Tampa)
No. 5 Texas Tech (22-10) vs. No 12 Akron (29-5)
No. 4 Alabama (23-9) vs. No. 13 Hofstra (24-10)
Friday (at Philadelphia)
No. 6 Tennessee (22-11) vs. No. 11 Miami (Ohio) \/ Southern Methodist
No. 3 Virginia (29-5) vs. No. 14 Wright State (23-11)
Friday (at St. Louis)
No. 7 Kentucky (21-13) vs. No. 10 Santa Clara (26-8)
No. 2 Iowa State (27-7) vs. No. 15 Tennessee State (23-9)<\/p>\n

South Region<\/p>\n

FIRST ROUND
Friday (at Tampa)
No. 1 Florida (26-7) vs. No. 16 Prairie View A&M \/ Lehigh
No. 8 Clemson (24-10) vs. Iowa (21-12)
Thursday (at Oklahoma City)
No. 5 Vanderbilt (26-8) vs. No. 12 McNeese (28-5)
No. 4 Nebraska (26-6) vs. No. 13 Troy (22-11)
Thursday (at Greenville, S.C.)
No. 6 North Carolina (24-8) vs. No. 11 Virginia Commonwealth (27-7)
No. 3 Illinois (24-8) vs. No. 14 Pennsylvania (18-11)
Thursday (at Oklahoma City)
No. 7 Saint Mary\u2019s (27-5) No. 10 Texas A&M (21-11)
No. 2 Houston (28-6) vs. Idaho (21-14)<\/p>\n

Printable bracket here<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Men's NCAA women\u2019s basketball matchups<\/p>\n

The bracket is being revealed for the NCAA women\u2019s tournament. Here\u2019s a look at the matchups so far:<\/p>\n

Regional 1<\/p>\n

FIRST ROUND
Saturday
No. 1 Connecticut (34-0) vs. No. 16 Texas San Antonio (18-15)
No. 8 Iowa State (22-9) vs. No. 9 Syracuse (23-8)
Friday
No. 5 Maryland (23-8) vs. No. 12 Murray State (31-3)
No. 4 North Carolina (26-7) vs. No. 13 Western Illinois (26-5)
Saturday
No. 6 Notre Dame (22-10) vs. No. 11 Fairfield (28-4)
No. 3 Ohio State (26-7) vs. No. 14 Howard (26-7)
No. 7 Illinois (21-11) No. 10 Colorado (22-11)
No. 2 Vanderbilt (27-4) vs. No. 15 High Point (27-5)<\/p>\n

Regional 2<\/p>\n

FIRST ROUND
Saturday
No. 1 UCLA (31-1) vs. No. 16 California Baptist (23-10)
No. 8 Oklahoma State (23-9) vs. No. 9 Princeton (26-3)
Friday
No. 5 Mississippi (23-11) vs. No. 12 Gonzaga (24-9)
No. 4 Minnesota (22-8) vs. No. 13 Wisconsin Green Bay (25-8)
No. 6 Baylor (24-8) vs. No. 11 Nebraska \/ Richmond
No. 3 Duke (24-8) vs. No. 14 Charleston (27-5)
No. 7 Texas Tech (25-7) vs. No. 10 Villanova (25-7)
No. 2 Louisiana State (27-5) vs. No. 15 Jacksonville (24-9)<\/p>\n

Regional 3<\/p>\n

FIRST ROUND
Friday
No. 1 Texas (31-3) vs. No. 16 Missouri State \/ Stephen F. Austin
No. 8 Oregon (22-12) vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech (23-9)
Saturday
No. 5 Kentucky (23-10) vs. No. 12 James Madison (26-8)
No. 4 West Virginia (27-6) vs. Miami (Ohio) 28-6)
No. 6 Alabama (23-10) vs. No. 11 Rhode Island (28-4)
No. 3 Louisville (27-7) vs. Vermont (27-7)
Friday
No. 7 North Carolina State (20-10) vs. No. 10 Tennessee (16-13)
No. 2 Michigan (25-6) vs. No. 15 Holy Cross (23-9)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 68-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament is set. Matchup starting times and broadcast information…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1956,101190,23324,101189,553,101186,48,52,51,47,50,49,795,101185,18158,101188,6664,101191,2429,101187,14424],"class_list":["post-221394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-arizona","tag-buffalono","tag-duke","tag-first-roundthursday","tag-florida","tag-greenville","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-michigan","tag-ncaa-man","tag-no","tag-north-carolina-stateno","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-san-diegono","tag-thursday","tag-tournament-bracket","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}