{"id":29921,"date":"2025-03-17T06:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T05:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=29921"},"modified":"2025-03-17T06:40:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T05:40:48","slug":"march-madness-bracket-2025-ncaa-mens-basketball-bracket-first-four-first-round-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/march-madness-bracket-2025-ncaa-mens-basketball-bracket-first-four-first-round-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness Bracket 2025: NCAA Men&#8217;s Basketball Bracket, First Four and First Round Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The March Madness fun has begun! The highly-anticipated 2025 edition of the tournament started on March 16 with Selection Sunday. A 12-member Men&rsquo;s Basketball Committee of the NCAA Division I, made up of conference commissioners and athletic directors, determined the 37 teams, and then the March Madness bracket.&nbsp;<\/p><p>According to the bracket, Auburn secured the No.1 overall seed, as it won the SEC regular season as well as had a terrific 28-5 record. Duke received the No.1 seed in the East, while Houston is No. 1 in the Midwest. In the West, Florida is the No. 1 team.&nbsp;<\/p><p>The No. 2 seeds were occupied by Tennessee, Michigan State, Alabama and St. John&rsquo;s across various regions.&nbsp;<\/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 BRACKET &#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\/fo6lA8hJ7g\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/fo6lA8hJ7g<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarchMadnessMBB\/status\/1901401859686056248?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><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March Madness 2025 First Four and First Round Schedule<\/h2><p>Now that the bracket is here, the real madness is set to begin on March 18 with First Four. Following it, action will go underway for the first round, where 64 teams will clash against each other in 32 matches across two days.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Having said that, let us have a look at schedules for First Four and First Round for March Madness 2025<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March Madness 2025 Bracket- First Four Schedule<\/h2><p><strong>Tuesday, March 18<\/strong><\/p><p>(16) Alabama State vs. (16) Saint Francis, 6:40 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(11) San Diego State vs. (11) North Carolina, 9:10 p.m. | truT<\/p><p><strong>Wednesday, March 19<br><\/strong><br>(16) American University vs. (16) Mount St. Mary&rsquo;s, 6:40 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(11) Texas vs. (11) Xavier, 9:10 p.m. | truTV<br><\/p><p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/march-madness-how-do-net-rankings-work-in-ncaa-tournament-selection\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March Madness: How do NET rankings work<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/march-madness-how-do-net-rankings-work-in-ncaa-tournament-selection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'> in NCAA <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/march-madness-how-do-net-rankings-work-in-ncaa-tournament-selection\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>tournament selection?<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/2025-wooden-award-odds-flagg-edges-ahead-of-broomecooper-flagg-or-johni-broome-leading-the-race-for-national-player-of-the-year-ahead-of-march-madness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Cooper Flagg or Johni Broome &ndash; Who is leading the race for National Player of the Year ahead of March Madness?<\/a><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/go-betmgm-sportsbetting-us-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-img\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Image\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Playoffs-betting-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25709\" style=\"width:601px;height:auto\"><\/a><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">March Madness 2025- First Round Schedule<\/h2><p><strong>Thursday, March 20<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><br>(8) Louisville vs. (9) Creighton, 12:15 p.m. | CBS<\/p><p>(4) Purdue vs. (13) High Point, 12:40 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(3) Wisconsin vs. (14) Montana, 1:30 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(1) Houston vs. (16) SIU Edwardsville, 2 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(1) Auburn vs. (16) Saint Francis\/Alabama St., 2:50 p.m. | CBS<\/p><p>(5) Clemson vs. (12) McNeese, 3:15 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(6) BYU vs. (11) VCU, 4:05 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(8) Gonzaga vs. (9) Georgia, 4:35 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(2) Tennessee vs. (15) Wofford, 6:50 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(7) Kansas vs. (10) Arkansas, 7:10 p.m. | CBS<\/p><p>(4) Texas A&amp;M vs. (13) Yale, 7:25 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(6) Missouri vs. (11) Drake, 7:35 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(7) UCLA vs. (10) Utah State, 9:25 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(2) St. John&rsquo;s vs. (15) Omaha, 9:45 p.m. | CBS<\/p><p>(5) Michigan vs. (12) UC San Diego, 10 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(3) Texas Tech vs. (14) UNC Wilmington, 10:10 p.m. | truTV<br><br><strong>Friday, March 21<br><\/strong><br>(8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Baylor, 12:15 p.m. | CBS<\/p><p>(2) Alabama vs. (15) Robert Morris, 12:40 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(3) Iowa State vs. (14) Lipscomb, 1:30 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(5) Memphis vs. (12) Colorado State, 2 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(1) Duke vs. (16) Mount St. Mary&rsquo;s\/American, 2:50 p.m. | CBS<\/p><p>(7) Saint Mary&rsquo;s vs. (10) Vanderbilt, 3:15 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(6) Ole Miss vs. (11) North Carolina\/San Diego State, 4:05 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(4) Maryland vs. (13) Grand Canyon, 4:35 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(1) Florida vs. (16) Norfolk State, 6:50 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(3) Kentucky vs. (14) Troy, 7:10 p.m. | CBS<\/p><p>(7) Marquette vs. (10) New Mexico, 7:25 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(4) Arizona vs. (13) Akron, 7:35 p.m. | truTV<\/p><p>(8) UConn vs. (9) Oklahoma, 9:25 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(6) Illinois vs. (11) Xavier\/Texas, 9:45 p.m. | TNT<\/p><p>(2) Michigan State vs. (15) Bryant, 10 p.m. | TBS<\/p><p>(5) Oregon vs. (12) Liberty, 10:10 p.m. | truTV<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Round Schedule for March Madness 2025 is here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":29923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2722],"tags":[4711,3969],"class_list":["post-29921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","tag-2025-march-madness","tag-march-madness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March Madness Bracket 2025: NCAA Men&#039;s Basketball Bracket, First Four and First Round Schedule - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The March Madness 2025 kicked off with Selection Sunday. 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