{"id":29527,"date":"2025-03-17T15:09:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=29527"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:09:47","slug":"how-does-the-first-four-work-in-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/how-does-the-first-four-work-in-march-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the First Four work in March Madness?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With 68 teams making the March Madness selection, eight teams must compete for the last four spots. This round gives underdogs and bubble teams a fair playing field which also helps the lower ranked conferences and basketball programs. <\/p><p><strong>The 2025 First Four matchup are as follows:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alabama State (16) vs Saint Francis (16), March 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>San Diego State (11) vs North Carolina (11), March 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American University (16) vs Mount St. Mary&rsquo;s (16), March 19<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas (11) vs Xavier (11) <\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expansion of the First Four tournament <\/h2><p>The field expanded from 65 to 68 teams in 2011 to give bubble teams and lower-seeded conference champions a fairer chance to compete. One key reason for the expansion was to avoid forcing smaller conference champions to face a number one seed immediately.<\/p><p>Additionally, First Four winners receive a financial payout for advancing to the main tournament, benefitting both the teams and their conferences.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How are teams selected for the First Four tournament?<\/h2><p>The First Four tournament is organized between the four lowest automatic bids and four lowest ranked at-large selections by the NCAA committee.<\/p><p>The four <strong>lowest ranked conference champions <\/strong>play each other in the First Four to get the 16 seed. If they win, they face the number one seed in the March Madness tournament.<\/p><p>The &ldquo;Last Four In&rdquo; are the four lowest-seeded at-large teams in the NCAA Tournament. They barely make the cut but still rank above many automatic qualifiers from smaller conferences. A win in the First Four game secures their spot in the main bracket as a No. 10 to No. 12 seed in March Madness.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Selection Committee's Last Four In &#128588;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarchMadness?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#MarchMadness<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kq9on3UsR9\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/kq9on3UsR9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarchMadnessMBB\/status\/1901406137724944472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 16, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also Read:<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/cooper-flagg-injury-what-happened-to-cooper-flagg-latest-injury-update-on-dukes-basketball-prodigy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Cooper Flagg Injury: What Happened to Cooper Flagg? Latest Injury Update on Duke&rsquo;s Basketball Prodigy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=26294&amp;action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>What is March Madness? How does the NCAA tournament works?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Format of the First Four<\/h2><p>Let&rsquo;s take a look at the format of the First Four format by understanding from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-men\/article\/2024-12-06\/2024-ncaa-bracket-scores-stats-march-madness-mens-tournament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>2024 March Madness tournament.<\/a><\/p><p>In 2024, the four lowest ranked conference tournament winners that participated in the First Four were:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Conference <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Howard Bison<\/td><td>Mid-Eastern Athletic <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wagner Seahawks <\/td><td>Northeast<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Montana State Bobcats<\/td><td>Big Sky <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grambling State Tigers<\/td><td>Southwestern Athletic <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p>The Seahawks defeated the Bison in their First Four matchup. Entering as a 16th seed and playing a first-round matchup against the number one seed, North Carolina. The Tigers defeated the Bobcats in their First Four matchup. Entering as a 16th seed and playing a first-round matchup against the number one seed, Purdue.<\/p><p>In 2024, the &ldquo;Last Four in&rdquo; selections made by the NCAA committe were: <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Team<\/strong> <\/td><td><strong>Conference<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Virginia Cavaliers<\/td><td>Atlantic Coast<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colorado State<\/td><td>Mountain West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boise State<\/td><td>Mountain West<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colorado Buffaloes<\/td><td>BIG 12<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p>The Colorado State defeated the Virginia Cavaliers in their First Four matchup. Entering as a 10th seed and playing a first-round matchup against the number seven seed, Texas. Colorado Buffaloes defeated the Boise State in their First Four matchup. Entering as a 10th seed and playing a first-round matchup against the number seven seed, Florida. The Buffaloes caused an upset and defeated the seven seeded Gators by 102-100 and moved to the second-round. Eventually losing to Marquette in the second-round by 81-77.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Four team selection and format explained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":29531,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2722],"tags":[3969,4437],"class_list":["post-29527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-march-madness","tag-ncaam"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How does the First Four work in March Madness? - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With 68 teams making the tournament, eight teams must compete for the last four spots. 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