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The 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2009–10 basketball season. It began on March 16, 2010, and concluded with the championship game on April 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, to become champion. It was the first Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium; the RCA Dome and Market Square Arena hosted past Final Fours when the event was held in Indianapolis. The Final Four consisted of Duke, making their first appearance since 2004, West Virginia, who were making their second appearance and first since 1959, Butler, considered the host school and making their first ever appearance, and Michigan State, the national runner-up from 2009 appearing in the Final Four for the sixth time under head coach Tom Izzo. When Duke and Butler played each other in the tournament final, it was the first title game between private universities in 25 years (Villanova and Georgetown met in 1985), and the fifth such matchup in history (1942, 1954, and 1955 having been the other years). Duke defeated Butler 61-59 in the championship game as Gordon Hayward's last second desperation shot clanged off the rim. It was Duke's first national championship since 2001 and fourth overall. Entering the tournament, the top four seeds were Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, and Syracuse. Kansas entered the tournament as the overall number one seed but were defeated on opening weekend by Northern Iowa, the #9 seed in the Midwest region. Northern Iowa was one of four teams seeded lower than #8 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, joining East Region #11 seed Washington and #12 seed Cornell and South Region #10 seed Saint Mary's. For the first time since 2006, a #14 seed advanced out of the first round as Ohio defeated Georgetown in the sub-regionals at Dunkin' Donuts Center. The #13 seed in the West Region, Murray State, defeated Vanderbilt marking the second consecutive appearance for the Commodores where they lost as a #4 seed. Murray State very nearly upset Butler in their next game, losing by two. One of the more exciting games of the tournament was played at the West Regional in Salt Lake City, as #6 Xavier took #2 Kansas State to two overtimes before falling 101-96. Jordan Crawford hit a three-pointer with seconds remaining in the first overtime period to force a second. ==Tournament procedure== A total of 65 teams were selected for the tournament. Thirty one of the teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference tournaments. The automatic bid of the Ivy League, which does not conduct a postseason tournament, went to Cornell, its regular season champion. The remaining 34 teams were granted at-large bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Two teams play an opening-round game, popularly called the play-in game; the winner of that game advances to the main draw of the tournament and plays a top seed in one of the regionals. The 2010 game was played on March 16 at University of Dayton Arena in Dayton, Ohio, as it has been since its inception in 2001. The University of Dayton hosted the game. All 64 teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regions; the winner of the play-in game automatically receives a 16 seed. The Selection Committee seeds the entire field from 1 to 65. UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero took over as chair of the Division I Men's Basketball Committee.〔NCAA News: (Smith to chair Division I Men's Basketball Committee ), June 30, 2009〕 Defending champion North Carolina did not qualify for the tournament, while two schools made their first post-season appearance: Southern Conference champion Wofford and SWAC champion Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Conference USA champion Houston made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 18 years. The first and second round games were played at the following sites:〔2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (72nd Annual) Media Information, ''NCAA'', March 9, 2010〕 *March 18 / 20 :Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island (Hosts: Big East Conference and Providence College) :New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University) :Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Host: Big 12 Conference) :HP Pavilion, San Jose, California (Host: San José State University) *March 19 / 21 :HSBC Arena, Buffalo, New York (Hosts: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Canisius College, and Niagara University) :Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida (Host: Jacksonville University) :Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Host: Marquette University) :Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, Spokane, Washington (Host: Washington State University) The 2010 regional sites were: *March 25 / 27 :East Regional, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York (Host: Syracuse University) :West Regional, EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah (Host: University of Utah) *March 26 / 28 :Midwest Regional, Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference) :South Regional, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas (Hosts: University of Houston, Rice University) Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held on April 3 and 5 in Indianapolis, Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium, hosted by the Horizon League and Butler University, as per the NCAA's mandate that one Final Four is held every five years in the city that houses the NCAA's headquarters. With Butler's win in the West Regional final, this marked the first time since 1972 that the host city had a home team in the Final Four (when UCLA went) and the first time that a host school played in the Final Four since Louisville did so in 1959. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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