Opening Round
Date: March 15 (Tuesday)
Location: UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio)
Host: University of Dayton
First and Second Rounds
Dates: March 17 and 19 (Thursday and Saturday)
Locations: Pepsi Center (Denver, Co.); St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa, Fla.); McKale Center (Tucson, Ariz.); Verizon Center (Washington, D.C.)
Hosts: Mountain West Conference; University of South Florida; University of Arizona; Georgetown University
Dates: March 18 and 20 (Friday and Sunday)
Locations: Time Warner Cable Arena (Charlotte, N.C.); United Center (Chicago, Ill.); Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio); BOK Center (Tulsa, Okla.)
Hosts: University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Big Ten Conference; Cleveland State University; University of Tulsa
East Regional
Dates: March 25 and 27 (Friday and Sunday)
Location: Prudential Center (Newark, N.J.)
Host: Seton Hall University
West Regional
Dates: March 24 and 26 (Thursday and Saturday)
Location: Honda Center (Anaheim, Calif.)
Host: Big West Conference
Southwest Regional
Dates: March 25 and 27 (Friday and Sunday)
Location: Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)
Host: University of Texas-San Antonio
Southeast Regional
Dates: March 24 and 26 (Thursday and Saturday)
Location: Louisiana Superdome (New Orleans, La.)
Host: Tulane University
Final Four
Dates: April 2 and 4 (Saturday and Monday)
Location: Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas)
Future sites
2012 NCAA tournament | 2013 NCAA tournament