The NCAA Division I Males’s Basketball Committee has chosen Atlanta, Georgia because the host website of the Remaining 4 in 2031, the governing physique introduced Thursday. The occasion will happen April 5 and seven at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The committee’s choice to award Atlanta the Remaining 4 comes 4 years after town misplaced the prospect to host the Remaining 4 amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 after the NCAA Event was canceled. It would mark the fifth time Atlanta has hosted the occasion, which included the primary Remaining 4 in 1977.
“The cancellation of the 2020 event, together with the Males’s Remaining 4 in Atlanta, was a vital but devastating choice for student-athletes, coaches and followers. It considerably impacted the Affiliation and its membership, in addition to town of Atlanta, which has repeatedly been a terrific host to the occasion,” stated Dan Gavitt, the NCAA’s senior vice chairman of basketball. “The committee has been empathetic in its consideration of changing the 2020 Males’s Remaining 4 for Atlanta, and finally town competed favorably and received the chance to host once more in the end in 2031. We’re wanting ahead to working with the Atlanta group to offer one other memorable Males’s Remaining 4 expertise.”
Atlanta additionally hosted the Remaining 4 in 2002, 2007 and most lately in 2013, when Rick Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals defeated Michigan 82-76.
Host websites for the Remaining 4 at the moment are determined for the subsequent seven years, with 2025’s Remaining 4 set to return to San Antonio, which final hosted in 2018. They’re as follows:
Remaining 4 host websites
- 2025: San Antonio
- 2026: Indianapolis
- 2027: Detroit
- 2028: Las Vegas
- 2029: Indianapolis
- 2030: North Texas
- 2031: Atlanta