The NCAA announced sites for future championship and tournament games in a multitude of sports Tuesday.
- NCAA announced sites for future championship and tournament games
- Tampa and Jacksonville, not Orlando selected for men's basketball 1st/2nd round games
- See the list of 2019-2022 NCAA Championship sites
Florida cities made the cut in several sports, including men's basketball, golf, tennis, cross country, track and field and rowing.
The sites will host championships in Divisions I, II and III to be held from 2017-18 through 2021-22.
Amalie Arena in Tampa will host first and second-round men's basketball games for the 2020 NCAA Tournament. Orlando was not chosen as a host site but Jacksonville made the cut for first and second round games in 2019.
However, Orlando's USTA National Campus was selected as the site of the 2019 Division I men's and women's championships.
Also, the University of Central Florida will host the Division I, II and III rowing championships in May 2022. Those events are being held Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.
Other regional and title events are slated to be held across the state at (Tallahassee, golf and cross country in 2021), Jacksonville (track and field prelims 2021) and Palm Beach Gardens (golf regionals 2022).