NCAA Basketball Tournament 2010, schedule, scores, results, brackets

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The 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament began on March 16, 2010 at the University of Dayton Arena in Dayton.

65 teams are selected to participate  in this tournament.

34 teams were granted 'at large' bids, extended by the NCAA selection committee.

The remaining 31 teams earned automatic bids of the 'lvy League', by winning their conference tournaments. The NCAA is a single elimination tournament.

The first final championship game will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on 5th April.

The tournament starts with the 'Play-in game', which includes two teams. The winner in this game will be promoted to the main draw of the tournament and plays a top seed in one of the regionals. North Carolina, defending champion, did not qualify for the tournament.

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The schedule of the tournament is as follows:

• First Round: March 18th & 19th.
• Second Round: March 20th & 21st.
• Regional Semifinals: March 25th & 26th.
• Regional Finals: March 27th & 28th.
• National Semifinals: April 3rd.
• National Championship Game - April 5th.

The teams in the tournament are as follows :

Kansas, Lehigh, Washington, New Mexico, Montana, Clemson, Missouri, Richmond, Saint Mary's, Villanova, Robert Morris.UNLV, Northern Lowa, Michigan State, New Mexico State,  Maryland, Houston, Tennessee, San Diego State, Georgetown, Ohio, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, West Virginia, Morgan State, Duke, Arkansas - Pine Bluff, California, Louisville, Texas A&M, Utah State, Purdue, Siena, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Baylor, Sam Houston State, UC Santa Barbara, Syracuse, Vermont, Gonzaga, florida State, Butler, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Murry State, Xavier, Minnesota, BYU, Florida, Kansas State, North Texas, Kentucky, East Tennessee State, Texas, Wake Forest, Temple, Cornell, Wisconsin, Wofford, Marquette,