The highly anticipated March Madness, the NCAA’s top men’s college basketball tournament, is all set for the 2025 edition, check out all the competition details along with the schedule, dates and bracket
The tournament will seemingly feature all of the top college basketball teams from across the United States competing for the ultimate title.
NCAA March Madness 2025 schedule, dates, time table, bracket, format, teams, predictions odds, tickets and live stream telecast where to watch
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March Madness is the NCAA’s (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I men’s basketball tournament.
It features a single-elimination tournament to determine the country’s men’s college basketball national champion.
March Madness 2025 overview
This year, the highly anticipated NCAA Tournament will feature the back-to-back national champion UConn facing strong competition from other teams like Auburn, Alabama, and St. John’s. Aside from these teams, there are also traditional powerhouses like Florida and Duke in contention. Tickets for the games can be bought from here.
March Madness 2025 bracket
The official bracket for the tournament is set to take place on Sunday, March 16, during the Selection Sunday show. The tournament will feature 68 teams, out of which 32 conference champions will receive automatic bids. The remaining 36 at-large bids will be allocated to other teams based on performance. The full bracket can be found here once its out.
March Madness 2025 format and venues
The tournament will follow the traditional structure, starting off with the First Four, First Round, Second Round, and Sweet 16. It will then proceed to the Elite Eight, Final Four, and finally the National Championship game.
The tournament opener will take place in Dayton, Ohio, on March 18, between the four lowest-seeded at-large teams and the four lowest-seeded automatic bids. The competition will then head on to the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, starting from the Final Four on Saturday, April 5, up to the National Championship game on Monday, April 7.
NCAA March Madness 2025 schedule
Schedule for this year’s tournament
- 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
These are the venues 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 | North Carolina 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 | IUPUI/Horizon Lea |
Given below is the tournament’s round-by-round schedule:
| Round | Date |
| First Four | March 18-19 |
| First Round | March 21-22 |
| Second Round | March 23-24 |
| Sweet 16 | March 28-29 |
| Elite Eight | March 30-31 |
| Final Four | April 5 |
| National Championship | April 7 |
March Madness 2025 how to watch live
As of now, the NCAA have not announced all the live TV broadcast details of the tournament. However, fans can expect the CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV to share broadcasting rights for the tournament. CBS Sports and Turner Sports currently have a long-term agreement between them, running through 2032. Given below is the round-wise TV coverage:
| Round | TV Channel |
| First Four | TBA |
| First Round | TBA |
| Second Round | TBA |
| Sweet 16 | TBA |
| Elite Eight | TBA |
| Final Four | CBS |
| National Championship | CBS |
Meanwhile, fans can watch the live streaming of the tournament via NCAA March Madness Live and Fubo TV.
March Madness 2025 odds
Given below are the latest odds for each team to win the tournament:
- Auburn (+325)
- Duke (+425)
- Houston (+900)
- Florida (+900)
- Alabama (+1100)
- Tennessee (+1600)
- Iowa State (+1600)
- Wisconsin (+3000)
- Kentucky (+3000)
- UConn (+3300)
- St. John’s (+3500)
- Texas Tech (+3500)
- Arizona (+3500)
- Michigan State (+4000)
- Purdue (+4000)
- Texas A&M (+4000)
- Kansas State (+5000)
- Gonzaga (+5000)
NCAA March Madness most titles won by a team
UConn secured their sixth national championship back in 2024, with a 75-60 victory over Purdue. Given below is a list of the most number of March Madness titles that a team has won:
| School | National Titles | Most Recent Title |
| UCLA | 11 | 1995 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 2012 |
| North Carolina | 6 | 2017 |
| UConn | 6 | 2024 |
| Duke | 5 | 2015 |
| Indiana | 5 | 1987 |
| Kansas | 4 | 2022 |
| Villanova | 3 | 2018 |
| Florida | 2 | 2007 |
| Michigan State | 2 | 2000 |
| Arizona | 1 | 1997 |
| Baylor | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia | 1 | 2019 |