After all the NCAA D1 Men’s tournament picks and seeds were released to the world on Sunday, it’s been a non-stop onslaught of articles, commentary, basketball predictions, second-guessing, and discussion threads about this year’s NCAA basketball tournament. Let’s not forget the NCAA brackets — oh so many printable brackets are being downloaded, printed out and accessed online across the country right now in preparation for the games that officially start today.
Can you feel the excitement in the air as alumnae, students and others anxiously await the their Alma Mater and/or favorite team to participate in the Madness of March?
If you already don’t count yourself in the thousands of college basketball fanatics, casual fans or complete novices that have gone ahead and filled in this year’s 2018 NCAA printable brackets, then keep reading. Over the last several years, Interbasket has created and published out different versions of the NCAA tourney brackets, like the one you see above. And just yesterday, we provided our first annual NCAA Tournament Field Guide.
NCAA Bracket for March Madness: First Four
The 2018 NCAA brackets for March Madness begins with the First Four. These play-in games are being held today, Tuesday March 13th and Wednesday, March 14th where the winners of those games advance into the larger round of 64. These four games will are in Dayton, Ohio and feature smaller colleges like St. Bonaventure, LIU-Brooklyn and Texas Southern, and bigger universities such as Tennessee, UCLA and Syracuse. After the First Four is completed, the real NCAA bracket games will commence this Thursday, March 15, 2018.
| Date | Round | Location | Stadium | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 13 | First Four Bracket | University of Dayton Arena | Dayton | Ohio |
| March 14 | First Four Bracket | University of Dayton Arena | Dayton | Ohio |
NCAA Brackets: 1st/2nd Round of March Madness
| Dates | Locations | City | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 15 & 17 | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania (Host: Duquesne University) |
| March 15 & 17 | American Airlines Center | Dallas | Texas (Host: Big 12 Conference) |
| March 15 & 17 | Taco Bell Arena | Boise | Idaho (Host: Boise State University) |
| March 15 & 17 | Intrust Bank Arena | Wichita | Kansas (Host: Wichita State University) |
| March 16 & 18 | Spectrum Center | Charlotte | North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| March 16 & 18 | Viejas Arena | San Diego | California (Host: San Diego State University) |
| March 16 & 18 | Little Caesars Arena | Detroit | Michigan (Host: University of Detroit Mercy) |
| March 16 & 18 | Bridgestone Arena | Nashville | Tennessee (Host: Ohio Valley Conference) |
NCAA Brackets: The Sweet 16, Elite 8
| Dates | Regional | Arena | City | State (Host) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 22 and 24 | West Regional | Staples Center | Los Angeles | California (Host: Pepperdine University) |
| March 22 and 24 | South Regional | Philips Arena | Atlanta | Georgia (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| March 23 and 25 | Midwest Regional | CenturyLink Center Omaha | Omaha | Nebraska (Host: Creighton University) |
| March 23 and 25 | East Regional | TD Garden | Boston | Massachusetts (Host: Boston College) |
NCAA Brackets: Final Four
The 2018 tournament will see the Final Four down in Texas to be played out in one day: March 31st, 2018.
| Dates | Round | Location | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31 | Final Four | Alamodome | San Antonio | Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio) |
March Madness Brackets: NCAA Championship Game
March Madness always concludes in early April with this year’s NCAA Championship game on April 2, 2018.
| Date | Round | Location | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2 | Championship | Alamodome | San Antonio | Texas (Host: University of Texas at San Antonio) |
Your Printable NCAA Brackets for 2018
As we mentioned above, we have a lot of options for you in terms of printable NCAA brackets. Take a look at some of the following custom, Interbasket-only brackets that we have created for the 2018 edition of March Madness.
We know if you’re reading this deep into the post, that you’re here to print a bracket out for your office pool or for personal enjoyment. You’re probably in a rush, too so reading this is probably making you crazy. So if this is you, sorry that you’ve procrastinated an waited until the day of the First Four to get your act together. So without further words that you have to read, here’s a couple PDF versions of printable NCAA brackets that you can download and see which fits your need:
- Printable NCAA Bracket PDF | Word | Post
- Seeded NCAA Bracket Post
- Blank NCAA Bracket: PDF | Excel | Post
- Complete NCAA Bracket PDF | Excel | Post
Did you get what you needed? Good. Sorry for making you go through all that. Next year, you’ll know better than to wait so long to get yours printed out and come to Interbasket earlier. We start showing symptoms of March Madness in mid-February by publishing out blank brackets, schedules and whatever information we can get our hands on. That’s all so we can clear our minds of all the thoughts running a hundred miles an hour day and night; all way before the craziness, insanity, lunacy and… the madness starts.
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