March Madness 2025 is here.
Between the bracket busters, Cinderellas and viral moments — the NCAA tournament never seems to disappoint. In the 2024 NCAA tournament, UConn looked dominant all season and won the championship again, after earning the trophy in 2023 as well. However this season, it’s the SEC who looks more dominant than ever, and could potentially have a record-number teams in the NCAA tournament field this year.
A total of 68 teams will make the tournament field. Of those 64, 31 are automatic qualifiers from conference tournament winners. Here is a list of every automatic bid who has already qualified for the 2025 tournament.
The road to the Final Four this year ends in San Antonio, Texas. Those semifinal games are set for the the first weekend of April. The first games of the tournament will start on Tuesday, March 18 when teams battle in the First Four games and the first round games will begin on Thursday, March 20.
Below is the complete schedule for the 2025 NCAA tournament:
Complete schedule for March Madness 2025:
- Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 16
- 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: Saturday, April 5 at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
- NCAA championship game: Monday, April 7 at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
The Selection Show will air at 6 p.m. ET on CBS.
This year’s tournament will take place in 14 different locations.
2025 NCAA men’s tournament locations
| Round | Location | Venue | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Location | Venue | Dates |
| First Four | Dayton, Ohio | UD Arena | March 18 – 19 |
| First/Second | Lexington, KY | Rupp Arena | March 20 -22 |
| First/Second | Providence, RI | Amica Mutual Pavilion | March 20 – 22 |
| First/Second | Seattle, WA | Climate Pledge Arena | March 21 – 23 |
| First/Second | Wichita, KS | Intrust Bank Arena | March 20 – 22 |
| First/Second | Cleveland, OH | Rocket Arena | March 21 – 23 |
| First/Second | Denver, CO | Ball Arena | March 20 – 22 |
| First/Second | Milwaukee, WI | Fiserv Forum | March 21 – 23 |
| First/Second | Raleigh, NC | Lenovo Center | March 21 – 23 |
| East Regional | Newark, NJ | Prudential Center | March 27 – 29 |
| West Regional | San Francisco, CA | Chase Center | March 27 – 29 |
| South Regional | Atlanta, GA | State Farm Arena | March 28 – 30 |
| Midwest Regional | Indianapolis, IN | Lucas Oil Stadium | March 28 – 30 |
| Final Four | San Antonio, TX | Alamodome | April 5 & 7 |
You can bet on every NCAA tournament game by checking out FanDuel Sportsbook.
