The NCAA will be consolidating down to one location for the 2021 Men’s Basketball NCAA Championship, they announced Monday. Wichita and 12 other cities were set to be host sites for the tournament.
The NCAA is currently in preliminary talks with the state of Indiana and Indianapolis to host the 68-team tournament in March and April. Indianapolis was already set to host the Final Four from April 3-5 2021.
“We have learned so much from monitoring other successful sporting events in the last several months, and it became clear it’s not feasible to manage this complex championship in so many different states with the challenges presented by the pandemic,” Dan Gavitt, NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball said.