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Here is the official and printable NCAA bracket for the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, also known as March Madness. Baylor beat Gonzaga to win the national championship.

The 2022 NCAA tournament is scheduled to start with the First Four on March 15 and 16.

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NCAA bracket 2021: Printable March Madness bracket

The 2021 NCAA bracket, with all scores and results

Here is the complete schedule for the tournament, including times, links to live streams and TV networks:

GAME	TV	TIME (ET)	SITE
National championship — Monday, April 5
(1) Baylor 86, (1) Gonzaga 70	CBS	9:20 p.m.	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity
Final Four — Saturday, April 3
(1) Baylor 78, (2) Houston 59	CBS	5:14 p.m.	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity
(1) Gonzaga 93, (11) UCLA 90 (OT)	CBS	8:34 p.m.	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity

2021 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS	LOCATION
First Four — Thursday, March 18
(16) Texas Southern 60, (16) Mount St. Mary's 52	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(11) Drake 53, (11) Wichita State 52	Mackey Arena
(16) Norfolk State 54, (16) Appalachian State 53	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(11) UCLA 86, (11) Michigan State 80	Mackey Arena
First Round — Friday, March 19
(7) Florida 75, (10) Virginia Tech 70 (OT)	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(3) Arkansas 85, (14) Colgate 68	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(1) Illinois 78, (16) Drexel 49	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(6) Texas Tech 65, (11) Utah State 53	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(15) Oral Roberts 75, (2) Ohio State 72 (OT)	Mackey Arena
(1) Baylor 79, (16) Hartford 55	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity (South)
(8) Loyola Chicago 71, (9) Georgia Tech 60	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(12) Oregon State 70, (5) Tennessee 56	Bankers Life Fiieldhouse
(4) Oklahoma State 69, (13) Liberty 60	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(9) Wisconsin 85, No. 8 North Carolina 62	Mackey Arena
(2) Houston 87, (15) Cleveland State 56	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(13) North Texas 78, (4) Purdue 69 (OT)	Lucas Oil Stadium Equality (North)
(10) Rutgers 60, (7) Clemson 56	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(11) Syracuse 78, (6) San Diego State 62	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(3) West Virginia 84, (14) Morehead State 67	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity (South)
(5) Villanova 73, (12) Winthrop 63	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
First Round — Saturday, March 20
(5) Colorado 96, (12) Georgetown 73	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(4) Florida State 64, (13) UNC Greensboro 54	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(3) Kansas 93, (14) Eastern Washington 84	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(8) LSU 76, (9) St. Bonaventure 61	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(1) Michigan 82, (16) Texas Southern 66	Mackey Arena
(5) Creighton 63, (12) UC Santa Barbara 62	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity (South)
(2) Alabama 68, (15) Iona 55	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(6) USC 72, (11) Drake 56	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(2) Iowa 86, (15) Grand Canyon 74	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(10) Maryland 63, (7) UConn 54	Mackey Arena
(13) Ohio 62, (4) Virginia 58	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
(8) Oklahoma 72, (9) Missouri 68	Lucas Oil Stadium Equality (North)
(1) Gonzaga 98, (16) Norfolk State 55	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(11) UCLA 73, (6) BYU 62	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(14) Abilene Christian 53, (3) Texas 52	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity (South)
(7) Oregon vs. (10) VCU — NO-CONTEST DUE TO COVID-19 PROTOCOLS	--
Second Round — Sunday, March 21
(8) Loyola Chicago 71, (1) Illinois 58	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(1) Baylor 76, (9) Wisconsin 63	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(11) Syracuse 75, (3) West Virginia 72	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(3) Arkansas 68, (6) Texas Tech 66	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(2) Houston 63, (10) Rutgers 60	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity (South)
(15) Oral Roberts 81, (7) Florida 78	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(5) Villanova 84, (13) North Texas 61	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(12) Oregon State 80, (4) Oklahoma State 70	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Second Round — Monday, March 22
(7) Oregon 95, (2) Iowa 80	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(1) Gonzaga 87, (8) Oklahoma 71	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(11) UCLA 67, (14) Abilene Christian 47	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(5) Creighton 72, (13) Ohio 58	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(1) Michigan 86, (8) LSU 78	Lucas Oil Stadium Unity (South)
(4) Florida State 71, (5) Colorado 53	Indiana Farmers Coliseum
(2) Alabama 96, (10) Maryland 77	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(6) USC 85, No. 3 Kansas 51	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Sweet 16 — Saturday, March 27
(12) Oregon State 65, No. 8 Loyola Chicago 58	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(1) Baylor 62, (5) Villanova 51	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(3) Arkansas 72, (15) Oral Roberts 70	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(2) Houston 62, (11) Syracuse 46	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Sweet 16 — Sunday, March 28
(1) Gonzaga 83, (5) Creighton 65	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(1) Michigan 76, (4) Florida State 58	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
(11) UCLA 88, (2) Alabama 78 (OT)	Hinkle Fieldhouse
(6) USC 82, (7) Oregon 68	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Elite Eight — Monday, March 29
(2) Houston 67, (12) Oregon State 61	Lucas Oil Stadium Equality (North)
(1) Baylor 81, (3) Arkansas 72	Lucas Oil Stadium Equality (South)
Elite Eight — Tuesday, March 30
(1) Gonzaga 85, (6) USC 66	Lucas Oil Stadium Equality (North)
(11) UCLA 51, (1) Michigan 49	Lucas Oil Stadium Equality (South)

