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The second College Basketball Crown will feature eight teams playing in the postseason tournament with NIL prizes.
The 2026 College Basketball Crown bracket is set. The postseason tournament backed by Fox Sports revealed its field Monday, March 16 for its second iteration. It was announced on the FS1 show "First Things First.
" Teams in the 2026 Crown tournament are (in alphabetical order): Baylor Colorado Creighton Minnesota Oklahoma Rutgers Stanford West Virginia Introduced in 2025, the College Basketball Crown is a postseason tournament in Las Vegas centered on name, image and likeness prizes for teams that didn't make the NCAA Tournament . Nebraska won the inaugural tournament. The 2026 edition has eight teams instead of 16 like last year, and there were slots reserved from specific conferences; two teams from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East that didn't receive an NCAA Tournament bid, as well as two wild card selections.
There is a $500,000 NIL prize pool for players in the tournament. College Basketball Crown 2026 bracket, schedule The 2026 College Basketball Crown will be played April 1-5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. It will air on Fox and FS1.
Quarterfinals (MGM Grand Garden Arena ) G1: Oklahoma vs. Colorado (April 1, 8 p. m.