Mar 14, 2021
The 2021 NCAA tournament will be unlike any in history, with the majority of its 67-game slate taking place in Indianapolis.
The NCAA announced in January that it would stage the entire event in Indiana amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Last year s Big Dance was canceled due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the U.S.
March Madness will be hosted by Ball State University, Butler University, the Horizon League, Indiana University, IUPUI and Purdue University, which are lending their facilities and staffs to assist with tournament operations. The Indiana Convention Center will be used as a practice facility, with multiple courts set up inside the venue.
By Steve Almasy, CNN
Almost two years ago, the Virginia Cavaliers won NCAA men s basketball national title. (CNN) A year ago we were left with empty courts and empty brackets. Just as men s college basketball conference tournaments jumped into action, officials shut them down. Players were sent back to campus wondering if they needed to pack up and head home.
There was no March Madness. The US was just beginning to embrace how serious the coronavirus pandemic was. When several conferences called off their postseason events on March 12, the World Health Organization had just declared a pandemic and the NBA had suspended its season.
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