The 2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was a single-elimination tournament that involved 68 teams playing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 2013 and concluded with the championship game on April 8, 2013 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan Wolverines (the youngest team in the field of 68 teams) in the championship game by a score of 82-76. This was the 75th edition of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, dating back to 1939.