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| Season | 2019–20 | ||||
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| Teams | 68 (planned) | ||||
| Finals site | Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia | ||||
| Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
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The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a planned single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2019–20 season. The 82nd edition of the tournament would have begun on March 17, 2020, and concluded with the championship game on April 6 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
On March 12, the tournament, as well as all other NCAA championships for the remainder of the academic year, were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, just five days before it was set to begin. It was the first time the tournament had been cancelled since its creation in 1939. Four years later in 2024, Atlanta successfully bid for the right to host the 2031 tournament in lieu of the cancelled event.[1]
- ^ Associated Press (August 29, 2024). "Final Four back to Atlanta in 2031 after 2020 cancellation". Retrieved October 30, 2024.