We tracked verifiable perfect brackets from all major bracket games throughout the entire tournament. The last perfect ones busted on Saturday. No one came within shouting distance this season of Gregg Nigl, who picked the first 49 games correctly in 2019 before his first miss.

2022 March Madness: Complete schedule, dates

Here are the dates, locations and tournament information for each round, including Selection Sunday:

ROUND	DATE	CITY/SITE	VENUE
Selection Sunday	March 13	N/A	N/A
First Four	March 15 and 16	Dayton, Ohio	UD Arena
First/Second	March 17 and 19	Buffalo, New York	KeyBank Center
First/Second	March 17 and 19	Indianapolis, Indiana	Bankers Life Fieldhouse
First/Second	March 17 and 19	Fort Worth, Texas	Dickies Arena
First/Second	March 17 and 19	Portland, Oregon	Moda Center
First/Second	March 18 and 20	Greenville, South Carolina	Bon Secours Wellness Arena
First/Second	March 18 and 20	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Fiserv Forum
First/Second	March 18 and 20	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	PPG Paints Arena
First/Second	March 18 and 20	San Diego, California	Viejas Arena
Sweet 16/Elite Eight	March 24 and 26	San Antonio, Texas	AT&T Center
Sweet 16/Elite Eight	March 24 and 26	San Francisco, California	Chase Center
Sweet 16/Elite Eight	March 25 and 27	Chicago, Illinois	United Center
Sweet 16/Elite Eight	March 25 and 27	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center
Final Four	April 2 and 4	New Orleans	Mercedes-Benz Superdome

2021 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket

Here is the 2021 NCAA tournament bracket

Here's a quick guide to how teams earn a spot in the NCAA tournament.

How are March Madness teams selected?

There are two ways that a team can earn a bid to the NCAA tournament. The 32 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid (there were 31 in 2021), which they each award to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament. Regardless of how a team performed during the regular season, if they are eligible for postseason play and win their conference tournament, they are selected to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament. These teams are known as automatic qualifiers.

The second avenue for an invitation is an at-large bid. The selection committee (more on them in a second) convenes on Selection Sunday, after all regular season and conference tournament games are played, and decides which 36 teams (37 in 2021) that are not automatic qualifiers have the pedigree to earn an invitation to the tournament.

What is the March Madness selection committee?

The 10-member NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Committee is responsible for selecting, seeding and bracketing the field for the NCAA Tournament. School and conference administrators are nominated by their conference, serve five-year terms and represent a cross-section of the Division I membership.

How do they decide which teams get an at-large bid?

There are a multitude of stats and rankings that the Selection Committee takes into account, but there is no set formula that determines whether a team receives an at-large bid or not.

What's this thing called the NCAA evaluation tool?

The NCAA Evaluation Tool, or NET, is a tool for the committee to evaluate the strength of individual teams. It replaces the RPI and was approved after months of consultation with the Division I Men's Basketball Committee, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, top basketball analytics experts and Google Cloud Professional Services. It includes game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin (capped at 10 points per game), and net offensive and defensive efficiency.

What is the importance of seeding in March Madness?

The men's college basketball tournament is made up of 68 teams. On Selection Sunday, before any tournament game is played, those teams are ranked 1 through 68 by the Selection Committee, with the best team in college basketball — based on regular season and conference tournament performance — sitting at No. 1. Four of those teams are eliminated in the opening round of the tournament (known as the First Four), leaving us with a field of 64 for the first round.

Those 64 teams are split into four regions of 16 teams each, with each team being ranked 1 through 16. That ranking is the team's seed.

In order to reward better teams, first-round matchups are determined by pitting the top team in the region against the bottom team (No. 1 vs. No. 16). Then the next highest vs. the next lowest (No. 2 vs. No. 15), and so on. In theory, this means that the 1 seeds have the easiest opening matchup to win in the bracket.

