Here is the schedule and a printable bracket for the 2024 men’s NCAA basketball tournament
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NCAA Selection Sunday: Brackets, analysis, predictions and more
Click below for more of the Herald-Leader’s and Kentucky.com’s coverage of Selection Sunday as brackets are revealed for the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments.
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The draw was revealed for the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Sunday night.
Click here to obtain a printable bracket you can use to make your predictions.
The NCAA made defending national champion Connecticut the overall No. 1 seed for the 68-team event, which tips off Tuesday and Wednesday with First Four games in Dayton, Ohio.
The Huskies are the No. 1 seed in the East Region, which also includes No. 2 Iowa State, No. 3 Illinois and No. 4 Auburn, who won the Big 12, Big Ten and SEC tournaments, respectively, this weekend.
The other three No. 1 seeds — in order are Houston (South Region), Purdue (Midwest Region) and North Carolina (West Region).
Kentucky (23-9) received the No. 3 seed in the South Region and will open against No. 14 Oakland (23-11) on Thursday in Pittsburgh (7:10 p.m., CBS-27).
The other No. 2 seeds along with Iowa State were Marquette (South), Tennessee (Midwest) and Arizona (West).
Morehead State was awarded a No. 14 seed in the East Region and will play its first game against No. 3-seed Illinois on Thursday (3:10 p.m., TruTV) in Omaha, Neb.
Western Kentucky was awarded a No. 15 seed in the South Region and will play its first game against No. 2-seed Marquette on Friday (2 p.m., TBS) in Indianapolis.
Kentucky was one of eight teams selected from the Southeastern Conference, joined by Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A&M. Only the Big 12 received as many bids as the SEC.
The semifinals and finals in each region will be played March 30-31 at TD Garden in Boston (East), American Airlines Center in Dallas (South), Little Caesars Arena in Detroit (Midwest) and Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (West).
The men’s Final Four is set for April 6 and 8 at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona.
This story was originally published March 17, 2024 at 5:47 PM with the headline "Here is the schedule and a printable bracket for the 2024 men’s NCAA basketball tournament."
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