The action begins at noon and will continue past midnight as the NCAA men’s basketball tournament gets started with 16 games on Thursday

Four different networks are carrying March Madness games in 2025. During the first round of the tournament, TruTV, CBS, TNT and TBS will carry various games. TruTV is channel 246 on DirecTV. It's listed as channel 242 on Dish. It varies on other providers.

It's Texas basketball vs Xavier in the 2025 March Madness bracket. Watch the NCAA Tournament game, including time, channel, TV schedule and stream info.

With the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight officially over, there weren't any unexpected results. 2025 NCAA Tournament favorites went a perfect 12-0 in both rounds. Favorites are also 50-13 straight-up in the 2025 tournament.

In 2025, the crown will go to a No. 1 seed, as all four top dogs — Auburn, Duke, Florida and Houston — advanced to the Final Four for the second time in tournament history. The Blue Devils face the Cougars,

I've got more March Madness for you today, including some NIT thoughts. I also want to talk about NFL kickoffs and, separately, tattoos? But first, another update on the Reason Friends and Family Bracket Contest.

And that extends to the 2025 Final Four participants, powerhouse programs who separated themselves from the rest of the field early in the regular season. Florida, Houston, Duke and Auburn were always great,

No. 1 Texas and No. 2 UConn won their respective Elite Eight matchups on Monday night to wrap up the second weekend of the women's NCAA tournament. The Longhorns fended off Hailey Van Lith and TCU to reach their first Final Four since 2003,

Florida survived third-seed Texas Tech while Duke didn't need any late-game heroics to secure a bid to San Antonio as the second No. 1 seed