NCAA Men’s Tournament Final Four Is Set: Schedule, Location and How to Watch

The 2026 NCAA men’s tournament Final Four is just around the corner, as the final (and most important) weekend of college basketball arrives in full force to kick off the month of April.

The Final Four returns to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis this season for the first time since 2021, when Gonzaga, Baylor, Houston and UCLA made the final weekend. Baylor went on to cut down the nets over Gonzaga for the first national championship of the Scott Drew era.

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Here’s a full breakdown of everything you need to know heading into the Final Four.

Men’s Final Four schedule

The Final Four will take place on Saturday, April 4, with Game 1 set for 6:09 p.m. ET at Lucas Oil Stadium. Game 2 is slated for approximately 8:30 p.m. ET on the same court following the conclusion of Game 1.

Teams	Time	Location
No. 2 UConn vs. No. 3 Illinois	6:09 p.m. ET	Lucas Oil Stadium
No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 1 Michigan	Approx. 8:30 p.m. ET	Lucas Oil Stadium

Location

The 2026 Final Four will be contested in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium. It will mark the ninth time that the city has hosted the final college basketball weekend of the year, and this April will be the fourth time the Final Four has been played at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Here’s a full breakdown of the previous Final Four results in Indianapolis.

Year	Participants	Champion	Location
1980	Louisville, UCLA, Iowa, Purdue	Louisville over UCLA	Market Square Arena
1991	Duke, Kansas, North Carolina, UNLV	Duke over Kansas	RCA Dome
1997	Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota	Arizona over Kentucky	RCA Dome
2000	Michigan State, Florida, North Carolina, Wisconsin	Michigan State over Florida	RCA Dome
2006	Florida, UCLA, George Mason, LSU	Florida over UCLA	RCA Dome
2010	Duke, Butler, West Virginia, Michigan State	Duke over Butler	Lucas Oil Stadium
2015	Duke, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Michigan State	Duke over Wisconsin	Lucas Oil Stadium
2021	Baylor, Gonzaga, UCLA, Houston	Baylor over Gonzaga	Lucas Oil Stadium
2026	Arizona, Michigan, UConn and Illinois	TBD	Lucas Oil Stadium

How to Watch

This season, TBS holds the broadcast rights for the Final Four and national championship games as part of a broadcasting partnership with CBS that has been in place since 2016. In even-numbered years since 2016, TBS has broadcast the Final Four and national championship games, while CBS has carried the coverage in odd-numbered years.

Game	Date	Time	TV
Final Four Game 1	Saturday, April 4	6:09 p.m. ET	TBS
Final Four Game 2	Saturday, April 4	Approx. 8:30 p.m. ET	TBS
National Championship	Monday, April 6	8:30 p.m. ET	TBS

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