March Madness Selection Sunday 2017: Dates, schedule, live stream and everything else you need to know

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March Madness begins on Selection Sunday 2017 when the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee reveals which 68 teams have made the field for that year's basketball championships. Selection Sunday 2017 is Sunday, March 12. The show will stream live right here on NCAA.com beginning at 5:30 p.m. Eastern and be broadcast nationally on CBS.

Here are more key March Madness dates for 2017:

March Madness dates, location, schedule
Round
Site
Date(s)
Selection Sunday
N/A
March 12
First Four
Dayton
March 14-15
First/Second
Buffalo
March 16&18
First/Second
Milwaukee
March 16&18
First/Second
Orlando
March 16&18
First/Second
Salt Lake City
March 16&18
First/Second
Greenville
March 17&19
First/Second
Indianapolis
March 17&19
First/Second
Tulsa
March 17&19
First/Second
Sacramento
March 17&19
Midwest Regional
Kansas City
March 23&25
West Regional
San Jose
March 23&25
South Regional
Memphis
March 24&26
East Regional
New York
March 24&26
Final Four
Phoenix
April 1&3
The women's teams who have made the NCAA tournament will be revealed on Monday, March 13.

Here's how the selection committee determines the March Madness tournament field:

Each member of the Division I men's basketball committee evaluates a vast amount of information during selection process. Their opinions -- developed through observations, discussions with coaches, directors of athletics and commissioners, and review and comparison of data -- ultimately determine selections, seeding and bracketing.

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There are three phases to the process to determine the 68 teams for the tournament:
I. Select the 36 best at-large teams;
II. Seed the field of 68 teams; and
III. Place the teams into the championship bracket.

SELECTION, SEEDING, BRACKETING

The  Selection, Seeding and Bracketing process for the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship adheres to the following principles:

• The committee endeavors to achieve reasonable competitive balance in each region of the bracket;

• The committee selects the 36 best teams not otherwise automatic qualifiers for their conference to fill the at-large berths. There is no limit on the number of at-large ...

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