The NCAA named defending national champion Connecticut the overall No. 1 seed for the 68-team tournament, which begins Tuesday and Wednesday with the First Four games in Dayton. The Huskies have the top seed in the East Region, which also features No. 2 Iowa State, No. 3 Illinois, and No. 4 Auburn, which won the Big 12, Big Ten, and SEC tournaments this weekend.
The semifinals and finals for each region will be held on March 30-31 at TD Garden in Boston (East), American Airlines Centre in Dallas (South), Little Caesars Arena in Detroit (Midwest), and Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (West). The men’s Final Four is scheduled between April 6 and 8 at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.