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March Madness Begins
March 15, 2022 - March 16, 2022
March Madness
March 15-16, 2022
UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio
The 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament – known simply as March Madness – starts with First Four games in Dayton, Ohio and continues through to the 2022 Final Four in New Orleans. Selection Sunday for the men’s tournament is March 13, 2022.
The following are the key dates as posted on: NCAA.com
- Selection Sunday: March 13
- First Four: March 15-16
- First round: March 17-18
- Second round: March 19-20
- Sweet 16: March 24-25
- Elite Eight: March 26-27
- Final Four: April 2
- NCAA championship game: April 4
March Madness is one of the most popular sporting events in the country if not the world, and it propagates one of the largest betting handles in Vegas, and with the proliferation of sports betting across the country, it has become a gambling and social juggernaut that includes the myriad office pools that have become a mainstay at water coolers, bars and clubs across the country.