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It is likely to contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the event approaches and more information becomes available. | The 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament will involve 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It is scheduled to begin on March 17, 2009, and will conclude with the championship game on April 6 at the Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Image File history File links Current_sport. ...
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A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout or sudden death tournament, is a type of tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event. ...
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April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ...
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Tournament procedure - For more details on this topic, see NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Tournament format.
A total of 65 teams will enter the tournament. Thirty of the teams will earn automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a postseason tournament, will go to its regular-season champion. The remaining 34 teams will be granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. This article is about the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball tournament in general. ...
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Two teams will play an opening-round game, popularly called the "play-in game"; the winner of that game advanced to the main draw of the tournament and plays a top seed in one of the regionals. The Play-In Game (officially known as the Opening Round) of the NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship is the first game of the tournament, played between the two last-seeded (i. ...
All 64 teams will be seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals; the winner of the play-in game automatically will receive a 16 seed. The Selection Committee will seed the entire field from 1 to 65. The selection process for College Basketballs NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Championship determines which 65 teams will enter the tournament, known as March Madness, and where they will be seeded and placed in the bracket. ...
The four regionals are officially named after their four host cities, a practice which also began in 2004. The 2009 regionals are:
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The first and second round games will be played at the following sites:
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Each regional winner will advance to the Final Four, held from April 4-9 in Detroit at the Ford Field, hosted by the University of Detroit-Mercy . Final Four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. ...
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