Twenty Regional Sites Announced for NCAA Division I Team Tournament; Easter Bowl 12s Division Videos

Today the NCAA released the acceptances of 20 bids for hosting the Division I regional team competitions next month, with 16 of these 20 sites receiving final approval on Monday May 3, when the selection of 64 men's teams and 64 women's teams are announced.

The 20 men's sites are:

Baylor

Central Florida

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Kentucky

Michigan

Mississippi

North Carolina

Ohio State

South Carolina

Southern California

Stanford

Tennessee

Texas

Texas A&M

TCU

Texas Tech

Virginia

Wake Forest

Top 20 teams (in last week's computerized rankings) missing are Mississippi State, Alabama, Oklahoma State and Tulane, replaced by Texas Tech[21], Stanford[24], Ohio State[26] and Michigan[30].

The 20 women's sites:

Baylor

Cal

Central Florida

Duke

Florida

Florida State

Georgia

Georgia Tech

LSU

Michigan

North Carolina

North Carolina State

Northwestern

Ohio State

Pepperdine

Stanford

Tennessee

Texas 

UCLA

Virginia

Current Top 20 teams either not bidding or not selected are Texas A&M[17] and Mississippi[19], with Cal[25] and Stanford[29] in their place.

I haven't heard whether fans will be allowed at this year's finals site, the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, but this is the link to check for that information going forward.

The Easter Bowl videos for the 12s division are embedded below, with the champions first, followed by the finalists. It was disappointing that the finals for the 12s and 14s weren't put on show courts, which isn't the case at the tournament's usual venue, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.