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NCAA Tournament 2013: Where to Watch March Madness in Falls Church

East Regional Semifinals, Finals are at DC's Verizon Center. First round play starts Tuesday; tournament games start Thursday.

March Madness 2013 officially starts Tuesday and doesn’t end until the final buzzer of the last game on Monday, April 8.

Here in Virginia, a number of men’s college basketball teams are “in the dance” – Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Liberty University, James Madison University (JMU) and, in DC, Georgetown.

Here’s the official NCAA 2013 tournament bracket.

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When do Virginia and DC teams play?

  • Liberty University faces North Carolina A&T Tuesday at 6:40 p.m.
  • James Madison University plays LUI-Brooklyn at 6:40 p.m. Wednesday.
  • VCU plays Akron at 9:45 p.m. Thursday.
  • Georgetown faces Florida Gulf Coast University at 6:50 p.m. Friday.

Future games will be based on who wins these first- and second-round matchups.

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East Regional Semifinals and Finals are in Washington, DC at the Verizon Center.

The East Regionals are March 28 and March 30 at the Verizon Center in DC. You can still get tickets by going to the Verizon Center website or by searching for tickets online from ticket reseller Stubhub.com or a similar service.

Who’s in the East Regionals? The East Regional bracket includes: Indiana, James Madison or LUI-Brooklyn (depending on who wins Wednesday evening), NC State, Temple, UNLV, California Syracure, Montana, Butler, Bucknell, Marquette, Davidson, Illinois, Colorado, Miami and Pacific.

Only four of these teams will make it to play at the Verizon Center; those teams are TBD.

More information about the East Regional games at the Verizon Center is available here.

Get (or sell) tickets to the East Regional Semifinal and Final Games at Verizon Center here.

Who’s favored to win it all?

The four No. 1 seeds heading into the tournament and Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga. Of course, anything can happen, but the early favorite based on betting in Las Vegas is Louisville.

The finals are April 6 and April 8 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Where to Watch the NCAA Tournament in Falls Church

Games are being broadcast on TruTV and at www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live.

Interested in watching with a crowd? Here in Falls Church, head out to:

  • Mad Fox Brewing Company
  • Dogwood Tavern
  • Pizzeria Orso
  • Ireland's Four Provinces
  • Clare & Don's Beach Shack
  • Famous Dave's  

Have other suggestions? Who do you think will win it all this year? Tell us in the comments.

What about the women’s tournament?

The women’s 2013 NCAA basketball tournament doesn’t start until March 23, and teams are still being selected for that. Read more about it at www.ncaa.com/sports/basketball-women/d1.

What is the NIT?

Many joke that the NIT means “not in (the) tournament” but it actually stands for National Invitation Tournament.

The NIT field of 32 teams also starts their tournament on Tuesday. Those games will appear on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.

Virginia teams in the NIT this year: University of Virginia and Norfolk State.


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