2026 College Basketball Crown
| Season | 2025–26 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada | ||||
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The 2026 College Basketball Crown (CBC) will be a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament featuring eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams not selected to participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The tournament is scheduled to commence on April 1 and conclude on April 5.[1]
All games will be played on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, with quarterfinal games at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and the semifinal and final games at T-Mobile Arena. The quarterfinal games will air on FS1 and the semifinal and final games on Fox.[1]
Schedule
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | Box score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, April 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 5:00 pm | FS1 | ||||
| 2 | 7:30 pm | |||||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, April 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 5:00 pm | FS1 | ||||
| 4 | 7:30 pm | |||||
| Semifinals – Saturday, April 4 | ||||||
| 5 | 10:30 am | Fox | ||||
| 6 | 1:00 pm | |||||
| Final – Sunday, April 5 | ||||||
| 7 | 2:30 pm | Fox | ||||
| Game times are Pacific Daylight Time. (#) Rankings denote tournament seed.[2] | ||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals MGM Grand Garden Arena April 1 & 2 FS1 | Semifinals T-Mobile Arena April 4 Fox | Final T-Mobile Arena April 5 Fox | |||||||||
See also
- 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 2026 National Invitation Tournament
- 2026 College Basketball Invitational
References
- ^ a b "FOX Sports and AEG Announce Official Dates for the 2026 College Basketball Crown with Elite Eight-Team Field".
- ^ "Fillable Bracket - The Crown" (PDF). Fox Sports. March 17, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.