March Madness 2025: Printable brackets for men's and women's basketball NCAA tournaments

March Madness is finally here. The brackets for the 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournaments are now set, and the men's field is set at 64 teams after the First Four wrapped up Wednesday night.
Xavier rallied past Texas to take No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. Mount St. Mary's beat American earlier in the night.
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Tuesday's opening game of the men's First Four delivered a dramatic finish with Alabama State beating St. Francis 70-68 on a layup with a second left following a tipped full-court pass. Alabama State will now face No. 1 overall seed Auburn on Thursday.
No. 11 North Carolina routed San Diego State 95-68 in Tuesday's second First Four game. The Tar Heels will face No. 6 Ole Miss in the South's first round on Thursday.
You still have until Thursday morning to fill out your men's bracket and Friday morning for the women's. Don't worry. We've got you covered. Our experts have already made their picks, choosing the winner for each first-round matchup.
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On the men's side, Auburn claimed the No. 1 overall seed over Duke while North Carolina and Texas snuck into the field — to the chagrin of a handful of snubbed teams. The SEC set a March Madness record when 14 of its 16 teams made the tournament.
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UCLA took the No. 1 overall seed in the women's tournament. The other three No. 1s were South Carolina, Texas and USC. The First Four starts on the men's side on Tuesday; the women begin the First Four games on Wednesday.
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See the full schedule below for both tournaments (click here for first-round tip times).
2025 NCAA tournament schedule:
The tournament unofficially kicked off with Selection Sunday, but we won't see any action on the court until March 18.
2025 March Madness men's schedule:
First Four: March 18-19 (TruTV)
First round: March 20-21 (CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV)
Second round: March 22-23 (CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV)
Sweet 16: March 27-28 (CBS, TBS)
Elite Eight: March 29-30 (CBS, TBS)
Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS)
NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS)
2025 March Madness women's schedule:
First Four: March 19-20 (ESPN2, ESPNU)
First round: March 21-22 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
Second round: March 23-24 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)
Sweet 16: March 28-29 (ESPN, ESPN2)
Elite Eight: March 30-31 (ESPN)
Final Four: Friday, April 4 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida (ESPN, ESPN+)
NCAA championship game: Sunday, April 6 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida (ESPN3, ESPN+)
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