March Madness Comes To San Francisco With Sweet 16 Games At Chase Center. Here's What To Know.

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The Chase Center in San Francisco hosts the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the arena's brief history this week as two Sweet 16 games are played on the Warriors' home court.

NCAA Tournament games have been played in the Bay Area dating back to the first college basketball tournament ever in 1939 when the West Regional contest was played at the California Coliseum, part of the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island. The Tournament wouldn't return to the region until both Stanford (Burnham Pavilion in 1953) and Cal (Haas Pavilion in 1958) hosted opening-round games and the Cow Palace was used as a game site in 1955 and 1958-1960.

Both the Oakland Arena and SAP Center in San Jose have held tournament games in the modern era starting in 1990 through the 2010s, with the West Regional coming to the Chase Center in 2022.

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