Midwest Region

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The Midwest Region is one of the four geographic brackets used to organize teams and games in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NCAA basketball tournament region
sports competition bracket
advancesTo Final Four
alsoKnownAs Midwest regional bracket
associatedWith March Madness
broadcastOn national television in the United States
competitionLevel NCAA Division I
country United States
determines one of four Final Four participants each season
frequency annual
governingBody NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
hasBracketSize 16-team regional bracket
hasLowestSeed No. 16 seed
hasNumberOfRegionsInTournament 4
hasNumberOfTeams 16
hasOutcome regional champion
hasSeedingCriterion team performance and selection committee rankings
hasSeedRange 1–16
hasTopSeed No. 1 seed
hasType single-elimination bracket
hasVenuePattern games played at predetermined neutral sites
includesRounds Elite Eight
Sweet Sixteen
first round
second round
organizer NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee
parallelTo East Region
South Region
West Region
partOf NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
selectionMethod NCAA tournament selection and seeding process
sport men’s college basketball
startYear 20th century
tournamentFormat knockout
usedFor organizing games in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
organizing teams in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament


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