The Daily Hatch

I have March Madness fever this time every year and here are the locations and dates for the NCAA Tournament this year:

March 15/17, 2012
Albuquerque, NM
The Pit Arena
University of New Mexico

Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Arena
University of Louisville

Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Center
Duquesne University

Portland, OR
Rose Garden Arena
University of Oregon

March 16/18, 2012

Columbus, OH
Nationwide Arena
Ohio State University

Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
Atlantic Coast Conference

Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena

Ohio Valley Conference

Omaha, NE
CenturyLink Center (Formerly the Qwest Center)
Creighton University

2012 NCAA Tournament Regionals

The 2012 Sweet Regional Play to include the 2012 Sweet 16 and Elite 8 moves to Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta, and St. Louis on March 22nd, 2012. Boston College, ASU, Georgia Tech, and St. Louis University serve and the college hosts for 2012 regional play. Hosting the South Regional this season is considered to be a warm-up for the Georgia Dome which will serve as the host venue for the 2013 NCAA Basketball tournament.

March 22/24, 2012

East Regional
Boston, MA
TD Garden
Boston College

West Regional
Phoenix, AZ
US Airways Center
Arizona State University

March 23/25, 2012

South Regional
Atlanta, GA
Georgia Dome
Georgia Institute of Technology

Midwest Regional
St. Louis, MO
Edward Jones Dome
St. Louis University

2012 NCAA Final Four

31 March/April 2, 2012
Superdome
New Orleans, LA
Tulane

2012 will be the fifth time that the NCAA Final Four has been played in the Superdome. The venue is home to Tulane football, the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, the Sugar Bowl, New Orleans Bowl, and every 4^th year the BCS National Championship game. Fans considering attending the 2012 NCAA Final Four do need to act quickly on making hotel reservations that are a convenient travel to the Super Dome to avoid expensive cab rides or drives to and from the games. A fan favorite, of course, is letting the traffic die down while visiting the world-famous Bourbon Street after game play is finished for the night.

April 2nd, 2012 NCAA Championship Game