Selection Sunday 2016: Who, What & When
BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Selection Sunday is the day when the NCAA men's and women's basketball committees determine which teams have made the field for that year's basketball championships. This year, Selection Sunday will be Sunday, March 13.
The show will be televised on NCAA.com and CBS starting at 5:30 p.m. ET with a new two-hour broadcast.
Here's how the selection committee determines the tournament field:
Each member of the Division I men's basketball committee evaluates during selection process. Their opinions -- developed through observations, discussions with coaches, directors of athletics and commissioners, and review and comparison of data -- ultimately determine selections, seeding and bracketing.
The Selection, Seeding and Bracketing process for the Division I Men's Basketball Championship adheres to the following principles:
• The committee aims to achieve reasonable competitive balance in each region of the bracket.
• The committee selects the 36 best teams not otherwise automatic qualifiers for their conference to fill the at-large berths.
• A committee member shall not be present during any discussion regarding the selection or seeding of a team the individual represents as an athletics director or commissioner.
• A member is permitted to answer only general, factual questions about teams in the conference the individual represents.
• At no point in the process shall a member vote for a team the individual represents as an athletics director or commissioner.
• A member shall not be present during any discussion regarding the selection or seeding of a team in which an immediate family member is a student-athlete on the men's basketball team.
• At no point in the process shall a member vote for a team in which an immediate family member is a student-athlete on the men's basketball team.
• All votes are by secret ballot.
You can read more on NCAA.com here.
