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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 3857159, member: 10"] That's what they are doing. Getting all teams there with enough time to give them multiple COVID tests before games start. [I]Every school that wins its automatic bid prior to Saturday, March 13, will depart for Indianapolis on March 13. The teams that earn their auto bid in the afternoon or early evening of March 13 will also arrive in Indy late on the night of the 13th. All remaining auto-bid winners, from late Saturday night and throughout Sunday, will leave for Indianapolis on Sunday. As for the at-large teams, even if a school is a lock it will be asked to not leave for Indianapolis until its inclusion in the field of 68 is confirmed on the Selection Show. There will be some teams that leave Sunday night, provided they can get to Indianapolis before the wee hours. All others will depart the Monday morning after. The NCAA is asking teams with "high probability" of being selected as at-larges to stay in their conference tournament location between the end of their league tourney and the bracket reveal. This ask could make things tricky for a team like [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/GONZAG/gonzaga-bulldogs/']Gonzaga[/URL], but there is some room for flexibility where practical.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/the-court-report-these-ncaa-tournament-protocols-show-how-hard-it-will-be-to-pull-off-the-2021-big-dance/[/URL] [/QUOTE]