NCAA: March Madness Will Return to Detroit

Michigan State reached the national title game in 2009, and that was a factor in the NCAA’s nod to Detroit in 2018.

“The committee does try to move this thing around and expose it to different communities,” Dan Gavit, vice president of basketball operations for the NCAA, said. “But first and foremost on this committee’s mind is the experience of the student athletes, and a huge component is having a full arena and getting that excitement that comes with March Madness and the NCAA Tournament.

Several other cities with yet-to-be completed arenas will be hosting March Madness games in 2018, Gavit said. There’s a backup plan should construction be delayed.

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