Detroit Free Press staff

The NCAA postseason is heading back to Detroit.

Little Caesars Arena, which will open in September as the home of the Red Wings and Pistons, will host the 2020 Division I men's hockey Frozen Four, the NCAA announced on its web site today. The NCAA also announced that LCA will host first- and second-round games of the 2021 Division I men's basketball tournament and the 2022 Division I wrestling championships.

The news comes after LCA, the Detroit Sports Commission and state universities submitted bids last summer to host postseason events in either 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022. Click here to read about all the NCAA postseason sites announced.

The bids were among 54 submitted by the DSC for NCAA championship events to be hosted at specified Detroit venues.

As was announced earlier, Little Caesars Arena also will host first- and second-round NCAA men's basketball tournament games on March 16 and 18, 2018. Detroit hosted the 2009 Final Four at Ford Field, which saw North Carolina beat Michigan State in the championship game.

Detroit has hosted the Frozen Four six times at three different sites: Olympia Stadium (1977, 1979), Joe Louis Arena (1985, 1987 and 1990) and Ford Field (2010).

The 2007 NCAA wrestling championships took place at the Palace of Auburn Hills. The event, which was hosted by Michigan, drew more than 84,000 fans in three days.

Other NCAA bids awarded today to Michigan:

2019 women's Division I golf regional: May 6-8 at Forest Akers Golf Courses in East Lansing.

2019 women's Division II lacrosse championship: May 17-19 at GVSU Lacrosse Stadium in Allendale.

2019 men's and women's Division III tennis championships: May 20-25 at Stowe Stadium in Kalamazoo.

2019 men's and women's Division III cross country regional: Nov. 16 at Gainey Athletic Complex in Grand Rapids.

2020 men's and women's fencing championships: March 19-22 at Cobo Center in Detroit.

2020 men's gymnastics championships: April 17-18 at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor.

2020 men's Division I golf regional: May 17-20 at Eagle Eye Golf Club in Bath Township near Lansing.

2020 women's bowling championships: April 9-11 at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park.

2021 women's Division III golf championships: May 11-14 at Forest Akers Golf Courses in East Lansing

2021 women's Division II golf championships: May 12-15 at TPC Michigan in Dearborn.

2021 men's and women's Division II outdoor track and field championships: May 27-29 at GVSU Track & Field Stadium in Allendale.

2021 women's Division I field hockey championship: Nov. 19-21 at Phyllis Ocker Field in Ann Arbor.

2022 women's Division I golf regional: May 9-11 at U-M Golf Course in Ann Arbor.

2022 water polo championship: May 13-15 at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor.

2022 men's Division II golf championships: May 16-20 at TPC Michigan in Dearborn.

2022 men's and women's Division II outdoor track and field championships: May 26-28 at GVSU Track & Field Stadium in Allendale.