What is a Cinderella?

Much like the titular character from the fairy tale, a Cinderella team is one that is much more successful than expected. Examples in March would be Villanova's 1985 championship run, when the eighth-seeded Wildcats became the lowest seeded team to ever win the title, knocking off the heavy favorite Georgetown.

Who has won every NCAA tournament?

Thirty-six different teams have won a championship, but no team has won more than UCLA, which has 11, 10 of which came a span of 12 years from 1964 to 1975.

Previous March Madness winners

Here is the list of every men's basketball national championship since the NCAA tournament began in 1939:

YEAR	CHAMPION (RECORD)	HEAD COACH	SCORE	RUNNER-UP	SITE
2021	Baylor (28-2)	Scott Drew	86-70	Gonzaga	Indianapolis, Ind.
2020	Canceled (COVID-19)	N/A	N/A	N/A	Atlanta, Ga.
2019	Virginia (35-3)	Tony Bennett	85-77 (OT)	Texas Tech	Minneapolis, Minn.
2018	Villanova (36-4)	Jay Wright	79-62	Michigan	San Antonio, Tex.
2017	North Carolina (33-7)	Roy Williams	71-65	Gonzaga	Phoenix, Ariz.
2016	Villanova (35-5)	Jay Wright	77-74	North Carolina	Houston, Texas
2015	Duke (35-4)	Mike Krzyzewski	68-63	Wisconsin	Indianapolis, Ind.
2014	Connecticut (32-8)	Kevin Ollie	60-54	Kentucky	Arlington, Texas
2013	Louisville (35-5)*	Rick Pitino	82-76	Michigan	Atlanta, Ga.
2012	Kentucky (38-2)	John Calipari	67-59	Kansas	New Orleans, La.
2011	Connecticut (32-9)	Jim Calhoun	53-41	Butler	Houston, Texas
2010	Duke (35-5)	Mike Krzyzewski	61-59	Butler	Indianapolis, Ind.
2009	North Carolina (34-4)	Roy Williams	89-72	Michigan State	Detroit, Mich.
2008	Kansas (37-3)	Bill Self	75-68 (OT)	Memphis	San Antonio, Texas
2007	Florida (35-5)	Billy Donovan	84-75	Ohio State	Atlanta, Ga.
2006	Florida (33-6)	Billy Donovan	73-57	UCLA	Indianapolis, Ind.
2005	North Carolina (33-4)	Roy Williams	75-70	Illinois	St. Louis, Mo.
2004	Connecticut (33-6)	Jim Calhoun	82-73	Georgia Tech	San Antonio, Texas
2003	Syracuse (30-5)	Jim Boeheim	81-78	Kansas	New Orleans, La.
2002	Maryland (32-4)	Gary Williams	64-52	Indiana	Atlanta, Ga.
2001	Duke (35-4)	Mike Krzyzewski	82-72	Arizona	Minneapolis, Minn.
2000	Michigan State (32-7)	Tom Izzo	89-76	Florida	Indianapolis, Ind.
1999	Connecticut (34-2)	Jim Calhoun	77-74	Duke	St. Petersburg, Fla.
1998	Kentucky (35-4)	Tubby Smith	78-69	Utah	San Antonio, Texas
1997	Arizona (25-9)	Lute Olson	84-79 (OT)	Kentucky	Indianapolis, Ind.
1996	Kentucky (34-2)	Rick Pitino	76-67	Syracuse	East Rutherford, N.J.
1995	UCLA (31-2)	Jim Harrick	89-78	Arkansas	Seattle, Wash.
1994	Arkansas (31-3)	Nolan Richardson	76-72	Duke	Charlotte, N.C.
1993	North Carolina (34-4)	Dean Smith	77-71	Michigan	New Orleans, La.
1992	Duke (34-2)	Mike Krzyzewski	71-51	Michigan	Minneapolis, Minn.
1991	Duke (32-7)	Mike Krzyzewski	72-65	Kansas	Indianapolis, Ind.
1990	UNLV (35-5)	Jerry Tarkanian	103-73	Duke	Denver, Colo.
1989	Michigan (30-7)	Steve Fisher	80-79 (OT)	Seton Hall	Seattle, Wash.
1988	Kansas (27-11)	Larry Brown	83-79	Oklahoma	Kansas City, Mo.
1987	Indiana (30-4)	Bob Knight	74-73	Syracuse	New Orleans, La.
1986	Louisville (32-7)	Denny Crum	72-69	Duke	Dallas, Texas
1985	Villanova (25-10)	Rollie Massimino	66-64	Georgetown	Lexington, Ky,
