Tickets for the preliminary rounds of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship go on sale at 10:00 a.m. local time Saturday October 17th in each host city.
The 2016 tournament begins March 15th and 16th with the First Four – four first round games in Dayton, OH. First and Second round games will take place on March 17th and 19th in Denver, Colorado, Des Moines, Iowa, Providence, Rhode Island and Raleigh, North Carolina. Brooklyn, New York, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, St. Louis Missouri and Spokane, Washington will host first and second round games on March 18th and March 20th.