68-Team Bracket The 68-team bracket is the standard version of the NCAA tournament field ... top four seeds in each region would receive a bye into the second round, with four first-round games ...

No matter which team wins national championship game, it will have earned the ... Notre Dame would have wedged its way into a four-team field. Any way you slice it, though, a four-team playoff ...

will be paired to compete in the First Four games on Tuesday and Wednesday following the announcement of the field. (If allowed, the last at-large team on the seed list will be paired with the ...