Sports 14 February 2024

Lawmakers call on NCAA men’s basketball committee to continue hosting March Madness games in Dayton

DAYTON – Congressman Mike Turner (OH-10), along with U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Congressman Warren Davidson (OH-08), called on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee to continue hosting the “First Four” games of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament at the University of Dayton and to expand to the first and second rounds in 2027 and 2028. 

The lawmakers expressed their strong support of the university’s application to bring the excitement of the first and second rounds back to the University of Dayton Arena (UD Arena).

“For more than 20 years, March Madness has had its tip-off in Dayton, Ohio. During this time, Dayton has hosted the ‘First Four’ or play-in games of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. As members of Ohio’s Congressional delegation, we offer our strong support of the University of Dayton’s application to continue that tradition,” wrote the lawmakers.

Add new comment

This is not for publication.
This is not for publication.
About text formats

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.
Article comments are not posted immediately to the Web site. Each submission must be approved by the Web site editor, who may edit content for appropriateness. There may be a delay of 24-48 hours for any submission while the web site editor reviews and approves it. Note: All information on this form is required. Your telephone number and email address is for our use only, and will not be attached to your comment.
CAPTCHA This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.