*Get ready to experience March Madness*

*NCAA, the largest collegiate athletic association, is a charitable organization of more than 1,250 institutions and individuals. It arranges different athletic programs of several colleges of United States. National collegiate athletic association is much more popular than other national college sports institutions in other countries. *

*‘March madness’ is the famous term for the basketball tournament because the tournament runs through March. For the fall 2007, NCAA basketball tournament is scheduled to run from March 13 to April 2, 2007. In the men’s division, a sum of 65 college teams will enter in the Basketball tournament. Out of these 65 teams, 30 will enter in the tournament by winning the bids in the conference and the remaining teams will be selected by NCAA Selection Committee.  NCAA is also recommencing naming the regional for geographic directions. Four common regional sites are:*

*a)        **South regional-* *Alamo dome, San Antonio, Texas*
*b)        **West regional-* *HP Pavilion, San Jose, California*
*c)        **East regional-* *Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey*
*d)        **Midwest regional-* *Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, Missouri*

*The selection committee will also choose winners from each regional site and these winners will play in the ‘Final Four’ that is going to be held from March 31, 2007. All the games of the championship will be played in Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA. *

*In the year 2007, NCAA women’s basketball championship will be held on March 17.  The selection procedure is same as the men’s division. Regional championships will be played from March 24 to March 27. Regional sites for women’s basketball tournament are:*

*a)        **Dallas** regional- Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas*
*b)        **Dayton regional-* *University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio*
*c)        **Fresno** regional-* *Save** Mart Center, Fresno, California*
*d)        **Greensboro** regional-* *Greensboro** Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina*

*After these regional championships, four winners will play in the Final Four that will be held on April 1 and 3 of 2007 at Quickens Loans Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio. *

*Student-athletes, who want to enroll NCAA, should check their initial eligibilities prior to the registration. As NCAA changed its rules and regulation so they should be conscious about all terms. The basic eligibility to participate in the tournament is that the volunteer athlete should be of minimum 18 years**. *