2025 NCAA Tournament bracket: College basketball scores, March Madness TV schedule, streaming, where to watch

Thursday is one of the best days of the year on the American sports calendar, as March Madness hits full stride with 16 first-round NCAA Tournament games that will be filling screens across the country from noon Eastern until after midnight. Drama, upsets and heroes will rule the day as teams fight to keep their national championship hopes alive.

A couple of national-championship winning coaches will be squaring off Thursday night in one of the opening round’s most-intriguing matchups, as No. 7 seed Kansas and No. 10 seed Arkansas clash on CBS. The winner is likely to face No. 2 seed St. John’s and legendary coach Rick Pitino in the second round on Saturday. The Red Storm open play late Thursday against No. 15 seed Omaha.

Pitino’s re-emergence as a prominent force in college basketball at age 72 is potentially one of this NCAA Tournament’s greatest storylines. But there’s no telling what else will emerge during Thursday’s action. No. 5 seed Michigan is on upset alert against No. 12 seed UC-San Diego. The same goes for No. 6 seed Missouri, which is facing No. 11 seed Drake.

NCAA bracket 2025: Printable March Madness bracket, NCAA Tournament predictions, picks, scores, seeds

Matt Norlander

It’s going to be a loaded day and a spectacular beginning to the best weekend of college sports. Here’s the full schedule? As the 2025 NCAA Tournament ramps up:

Be sure to bookmark this page as it will be continuously updated with scores, analysis and much more all the way through the Final Four on April 5 and national championship on April 7. CBS Sports will be along for the ride as you crush your bracket pool, so be sure to check back frequently over the next few weeks.

2025 NCAA Tournament bracket, scores

All times Eastern

South

FIRST FOUR

Tuesday — Dayton

FIRST ROUND

Thursday — Lexington

Thursday — Denver

Friday — Milwaukee

(11) North Carolina vs. (6) Ole Miss | 4:05 p.m., TNT (watch live)
(14) Lipscomb vs. (3) Iowa State | 1:30 p.m., TNT (watch live)

Friday — Cleveland

(10) New Mexico vs. (7) Marquette | 7:25 p.m., TBS (watch live)
(15) Bryant vs. (2) Michigan State | 10 p.m., TBS (watch live)

East

FIRST FOUR

Wednesday — Dayton

(16) Mount St. Mary’s 83, (16) American 72

FIRST ROUND

Friday — Raleigh

(16) Mount St. Mary’s vs. (1) Duke | 2:50 p.m., TBS (watch live)
(9) Baylor vs. (8) Mississippi State | 12:15 p.m., CBS (watch live)

Friday — Seattle

(13) Akron vs. (4) Arizona | 7:35 p.m., truTV (watch live)
(12) Liberty vs. (5) Oregon | 10:10 p.m., truTV (watch live)

Thursday — Denver

Friday — Cleveland

(10) Vanderbilt vs. (7) Saint Mary’s | 3:15 p.m., truTV (watch live)
(15) Robert Morris vs. (2) Alabama | 2:40 p.m., truTV (watch live)

Midwest

FIRST FOUR

Wednesday — Dayton

FIRST ROUND

Thursday — Lexington

Thursday — Providence

Friday — Milwaukee

(11) Xavier vs. (6) Illinois | 9:45 p.m., CBS (watch live)
(14) Troy vs. (3) Kentucky | 7:10 p.m., CBS (watch live)

Thursday — Wichita

West

FIRST ROUND

Friday — Raleigh

(16) Norfolk State vs. (1) Florida | 6:50 p.m., TNT, (watch live)
(9) Oklahoma vs. (8) UConn | 9:25 p.m., TNT (watch live)

Friday — Seattle

(12) Colorado State vs. (5) Memphis | 2 p.m., TBS (watch live)
(13) Grand Canyon vs. (4) Maryland | 4:35 p.m., TBS (watch live)

Thursday — Wichita

Thursday — Providence

Second round

Saturday, March 22 — 12:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV)
Rupp Arena (Lexington), Amica Mutual Pavilion (Providence), Intrust Bank Arena (Wichita), Ball Arena (Denver)

Sunday, March 19 — 12:10 p.m. start (CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV)
Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle), Rocket Arena (Cleveland), Fiserv Forum (Milwaukee), Lenovo Center (Raleigh)