The 2012 NCAA Tournament Final Four will be held in New Orleans, Louisiana March 31st and April 2nd 2012 at the Superdome. The First Four dates are are now confirmed and will occur on March 13-14, 2012 at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. Atlanta, Phoenix, Boston, and St. Louis are hosting the regionals. There will be a total of 68 teams in the 2012 NCAA tournament with 31 automatic bids from conferences. 30 of the 31 automatic bids are determined by conference tournaments with the Ivy League awarding their automatic bid to the regular season champion. The NCAA Selection Committee will choose the remaining 37 teams for at-large bids. The four lowest-seed at-large teams and automatic qualifiers will play in the First Four. As a result, the seeds of the at-large teams chosen to play in the First Four are not known until Selection Sunday announcements are made confirming the 2012 NCAA tournament field. Selection Sunday will occur on March 11th, 2012.
Printable 2012 NCAA Tournament Bracket (Blank)
Last Updated: November 10th, 2011
2012 NCAA Tournament Schedule
2012 NCAA Tournament First Four
Tuesday, Wed March 13th and 14th 2012 at University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, OH Host: University of Dayton
The University of Dayton Arena continues to be the most-used venue in NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament history (Division I). Not including the 2012 First Four, there have been 87 NCAA tournament men’s basketball games hosted in Dayton which is four more than the original home of the NCAA Tournament, the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium. There have been games played in the Dayton arena for 25 of the 42 years that the venue has been open. The NCAA has committed to playing the First Four in Dayton for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
2012 NCAA Tournament Second and Third Rounds
The second and third rounds of the 2012 NCAA tournament see a mix of the old with the new for the locations chosen by the NCAA for hosting tournament play. The University of Louisville’s KFC Yum! Arena is the newest venue for this part of the tournament with the Sommet Center, Greensboro Coliseum, and Nationwide Arena being no strangers to hosting post season play.
March 15/17, 2012
Albuquerque, NM
The Pit Arena
University of New Mexico
Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Arena
University of Louisville
Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Center
Duquesne University
Portland, OR
Rose Garden Arena
University of Oregon
March 16/18, 2012
Columbus, OH
Nationwide Arena
Ohio State University
Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
Atlantic Coast Conference
Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena
Ohio Valley Conference
Omaha, NE
CenturyLink Center (Formerly the Qwest Center)
Creighton University
2012 NCAA Tournament Regionals
The 2012 Sweet Regional Play to include the 2012 Sweet 16 and Elite 8 moves to Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta, and St. Louis on March 22nd, 2012. Boston College, ASU, Georgia Tech, and St. Louis University serve and the college hosts for 2012 regional play. Hosting the South Regional this season is considered to be a warm-up for the Georgia Dome which will serve as the host venue for the 2013 NCAA Basketball tournament.
March 22/24, 2012
East Regional
Boston, MA
TD Garden
Boston College
West Regional
Phoenix, AZ
US Airways Center
Arizona State University
March 23/25, 2012
South Regional
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Dome
Georgia Institute of Technology
Midwest Regional
St. Louis, MO
Edward Jones Dome
St. Louis University
2012 NCAA Final Four
31 March/April 2, 2012
Superdome
New Orleans, LA
Tulane
2012 will be the fifth time that the NCAA Final Four has been played in the Superdome. The venue is home to Tulane football, the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Bowl, and every 4th year the BCS National Championship game. Fans considering attending the 2012 NCAA Final Four do need to act quickly on making hotel reservations that are a convenient travel to the Super Dome to avoid expensive cab rides or drives to and from the games. A fan favorite, of course, is letting the traffic die down while visiting the world-famous Bourbon Street after game play is finished for the night.
April 2nd, 2012 NCAA Championship Game
Future Final Four Sites
2013 NCAA Basketball Tournament Georgia Dome, Atlanta
2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament Cowboys Stadium, Dallas (Arlington)
2015 NCAA Basketball Tournament Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
2016 NCAA Basketball Tournament Reliant Stadium, Houston
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When will tickets for the 2012 Final Four Basketball games be available? Will it be a lottery and how can I apply?
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I am interested in the 2012 Final Four games. When will tickets be available?
I am interested in buying 2012 final four tickets, how can i sign up, and when will they be available?
when can I apply for tickets for 2012 2&3 round tickets in Albuquerque?
Interested in getting tickets for 1st and 2nd round in Albuquerque. When and where can we apply?
How do I get two tickets for the NCAA 2012 Regional in Phx? ASU Athletic Ticket office?
No answer to my question
Looking for information on sale of tickets for the 2012 East Regional in Boston. Four tickets needed.
Ticket information for NCAA 2012 2nd and 3rd Rounds in Louisville, Kentucky or Columbus, Ohio – When will they go on sale?
No word on when tickets will be available but Final Four and Championship are already on sale.
Me too. When & where will tickets for the Albuquerque 2nd & 3rd be available? Called the University no info there. jack
when wil tickets go on sale for 2012 ncaa regionals
I need me some tickets. Where are my dang tickets?
When will tickets become available for the Pittsburgh venue on March 15 & March 17th, 2012 ?
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What is the website for applying to the lottery for final four tickets 2012?
When will tickets be available for the Men’s NCAA Eastern Regionals and how can I purchase two tickets?
when will the results of the final four ticket Lottery be announced?
You should have heard back from the final four lottery by now.
When will the area tournament tickets go on sale?
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i tried to get tix for pittsburgh the day in fact the minute they went on sale to the public!!!! sold out!!!???? i bet the ticket brokers got all theirs shame on the ncaa for allowing that to happen its rediculous!!!!!!!
like to purchase tickets for columbus ohio for the 16th and 18th of march let me know how i go about getting tickets for those dates
Steveoo,
If you go here:
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Then input “March Madness” in their search box, you’ll see they have a number of tickets for sale for Columbus games on 16-18 March as of today.