The following tables provide information on the 2027 NCAA Tournament 1st/2nd round and regional (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) sites, listing the city, venue, host team/conference, and days on which games are played.
2027 1ST/2ND ROUND SITES
| CITY | VENUE | HOST(S) | DAYS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth, TX | Dickies Arena | North Texas | Thu/Sat |
| Omaha, NE | CHI Health Center Omaha | Creighton | Thu/Sat |
| Pittsburgh, PA | PPG Paints Arena | Duquesne | Thu/Sat |
| Spokane, WA | Numerica Veterans Arena | Idaho | Thu/Sat |
| Charlotte, NC | Spectrum Center | Charlotte/ACC | Fri/Sun |
| Louisville, KY | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville | Fri/Sun |
| Minneapolis, MN | Target Center | Minnesota | Fri/Sun |
| Sacramento, CA | Golden 1 Center | Sacramento St. | Fri/Sun |
2027 REGIONAL SITES
| CITY | VENUE | HOST(S) | DAYS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles, CA (West) | Crypto.com Arena | Pepperdine | Thu/Sat |
| San Antonio, TX (South) | Frost Bank Center | UTSA | Thu/Sat |
| Kansas City, MO (Midwest) | T-Mobile Center | Big 12 | Fri/Sun |
| New York, NY (East) | Madison Square Garden | St. John’s/Big East | Fri/Sun |
The search tool below lists out the distances from each of the two Opening Round sites, eight 1st/2nd round sites, and four regional sites for the 2027 NCAA Tournament (ordered from closest to farthest) to each of the 361 Division I men’s basketball schools eligible to play in the tournament, according to driving mileage from campus.
Distances are driving miles from campus (no traffic). * = straight-line miles (no driving route). Opening Round Sites show driving miles from that arena.
NOTES:
- Four teams are ineligible for the 2027 NCAA Tournament due to D-I transition rules and do not appear when searched. These teams are Mercyhurst, New Haven, West Florida, and West Georgia.
- BYU has only four available 1st/2nd round sites and two available regional sites listed, as BYU cannot be bracketed to any site in which it would be potentially forced to play a game on a Sunday.
- Although the NCAA has removed the provision disallowing NCAA Tournament host teams from playing at their host sites, teams are still not permitted to play at sites in which they played three or more games during the regular season. This means the following teams are barred from the following locations: Creighton/Omaha (CHI Health Center Omaha), Louisville/Louisville (KFC Yum! Center), St. John’s/New York (Madison Square Garden).
- UD Arena in Dayton, OH, and Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS (listed in the search tool as “Dayton (Opening Round Site)” and “Wichita (Opening Round Site),” respectively) are also searchable options, as teams that are selected to play in the Opening Round are placed into the bracket’s 1st/2nd round and regional sites based on mileage distance from Dayton/Wichita.
- All mileage distances are unofficial. Up until 2026, distances were determined using the official NCAA Mileage Calculator, until it was privatized by the NCAA. These mileage numbers are calculated through OpenStreetMap (OSRM), which determines the shortest possible driving distance between tournament site addresses and D-I school addresses listed in the NCAA Directory.
- Huge thanks to @AI_Bracketology for scraping mileage distance data and providing the code to make this search tool possible!