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NCAA does not plan to return to bubble for men’s, women’s basketball tournaments this year

Dan Gavitt, the NCAA senior vice president in charge of basketball, said on Wednesday that the organization is not currently discussing making changes to where the men’s and women’s tournaments are played. Andy Katz reported on NCAA.com that the NCAA currently plans for the games to be played at the previously-designated sites.

Last season, both the men’s and women’s tournaments were played within bubbles. The men’s games were held in Indiana. The women’s tournament was held at sites around San Antonio and Austin, Tex.

The NCAA plans to return to the format of having the women play on the campuses of the top 16 seeds for the first two rounds, then proceeding to pre-selected neutral sites.