College Basketball Crown bracket revealed: Teams, schedule

The 2026 College Basketball Crown bracket is set.

The postseason tournament backed by Fox Sports revealed its field Monday, March 16 for its second iteration. It was announced on the FS1 show “First Things First.”

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Teams in the 2026 Crown tournament are (in alphabetical order):

Introduced in 2025, the College Basketball Crown is a postseason tournament in Las Vegas centered on name, image and likeness prizes for teams that didn’t make the NCAA Tournament. Nebraska won the inaugural tournament.

The 2026 edition has eight teams instead of 16 like last year, and there were slots reserved from specific conferences; two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East that didn’t receive an NCAA Tournament bid, as well as two wild card selections. There is a $500,000 NIL prize pool for players in the tournament.

The College Basketball Crown trophy on display following the championship game between the UCF Knights and the Nebraska Cornhuskers at T-Mobile Arena on April 06, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

College Basketball Crown bracket

College Basketball Crown 2026 schedule

The 2026 College Basketball Crown will be played April 1-5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It will air on Fox and FS1.

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Quarterfinals (MGM Grand Garden Arena)

G1: Oklahoma vs. Colorado (April 1, 8 p.m. ET, FS1)

G2: Baylor vs. Minnesota (April 1, 10:30 p.m. ET, FS1)

G3: Stanford vs. West Virginia (April 2, 8 p.m. ET, FS1)

G4: Rutgers vs. Creighton (April 2, 10:30 p.m. ET, FS1)

Semifinals (T-Mobile Arena)

Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner (April 4, 1:30 p.m. ET, Fox)

Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner (April 4, 4 p.m. ET, Fox)

Final (T-Mobile Arena)

TBD vs. TBD (April 5, 5:30 p.m. ET, Fox)

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