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NEW ORLEANS – Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill has been elected Vice Chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the 2024-25 season and Chair of the group for the 2025-26 campaign.
 
Gill is currently serving a five-year term on the Committee which spans the 2021-22 through 2025-26 seasons. The Committee is responsible for selecting, seeding and bracketing the field for March Madness.
 
“It is a tremendous honor to serve on this committee with a great group of colleagues who serve as stewards for the great game of college basketball,” Gill said. “I look forward to working with all of them, especially Bubba Cunningham, our chair for next season who I will support as vice chair. To be elected to serve in that role, and as chair for the 2026 championship, is one of the highlights of my professional career. It is especially satisfying to be able to do it in a year when we’ll conduct championships for all three divisions, plus the NIT, on what will be an incredible weekend.”
 
At its annual summer meeting this week, the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee approved Indianapolis as the host site for the 2026 Division II and III men's basketball championship games, as well as the semifinals and finals of the National Invitation Tournament, with all five games scheduled the same weekend as the Men's Final Four, which was previously awarded to the city. 
 
In addition to Cunningham and Gill, the 2024-25 committee also includes Greg Byrne of Alabama, Mark Coyle of Minnesota, Irma Garcia of Manhattan, Mark Jackson of Villanova, Stu Jackson of the West Coast Conference, Arthur Johnson of Temple, Martin Newton of Samford, Chad Weiberg of Oklahoma State, Brian Thornton of the Western Athletic Conference and Tom Wistrcill of the Big Sky Conference.