1984	Georgetown (34-3)	John Thompson	84-75	Houston	Seattle, Wash.
1983	North Carolina State (26-10)	Jim Valvano	54-52	Houston	Albuquerque, N.M.
1982	North Carolina (32-2)	Dean Smith	63-62	Georgetown	New Orleans, La.
1981	Indiana (26-9)	Bob Knight	63-50	North Carolina	Philadelphia, Pa.
1980	Louisville (33-3)	Denny Crum	59-54	UCLA	Indianapolis, Ind.
1979	Michigan State (26-6)	Jud Heathcote	75-64	Indiana State	Salt Lake City, Utah
1978	Kentucky (30-2)	Joe Hall	94-88	Duke	St. Louis, Mo.
1977	Marquette (25-7)	Al McGuire	67-59	North Carolina	Atlanta, Ga.
1976	Indiana (32-0)	Bob Knight	86-68	Michigan	Philadelphia, Pa.
1975	UCLA (28-3)	John Wooden	92-85	Kentucky	San Diego, Calif.
1974	North Carolina State (30-1)	Norm Sloan	76-64	Marquette	Greensboro, N.C.
1973	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	87-66	Memphis State	St. Louis, Mo.
1972	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	81-76	Florida State	Los Angeles, Calif.
1971	UCLA (29-1)	John Wooden	68-62	Villanova	Houston, Texas
1970	UCLA (28-2)	John Wooden	80-69	Jacksonville	College Park, Md.
1969	UCLA (29-1)	John Wooden	92-72	Purdue	Louisville, Ky.
1968	UCLA (29-1)	John Wooden	78-55	North Carolina	Los Angeles, Calif.
1967	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	79-64	Dayton	Louisville, Ky.
1966	UTEP (28-1)	Don Haskins	72-65	Kentucky	College Park, Md.
1965	UCLA (28-2)	John Wooden	91-80	Michigan	Portland, Ore.
1964	UCLA (30-0)	John Wooden	98-83	Duke	Kansas City, Mo.
1963	Loyola (Ill.) (29-2)	George Ireland	60-58 (OT)	Cincinnati	Louisville, Ky.
1962	Cincinnati (29-2)	Ed Jucker	71-59	Ohio State	Louisville, Ky.
1961	Cincinnati (27-3)	Ed Jucker	70-65 (OT)	Ohio State	Kansas City, Mo.
1960	Ohio State (25-3)	Fred Taylor	75-55	California	Daly City, Calif.
1959	California (25-4)	Pete Newell	71-70	West Virginia	Louisville, Ky.
1958	Kentucky (23-6)	Adolph Rupp	84-72	Seattle	Louisville, Ky.
1957	North Carolina (32-0)	Frank McGuire	54-53 (3OT)	Kansas	Kansas City, Mo.
1956	San Francisco (29-0)	Phil Woolpert	83-71	Iowa	Evanston, Ill.
1955	San Francisco (28-1)	Phil Woolpert	77-63	LaSalle	Kansas City, Mo.
1954	La Salle (26-4)	Ken Loeffler	92-76	Bradley	Kansas City, Mo.
1953	Indiana (23-3)	Branch McCracken	69-68	Kansas	Kansas City, Mo.
1952	Kansas (28-3)	Phog Allen	80-63	St. John's	Seattle, Wash.
1951	Kentucky (32-2)	Adolph Rupp	68-58	Kansas State	Minneapolis, Minn.
1950	CCNY (24-5)	Nat Holman	71-68	Bradley	New York, N.Y.
1949	Kentucky (32-2)	Adolph Rupp	46-36	Oklahoma A&M	Seattle, Wash.
1948	Kentucky (36-3)	Adolph Rupp	58-42	Baylor	New York, N.Y.
1947	Holy Cross (27-3)	Doggie Julian	58-47	Oklahoma	New York, N.Y.
1946	Oklahoma State (31-2)	Henry Iba	43-40	North Carolina	New York, N.Y.
1945	Oklahoma State (27-4)	Henry Iba	49-45	NYU	New York, N.Y.
1944	Utah (21-4)	Vadal Peterson	42-40 (OT)	Dartmouth	New York, N.Y.
1943	Wyoming (31-2)	Everett Shelton	46-34	Georgetown	New York, N.Y.
1942	Stanford (28-4)	Everett Dean	53-38	Dartmouth	Kansas City, Mo.
1941	Wisconsin (20-3)	Bud Foster	39-34	Washington State	Kansas City, Mo.
1940	Indiana (20-3)	Branch McCracken	60-42	Kansas	Kansas City, Mo.
1939	Oregon (29-5)	Howard Hobson	46-33	Ohio State	Evanston, Ill.