2025 March Madness: Men’s NCAA tournament schedule, dates

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The 2025 March Madness tournament continues with First Round games on Thursday, March 20. Check out the full schedule and bracket below:

2025 NCAA men’s tournament bracket

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2025 NCAA tournament bracket

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Here is the schedule:

  • Selection Sunday: 6 p.m. ET Sunday, March 16 on CBS
  • First Four: March 18-19
  • First round: March 20-21
  • Second round: March 22-23
  • Sweet 16: March 27-28
  • Elite Eight: March 29-30
  • Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
  • NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas

2025 NCAA tournament schedule, scores, highlights

All times ET

Friday, March 21 (First Round/Round of 64)

  • (8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Baylor, 12:15 p.m. | CBS
  • (2) Alabama vs. (15) Robert Morris, 12:40 p.m. | truTV
  • (3) Iowa State vs. (14) Lipscomb, 1:30 p.m. | TNT
  • (5) Memphis vs. (12) Colorado State, 2 p.m. | TBS
  • (1) Duke vs. (16) Mount St. Mary’s, 2:50 p.m. | CBS
  • (7) Saint Mary’s vs. (10) Vanderbilt, 3:15 p.m. | truTV
  • (6) Ole Miss vs. (11) North Carolina, 4:05 p.m. | TNT
  • (4) Maryland vs. (13) Grand Canyon, 4:35 p.m. | TBS
  • (1) Florida vs. (16) Norfolk State, 6:50 p.m. | TNT
  • (3) Kentucky vs. (14) Troy, 7:10 p.m. | CBS
  • (7) Marquette vs. (10) New Mexico, 7:25 p.m. | TBS
  • (4) Arizona vs. (13) Akron, 7:35 p.m. | truTV
  • (8) UConn vs. (9) Oklahoma, 9:25 p.m. | TNT
  • (6) Illinois vs. (11) Xavier, 9:45 p.m. | CBS
  • (2) Michigan State vs. (15) Bryant, 10 p.m. | TBS
  • (5) Oregon vs. (12) Liberty, 10:10 p.m. | truTV

Saturday, March 22 (Second Round/Round of 32)

Sunday, March 23 (Second Round/Round of 32)

Thursday, March 27 (Sweet 16)

Friday, March 28 (Sweet 16)

Saturday, March 29 (Elite Eight)

Sunday, March 30 (Elite Eight)

Saturday, April 5 (Final Four in San Antonio)

  • 6:09 p.m. on CBS
  • 8:49 p.m. on CBS

Monday, April 7 (National championship game in San Antonio)


Tuesday, March 18 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

Wednesday, March 19 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

Thursday, March 20 (First Round/Round of 64)

  • (9) Creighton 89, (8) Louisville 75
  • (4) Purdue 75, (13) High Point 63
  • (3) Wisconsin 85, (14) Montana 66
  • (1) Houston 78, (16) SIU Edwardsville 40
  • (1) Auburn 83, (16) Alabama State 63
  • (12) McNeese 69, (5) Clemson 67
  • (6) BYU 80, (11) VCU 71
  • (8) Gonzaga 89, (9) Georgia 68 
  • (2) Tennessee 77, (15) Wofford 62
  • (10) Arkansas 79, (7) Kansas 72
  • (4) Texas A&M 80, (13) Yale 71
  • (11) Drake 67, (6) Missouri 57
  • (7) UCLA 72, (10) Utah State 47
  • (2) St. John’s 83, (15) Omaha 53
  • (5) Michigan 68, (12) UC San Diego 65
  • (3) Texas Tech 82, (14) UNC Wilmington 72

These are the sites for the men’s tournament in 2025:

ROUND CITY VENUE DATES HOST
First Four Dayton, Ohio UD Arena March 18 – 19 University of Dayton
First/Second Lexington, KY Rupp Arena March 20 -22 University of Kentucky
First/Second Providence, RI Amica Mutual Pavilion March 20 – 22 Providence College
First/Second Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena March 21 – 23 University of Washington
First/Second Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena March 20 – 22 Wichita State University
First/Second Cleveland, OH Rocket Arena March 21 – 23 Mid-American Conference
First/Second Denver, CO Ball Arena March 20 – 22 Mountain West Conference
First/Second Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum March 21 – 23 Marquette University
First/Second Raleigh, NC Lenovo Center March 21 – 23 NC State University
East Regional Newark, NJ Prudential Center March 27 – 29 Seton Hall University
West Regional San Francisco, CA Chase Center March 27 – 29 Pac-12 Conference
South Regional Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena March 28 – 30 Georgia Institute of Technology
Midwest Regional Indianapolis, IN Lucas Oil Stadium March 28 – 30 IU Indianapolis/Horizon League

And here is the game-by-game rundown for the 2024 men’s tournament. Click or tap on each game to be taken to the final stats.

2024 NCAA tournament bracket

You can get a printable 2024 NCAA bracket here

March Madness: Future sites, dates

Here are the future sites for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball Final Four:

FINAL FOUR DATES CITY, REGION FACILITY HOST
April 5 and 7, 2025 San Antonio Alamodome University of Texas at San Antonio, University of the Incarnate Word
April 4 and 6, 2026 Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium Horizon League, IUPUI
April 3 and 5, 2027 Detroit Ford Field Michigan State University
April 1 and 3, 2028 Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium UNLV
March 31 and April 2, 2029 Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium Horizon League, IUPUI
April 6 and 8, 2030 North Texas AT&T Stadium Big 12 Conference

CBS Sports and TNT Sports announce tip times and matchups for second round games on Saturday, March 22

TNT Sports and CBS Sports have announced tip times and matchups for Second Round coverage of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 22 (Noon-Midnight ET), with all 67 games available live in their entirety across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and NCAA March Madness Live.  

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