East Region

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The East 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
alsoKnownFor geographic designation within NCAA Tournament bracket
bracketType regional bracket
competitionLevel NCAA Division I
country United States
determinesQualifierFor Final Four
division Division I
genderCategory men
hasFormat single-elimination
inceptionContext modern NCAA Tournament regionalization system
numberOfRegionsInTournament 4
organizer National Collegiate Athletic Association
partOf NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
seedingOrder 1 through 16
selectionMethod NCAA Selection Committee seeding
shortName East
siblingRegion Midwest Region
South Region
West Region
sport Men’s college basketball
teamType college basketball team
tournamentPhase early rounds
regional final
regional semifinals
typicalNumberOfSeedLines 16
usedIn NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
winnerAdvancesTo national semifinals


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