We’re days away from the Elite Eight where eight college teams look to advance into the Final Four. Here’s a little bit of NCAA history for you – did you know that the initial March Madness tournament started out with an eight-team bracket and had a total of seven games from start to finish?
The 2019 edition of the March Madness has significantly more than seven games to complete – there are 68 teams that were vying to get to Minneapolis. In today’s NCAA tournament, seven games doesn’t even make up a quarter of the first round matches. Now it takes four rounds of action and approximately 60 games before we reach an elite eight.
Elite Eight Bracket Schedule 2019
In honor of the the Elite 8, we designed our own Elite Eight bracket for the fans of the tournament from days gone by, as well as the modern day college basketball fanatics. First off let’s take a look at the official schedule.
Here’s a quick look at the Elite Eight schedule from the quarterfinals onto the finals set to be played in San Antonio. The Elite Eight quarterfinals (as well as the Sweet 16) will still be played in four different cities before converging in Texas for the Final Four and the championship game at the end of the month and beginning of April.
| Round | Region | City | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Eight | West | Anaheim | California | March 28 |
| Elite Eight | East | Washington | D.C. | March 29 |
| Elite Eight | South | Louisville | Kentucky | March 30 |
| Elite Eight | Midwest | Kansas City | Missouri | March 31 |
Elite Eight Brackets: Printable in PDF, Blank
As with the Sweet Sixteen, Round of 64, and other printable tournament bracket needs prior to the Elite Eight, we have you covered with a fillable eight team bracket published in a variety of formats that are printer ready.
Choose your eight-team bracket in PDF, a Word doc, or the full-size image. Once you choose the format you prefer, click and print. Interbasket makes it stress less.
When we searched for a quality Elite 8 bracket, we found there wasn’t very many appetizing options. So that brought us to publishing and designing our own bracket. You’ll see that our Elite Eight bracket is free of any bloatware: no unnecessary text, no branded images, or logos, and there’s no time stamp, so you can use this same bracket in 2020 or 2025. Our goal was to have a timeless version that anyone at anytime could make use of it. If this is our legacy, we’re okay with that.
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