College Basketball Crown 2025: Schedule, bracket, how to watch new postseason tournament
The third tier of March postseason basketball is here and your Colorado Buffaloes will be a part of it.
Backed by Fox Sports, the College Basketball Crown is a new postseason tournament in Las Vegas that hopes to rival the NIT. It gives teams that didn't make the NCAA Tournament another avenue to continue their season and win a title. It is theoretically the third level of postseason events, but with the NIT struggling to attract the best of the rest, it could be on a level playing field with the NIT as soon as this year.
The 16-team tournament features guaranteed selections from the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East. Other conferences that have teams participating are the West Coast Conference, Mountain West, Atlantic-10, and American Athletic Conference.
The games won't begin for two weeks, but they will be a sprint to the finish line, with all the games happening within a week. The title game will tip off a day before the national championship, right in the middle of the Final Four. Here is everything you need to know about the first-ever College Basketball Crown.
What is the College Basketball Crown?
A third postseason tournament for teams not included in the NCAA Tournament and the NIT. It is not an NCAA-sanctioned tournament.
College Basketball Crown 2025 teams
- Arizona State
- Boise State
- Butler
- Central Florida
- Cincinnati
- Colorado
- DePaul
- Georgetown
- George Washington
- Nebraska
- Oregon State
- Southern California
- Tulane
- Utah
- Villanova
- Washington State
College Basketball Crown bracket
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— College Basketball Crown (@CBBCrown) March 17, 2025
College Basketball Crown schedule
First round
Monday, March 31
Utah vs. Butler, 3 p.m. on FS1
George Washington vs. Boise State on FS1
Nebraska vs. Arizona State on FS1
Georgetown vs. Washington State on FS1
Tuesday, April 1
DePaul vs. Cincinnati on FS1
Oregon State vs. Central Florida on FS1
Colorado vs. Villanova on FS1
Tulane vs. Southern California on FS1
When is the 2025 College Basketball Crown?
The tournament will begin on Monday, March 31 and run through the final on Sunday, April 6.
- First round: Monday, March 31 and Tuesday, April 1
- Second round: Wednesday, April 2 and Thursday, April 3
- Semifinals: Saturday, April 5 (11:30 a.m. MT and 2 p.m. MT)
- Final: Sunday, April 6 (3:30 p.m. MT)
Where will the 2025 College Basketball Crown be played?
The tournament will be played in Las Vegas. The first two rounds will be played at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and the semifinals and final will be at T-Mobile Arena.
How to watch the 2025 College Basketball Crown
All games will be aired on Fox or FS1. The first two rounds will air on FS1, while the semifinals and title game will air on Fox.
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