DAYTON — UPDATE: @ 6:30 P.M.
The last group of teams for the 2026 First Four has been announced.
Prairie View A&M will play Lehigh on Wednesday at the UD Arena.
The winner will play the No. 1 seed in the South region, the Florida Gators.
The times for each game have not yet been announced.
We will continue to update this story.
UPDATE: @ 6:25 P.M.
The third group of teams of the 2026 First Four has been announced.
Miami (OH) will play SMU in Dayton on Wednesday.
The winner plays the No. 6 seed Tennessee in Philadelphia.
Wright State will be the No. 14 seed in the Midwest region. They will play No. 3 Virginia in Philadelphia.
We will continue to update this story.
-UPDATE @ 6:25 P.M.-
The second group of teams of the 2026 First Four has been announced.
UMBC will play Howard in Dayton on Tuesday.
The winner will face the No. 1 seed Michigan in the Midwest region in Buffalo, NY.
We will continue to update this story.
-UPDATE @ 6:14 P.M.-
The first two teams of the 2026 First Four have been announced.
Texas and NC State will play in Dayton.
The winner will face the No. 6 seed, BYU, on Thursday in Portland, Oregon.
We will continue to update this story.
-UPDATE @ 6:03 P.M. -
Ohio State is the No. 8 seed in the East region. They will play the No. 9 seed TCU in Greenville, Texas on Thursday.
The winner will play against No. 1 Duke/No. 16 Siena.
We will continue to update this story.
-INITIAL STORY-
The 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship will start this week in Dayton.
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The First Four games will take place on March 17-18.
Wright State will also know where they will play their first NCAA Tournament game.
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