The 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament is an ongoing single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 82nd edition of the tournament began play on March 18, 2021 in sites around the state of Indiana, and will conclude with the championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 5, 2021.
North
Purdue University - Baylor University
Oregon State University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
University of Michigan
Georgetown University
University of Kansas
(The) Ohio State University
West
University of Oklahoma + Virginia Commonwealth University
Oral Roberts University
University of North Texas
Brigham Young University
Abilene Christian University
Gonzaga University
University of California, Santa Barbara
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