Changes coming to NCAA selection show

All 68 teams will be unveiled at start of broadcast Sunday

The NCAA tournament selection show will have a different format this season.

CBS Sports and Turner Sports announced Tuesday all 68 teams will be announced at the start of the broadcast, and then the brackets with matchups will be shown.

TBS will televise the show for the first time and will do so in front of a live audience. It starts at 6 p.m. Sunday.

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In previous years, teams were revealed one by one as the brackets were shown. Video was often shown of players reacting when their team was announced.

Wright State plays in the Horizon League championship on Tuesday and seeks its first NCAA tournament berth since 2007.

Dayton has heard its name announced on the selection show the last four years as an at-large team but will have to win the Atlantic 10 tournament this weekend to play in the big dance this year.

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