2025 Selection Sunday: Date, schedule, TV times

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Selection Sunday for 2025 March Madness is set for Sunday, March 16. The 68-team fields for the men’s and women’s NCAA DI basketball tournaments will be announced during selection shows.

Here’s the schedule for the 2025 men’s tournament:

  • 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 29-30
  • Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas
  • NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas

These are the sites for the men’s tournament in 2025:

ROUND CITY VENUR DATES HOST
First Four Dayton, Ohio UD Arena March 18 - 19 University of Dayton
First/Second Lexington, KY Rupp Arena March 20 -22 University of Kentucky
First/Second Providence, RI Amica Mutual Pavilion March 20 - 22 Providence College
First/Second Seattle, WA Climate Pledge Arena March 20 - 22 University of Washington
First/Second Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena March 20 – 22 Wichita State University
First/Second Cleveland, OH Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse March 21 – 23 Mid-American Conference
First/Second Denver, CO Ball Arena March 21 – 23 Mountain West Conference
First/Second Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum March 21 - 23 Marquette University
First/Second Raleigh, NC PNC Arena March 21 – 23 North Carolina State University
East Regional Newark, NJ Prudential Center March 27 - 29 Seton Hall University
West Regional San Francisco, CA Chase Center March 27 - 29 Pac-12 Conference
South Regional Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena March 28 - 30 Georgia Institute of Technology
Midwest Regional Indianapolis, IN Lucas Oil Stadium March 28 – 30 IUPUI/Horizon League

Check out the women’s schedule below:

  • 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: Friday, April 4 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida
  • NCAA championship game: Sunday, April 6 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida
2025 REGIONAL ROUND SITES
Round City Venue Dates Host
Sweet 16/Elite Eight Birmingham, Alabama Legacy Arena March 28 - 31 SEC
Sweet 16/Elite Eight Spokane, Washington Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena March 28 - 31 University of South Florida/Tampa Bay Sports Commission

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