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CLAIM NOWMarch Madness 2025 Schedule
March Madness kicks off with Selection Sunday on 16th March, followed by the First Four on March 18th and 19th.
The First Round then kicks off the full action on March 20th.
See below for the full schedule:
Round:
| Date (2025):
| |
| ● Selection Sunday | March 16th |
| ● First Four | March 18th-19th |
| ● First round | March 20th-21st |
| ● Second round | March 22nd-23rd |
| ● Sweet 16 | March 27th-28th |
| ● Elite Eight | March 29th-30th |
| ● Final Four | April 5th |
| 🏆 NCAA Championship Game | April 7th |
March Madness Winners
The UConn Huskies won the 2024 edition of March Madness, going back to back after winning in 2023.
Mens March Madness Champions:
| Year:
| |
| ● Uconn Huskies | 2024 |
| ● Uconn Huskies | 2023 |
| ● Kansas Jayhawks | 2022 |
| ● Baylor Bears | 2021 |
| ❌ Canceled due to Covid-19 | 2020 |
| ● Virginia Cavaliers | 2019 |
What is March Madness?
March Madness refers to the annual NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, which is a single-elimination college basketball tournament held every spring.
The tournament typically takes place in March and April, hence the name "March Madness."
The tournament is organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and features 68 college basketball teams from the Division I level of the NCAA. The teams are selected through a combination of automatic bids, which are granted to conference champions, and at-large bids, which are given to teams selected by the NCAA Selection Committee based on their regular-season performance.
The tournament is structured in a bracket format, with teams seeded from 1 to 16 in four different regions. The single-elimination format means that once a team loses a game, it is eliminated from the tournament.
How Many Teams Take Part in March Madness?
March Madness is made up of 68 teams. On Selection Sunday, before any tournament game is played, those teams are ranked 1 through 68 by the Selection Committee, with the best team in college basketball sitting at No. 1.
How To Watch March Madness
Don't worry, there are lots of options to watch March Madness 2024!
Here are the top places to find March Madness 2025 on TV:
● CBS Sports
● Turner Sports
● ESPN channels
● CBS
● TBS
● TNT
● truTV