Overview

• The College Basketball Crown is a newly introduced postseason tournament for college basketball teams that did not qualify for the NCAA Tournament, offering an alternative to the NIT.
• The 16-team field includes representatives from major conferences like the Big Ten, Big 12, and Big East, as well as other conferences such as the Mountain West and Atlantic-10.
• The tournament will be held entirely in Las Vegas, with first and second-round games at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and semifinals and finals at the T-Mobile Arena.
• Games will be broadcast on Fox and FS1, with the semifinals and championship game airing on Fox.
• The schedule features first-round games on March 31 and April 1, second-round games on April 2 and 3, semifinals on April 5, and the final on April 6.