<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "2012 </Td> <Td> 2014" </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was a single - elimination tournament that involved 68 teams playing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball . It began on March 19, 2013, and concluded with the championship game on April 8, 2013, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta . This was the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, dating to 1939 . </P> <P> Selection Sunday, when CBS announced the participants and tournament brackets, occurred on March 17, 2013 . </P>

Who played in the 2013 ncaa basketball championship