Now it could become part of the tournament’s future.
A day after crowning a national champion for the first time since 2019, NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt told reporters that the successful men’s college basketball tournament held primarily in Indianapolis and exclusively in Indiana could create a late-round model for future tourneys.
“If it’s the desire of the committee and the membership to consider something along these lines for the future, I think we would give it significant consideration,” he said Tuesday on a video call. “I would hesitate to say, though, I don’t think a 68-team single site, short of another pandemic, would be something we would have great interest in. However, once you get down to a fewer amount of teams, say the Sweet 16 and on, having teams in the same location may provide some opportunities the membership, coaches and all would want to consider for the future.”
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March Madness Championship: How to stream Baylor vs. Gonzaga tonight on CBS
The final showdown in the NCAA s men s March Madness tournament takes place tonight. Listen - 03:40
The early rounds of the 2021 NCAA men s basketball tournament earned the name March Madness with a whirlwind of upsets and surprises. After a flurry of additional shocks in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight, and a near miracle Saturday night in the Final Four, the stage is set for men s basketball s final game Monday night. As some bracket builders predicted, tonight s title game features a battle of two of the top teams in the tourney, when the Baylor Bears take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
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Back in December I remember going to bed knowing when I woke up Gonzaga would play Baylor in the biggest regular season game in program history. As we know, that game didn t happen. But that makes tonight so much better.
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Gonzaga forward Drew Timme (2) reacts to the crowd cheering after defeating Oklahoma in a college basketball game in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Monday, March 22, 2021. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Back in December I remember going to bed knowing when I woke up Gonzaga would play Baylor in the biggest regular season game in program history. As we know, that game didn’t happen. But that makes tonight so much better.
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INDIANAPOLIS - Health officials in Indiana said Saturday they are investigating whether anyone was exposed to COVID-19 by Alabama residents following Friday night’s death of a Crimson Tide fan who was in Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament last weekend.
The elder Ratliff could not immediately be reached for comment Saturday by The Associated Press. Based on a recent news story, the Marion County Public Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health are contacting the Alabama Department of Public Health to determine if anyone in Indianapolis may have been exposed to COVID-19 by any Alabama resident who visited Indianapolis in recent days, the county said in a statement provide