The 2018 NCAA Tournament will begin with the First Four on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 (03/13/2018) and Wednesday, March 14, 2018 (03/14/2018) as eight teams play each other over two nights to kick off March Madness and fight to make the Big Dance officially at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.
The 2018 First Four teams and matchups: LIU-Brooklyn vs. Radford and St. Bonaventure vs. UCLA on Tuesday and N.C. Central vs. Texas Southern and Arizona State vs. Syracuse on Wednesday.
Here's what fans need to know:
2018 NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST FOUR
What: Four play-in games to determine the official 64-team bracket for the 2018 NCAA Division-1 Men's Basketball Tournament.