2017-2018 NCAA Final Four Tournament

Results:

National Championship Game

#3 Michigan vs. #1 Villanova – Villanova 79-62

Final Four Games

#3 Michigan vs. #11 Loyola (Chicago) – Michigan 69-570
#1 Kansas vs. #1 Villanova – Villanova – 95-79

Elite Eight Games

#9 Florida State vs. #3 Michigan – Michigan 58-54
#11 Loyola (Chi) vs. #9 Kansas State – Loyola 78-62

#3 Texas Tech vs. #1 Villanova – Villanova 71-59
#2 Duke vs. #1 Kansas – Kansas 85-81

Sweet Sixteen Games

#11 Loyola (Chi) vs. #7 Nevada – Loyola 69-68
#7 Texas A&M vs. #3 Michigan – Michigan 99-72
#9 Kansas State vs. #5 Kentucky – Kansas State 61-58
#9 Florida State vs. #4 Gonzaga – Florida State 75-60

#5 Clemson vs. #1 Kansas – Kansas 80-76
#5 West Virginia vs. #1 Villanova – Villanova 90-78
#11 Syracuse vs. #2 Duke – Duke 69-65
#3 Texas Tech vs. #2 Purdue – Texas Tech 78-65

Second Round Games

#9 Alabama vs. #1 Villanova – Villanova 81-58
#6 Houston vs. #3 Michigan – Michigan 64-63
#5 Ohio State vs. #4 Gonzaga – Gonzaga 90-84
#6 Florida vs. #3 Texas Tech – Texas Tech 69-65
#7 Rhode Island vs. #2 Duke – Duke 87-62
#13 Buffalo vs. #5 Kentucky – Kentucky 95-75
#11 Loyola (Chi) vs. #3 Tennessee – Loyola 63-62
#8 Seton Hall vs. #1 Kansas – Kansas 83-79

#9 Florida State vs. #1 Xavier – Florida State 75-70
#11 Syracuse vs. #3 Michigan State – Syracuse 55-53
#7 Nevada vs. #2 Cincinnati – Nevada 75-73
#7 Texas A&M vs. #2 North Carolina – Texas A&M 86-65
#13 Marshall vs. #5 West Virginia – West Virginia 94-71
#5 Clemson vs. #4 Auburn – Clemson 84-53
#10 Butler vs. #2 Purdue – Purdue 76-73
#16 UMBC vs. #9 Kansas State – Kansas State 50-43

First Round Games

#16 Radford vs. #1 Villanova – Villanova 87-61
#16 Penn vs. #1 Kansas – Kansas 76-60
#15 Iona vs. #2 Duke – Duke 89-67
#14 Montana vs. #3 Michigan – Michigan 61-47
#14 Wright State vs. #3 Tennessee – Tennessee 73-47
#14 Stephen F Austin vs. #3 Texas Tech – Texas Tech 70-30
#13 UNC Greensboro vs. #4 Gonzaga – Gonzaga 68-64
#13 Buffalo vs. #4 Arizona – Buffalo 89-68
#12 South Dakota State vs. #5 Ohio State – Ohio State 81-73
#12 Davidson vs. #5 Kentucky – Kentucky 78-73
#11 San Diego State vs. #6 Houston – Houston 67-65
#11 St. Bonaventure vs. #6 Florida – Florida 77-62
#10 Oklahoma vs. #7 Rhode Island – Rhode Island 83-78
#9 NC State vs. #8 Seton Hall – Seton Hall 94-83
#9 Alabama vs. #8 Virginia Tech – Alabama 86-83

#16 UMBC vs. #1 Virginia – UMBC 74-54
#16 Texas Southern vs. #1 Xavier – Xavier 102-83
#15 Georgia State vs. #2 Cincinnati – Cincinnati 68-53
#15 Lipscomb vs. #2 North Carolina – North Carolina 84-66
#15 CS Fullerton vs. #2 Purdue – Purdue 74-48
#14 Bucknell vs. #3 Michigan State – Michigan State 82-78
#13 Marshall vs. #4 Wichita State – Marshall 81-75
#13 Charleston vs. #4 Auburn – Auburn 62-58
#12 Murray State vs. #5 West Virginia – West Virginia 85-68
#12 New Mexico State vs. #5 Clemson – Clemson 79-68
#10 Texas vs. #7 Nevada – Nevada 87-83
#10 Providence vs. #7 Texas A&M – Texas A&M 73-69
#10 Butler vs. #7 Arkansas – Butler 79-62
#9 Kansas State vs. #8 Creighton – Kansas State 69-59
#9 Florida State vs. #8 Missouri – Florida State 67-54

First Four Games

#16 LIU Brooklyn vs. #16 Radford – Radford 71-61
#11 St. Bonaventure vs. #11 UCLA – St. Bonaventure 65-58
#16 Texas Southern vs. #16 North Carolina Central – Texas Southern 64-46
#11 Syracuse vs. #11 Arizona State –  Syracuse 60-56

Channels: TNT, TBS, CBS, TruTV

Dates:

1. Play-In Games – March 13th & 14th
2. First Round – March 15th & 16th
3. Second Round – March 17th & March 18th
4. Sweet 16 – March 22nd & March 23rd
5. Elite 8 – March 25th & March 26th
6. Final Four – March 31st
7. Championship – April 2nd

Printable Bracket: CBS Sports, NCAA, SB Nation, Sporting News, ESPN

Teams That Were Selected:

Alabama
Arizona State
Arkansas
Auburn
Butler
Clemson
Creighton
Duke
Florida
Florida State
Houston
Kansas State
Miami (FL)
Michigan State
Missouri
Nevada
North Carolina State
North Carolina
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Providence
Purdue
Rhode Island
Seton Hall
St. Bonaventure
Syracuse
TCU
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
UCLA
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Wichita State
Xavier

Teams With Automatic Bids:

With the final list of conference champions you can see that there are at least 15 teams that would not have normally made a top 64 tournament that will be playing in at least the first round.  I would say that Texas Southern is a complete surprise considering they started their season 0-13 but no one from the SWAC had more than 20 wins and Texas Southern did pretty well with conference games.