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Court Report: Inside look at plans for 2022 NCAA Tournament as March Madness returns to pre-pandemic format

Court Report: Inside look at plans for 2022 NCAA Tournament as March Madness returns to pre-pandemic format

We are less than 50 days from the start of the 2022 men’s NCAA Tournament, which begins March 15. So … how’s that going? A year after a unique and unprecedented men’s NCAA Tournament in and around greater Indianapolis, what’s the plan for March Madness this year? 

I caught up Wednesday afternoon with NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt, who oversees the men’s tournament. Gavitt is in New Orleans, site of the 2022 men’s Final Four, for the NCAA’s monthly planning meeting with New Orleans’ local organizing committee and other contractors. We spoke just after he completed the NCAA’s operations seminar, which amounts to the final big to-do before things really start to get real down in the Bayou.  

“Things are going well, Gavitt told CBS Sports. “Planning has been good and we feel good and confident with where we are — as much as you can be.”

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