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krikya18.com | March 16, 2025

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

The longest perfect March Madness bracket ever (we think)

The 2025 March Madness tournament started with Selection Sunday on March 16 as the 68-team bracket for the 2025 NCAA tournament for men's basketball was revealed. Check out the full schedule and bracket below:

Here is the 2025 NCAA tournament bracket for March Madness

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

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

  • (16) Alabama State vs. (16) Saint Francis, 6:40 p.m. | truTV
  • (11) San Diego State vs. (11) North Carolina, 9:10 p.m. | truTV

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

  • (16) American University vs. (16) Mount St. Mary's, 6:40 p.m. | truTV

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

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

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

  • TBA

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

  • TBA

Thursday, March 27 (Sweet 16)

  • TBA

Friday, March 28 (Sweet 16)

  • TBA

Saturday, March 29 (Elite Eight)

  • TBA

Sunday, March 30 (Elite Eight)

  • TBA

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)

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


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

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