Printable bracket and more for March Madness 2025
Get your head in the game! One of the biggest competitions in college sports returns soon.
The NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, known as March Madness, begins March 18. The women's NCAA tournament begins a day after, on Wednesday, March 19.
Whether you're cheering for your favorite team or making a bracket for fun, here's what you need to know about March Madness 2025.
March Madness 2025 printable bracket
This story will be updated when brackets are live.
When does March Madness start in 2025?
The men's NCAA tournament begins Tuesday, March 18, with the First Four. The women's NCAA tournament begins a day after, on Wednesday, March 19, also with the First Four.
Here's the full men's schedule:
- 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 29-20.
- Final Four: April 5.
- NCAA championship game: April 7.
Here's the women's schedule:
- Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 16.
- First Four: March 19-20.
- First round: March 21-22.
- Second round: March 23-24.
- Sweet 16: March 28-29.
- Elite Eight: March 30-31.
- Final Four: April 4.
- NCAA championship game: April 6.
When is Selection Sunday?
Selection Sunday for the men's and women's bracket is March 16, according to the NCAA.
What time is Selection Sunday?
The 68 teams participating in the NCAA men's basketball tournament will be announced at 6 p.m. ET. The announcement for the NCAA women's basketball tournament will take place at 8 p.m. ET.
What channel is Selection Sunday?
Selection Sunday for the men's tournament airs on CBS. The women's tournament announcement will broadcast on ESPN.
When will the men's March Madness bracket be revealed?
The men's March Madness bracket will be revealed on Sunday, March 16.
When will the women's March Madness bracket be revealed?
The women's March Madness bracket will also be announced Sunday, March 16.
When do March Madness brackets open?
Brackets open on Selection Sunday, which is March 16 this year.
When do March Madness brackets lock?
Fans typically need to submit their March Madness brackets before the first game of the first round tips off on Thursday, March 20. The first round for the women's tournament tips off Friday, March 21.
How to fill out a March Madness bracket
You can download, print and fill out your bracket by hand, or you can submit your bracket virtually through NCAA.com’s Official Bracket Challenge. Just select who you think will win each game, all the way through the championship games.
According to the athletic governing body's website, here are a few tips for a successful bracket:
- Do your best to win about 50 games.
- Upsets are inevitable.
- Don't stress about the early rounds and picking those first-round upsets.
- Watch your last eight and then the final four picks.
Remember, your goal is to accumulate as many points as possible. If you make a bracket on ESPN for the tournament challenge but aren't sure who to pick, there are a few autofill bracket options. You can choose to have the higher seed in each matchup automatically picked, have a random winner selected for each game or have ESPN generate a bracket using its Basketball Power Index.
You can also start a bracket and let a computer fill in the rest, either making random selections or using the smart bracket system to pick.
Has anyone ever had a perfect March Madness bracket?
No one has ever submitted a perfect bracket for the NCAA March Madness tournament, per the NCAA website.
The longest verifiable streak of correct picks in an NCAA tournament bracket was 49. This streak occurred in 2019 when an Ohio man correctly predicted the tournament into the Sweet 16.
Contributing: Jalen Williams, The Detroit Free Press.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: March Madness 2025: Printable bracket, tournament schedule, more
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