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The college basketball tournaments and the football playoff, laid out round by round. Texas Tech is highlighted wherever the Red Raiders show up.
Men's college basketball tournament 2026
Final resultsMar 17 – Apr 6Saved copy of the finished tournament
Play-in games
Mar 17Final Mar 17Final Mar 18Final Mar 18Final
East
Round of 64Mar 19 – Mar 20
Round of 32Mar 21 – Mar 22
Round of 16Mar 27
Regional finalMar 29
Midwest
Round of 64Mar 19 – Mar 20
Round of 32Mar 21 – Mar 22
Round of 16Mar 27
Regional finalMar 29
South
Round of 64Mar 19 – Mar 20
Round of 32Mar 21 – Mar 22
Round of 16Mar 26
Regional finalMar 28
West
Round of 64Mar 19 – Mar 20
Round of 32Mar 21 – Mar 22
Round of 16Mar 26
Regional finalMar 28
Semifinals & final
Champion: Michigan
SemifinalsApr 4
National championshipApr 6
Next bracket
The next bracket isn’t set yet
The field is set on Selection Sunday, in March. The bracket appears here once the teams are named.
Until then, the 2026 bracket above stays as it ended.
Questions about the brackets
How do I follow one team through the bracket?
Tap a team’s name in any game. Every game that team played lights up, round by round, and the lines between them fill in. Tap the team again to clear it. Texas Tech starts highlighted.
Where do the scores and matchups come from?
From ESPN’s public scoreboard feed. We keep a copy on our own server and refresh it about every ten minutes while games are on, so this page can trail the broadcast by a few minutes. A finished tournament is saved as it ended.
When does the next bracket show up?
The men’s and women’s basketball fields are set in March, and the Big 12 tournaments are played in March. In recent years the College Football Playoff field has been announced in early December. Each bracket fills in here once the teams are named.
Why does the Big 12 bracket show no seed numbers?
The scoreboard data we read does not include the Big 12 tournament’s seeding, so we don’t print numbers we can’t check. Teams sit where they advanced from.
Is this the official bracket?
806 Connect is not affiliated with the NCAA, the Big 12 Conference or the College Football Playoff. For tickets, broadcast times and official brackets, use each event’s own site.