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GREENSBORO — Greensboro will play host to the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in 2012.

"We are honored to be selected to host the first and second rounds of the 2012 NCAA Tournament,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a written statement. "The Greensboro Coliseum has proven to be an outstanding venue for this event."

The ACC and the Greensboro Coliseum have hosted NCAA Tournament games 12 times including the 1974 Final Four, three East Regionals (1976, 1979, 1998) and eight First and Second Rounds (1980, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2006 and 2009).

The Coliseum and the ACC also hosted three NCAA Women’s Basketball Regionals in 1999, 2007 and 2008.

Other first- and second-round sites for the 2012 men's tournament are Albuquerque; Columbus, Ohio; Louisville; Nashville; Omaha; Pittsburgh; and Portland, Ore.

Regional sites will be Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix and St. Louis. The 2012 Final Four will be played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.

Charlotte will host the first two rounds in the 2011 tournament at Time Warner Cable Arena on March 18 and 20.

Here are the dates of upcoming ACC and NCAA basketball tournaments at the Greensboro Coliseum:

2010: ACC women on March 4-7, ACC men on March 11-14.

2011: ACC women on March 3-6, ACC men on March 10-13.

2012: ACC women on March 1-4, NCAA men (first two rounds) on March 16 and 18. (Note: ACC men's tournament will be in Atlanta this year)

2013: ACC woman on March 7-10, ACC men on March 14-17.

2014: ACC women on March 6-9, ACC men on March 13-16.

2015: ACC women on March 5-8, ACC men on March 12-15.

Note:  In 2013, 2014 and 2015, the ACC has the option to move the men's tournament to another site. If this happens, the Greensboro Coliseum would be awarded the 2016 event. The ACC also has the option to extend the run of the women's tournament at the coliseum to 2016.