The NCAA basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament, where 68 teams participate from both men’s and women’s teams. After the 2021 edition, the tournament was expanded to include 68 teams. The First Four was created to bring down the number of teams to 64. In this format, the First Four consists of eight teams -four from the lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and four lowest-seeded at-large selections, as per the NCAA's official website.
2025 NCAA Tournament First Four schedule
The 2025 NCAA men’s tournament First Four will be played from March 18, 2025 to March 19, 2025 at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The women’s tournament will be played from March 19, 2025 to March 20, 2025, according to the NCAA's official website.
2025 NCAA Tournament First Four location
All NCAA Tournament First Four games, including men’s and women’s, will be played at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, as per the NCAA's official website.
2025 NCAA Tournament First Four TV schedule & live streaming
The NCAA's First Four games can be watched across CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, TBS, TNT, and TruTV. The women’s tournament will air across the ESPN channels, whereas the men’s tournament can be watched across CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV, according to the IndyStar.
You can also stream the men’s games if you have a subscription to Paramount+ and Max or use live-streaming services such as Fubo, Sling, or DirecTV. The women’s games can be streamed using the ESPN suite, as per the IndyStar.
FAQs on NCAA Tournament
A. The NCAA tournament can be watched across CBS, TBS, TNT and the ESPN suite.
A. The NCAA First Four games will be held on March 18-19 for men’s and March 19-20 for women’s.
A. 68 teams will be participating in the NCAA Tournament 2025.
