The 2025 men’s NCAA tournament’s first round March Madness tip timings have been announced. The first of four First Four games of the tournament takes place in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday. There are 16 games in the opening round on Thursday and another 16 games on Friday. The start timings for all 32 first-round matches and the First Four games are listed below.
Tuesday, March 18:
(First Four in Dayton, Ohio)
- 6:40 p.m.: (16) Alabama State vs. (16) Saint Francis (truTV)
- 9:10 p.m.: (11) San Diego State vs. (11) North Carolina (truTV)
Wednesday, March 19
(First Four in Dayton, Ohio)
- 6:40 p.m.: (16) American University vs. (16) Mount St. Mary’s (truTV)
- 9:10 p.m.: (11) Texas vs. (11) Xavier (truTV)
Thursday, March 20
(First Round/Round of 64)
- 12:15 p.m.: (9) Creighton vs. (8) Louisville (CBS)
- 12:40 p.m.: (13) High Point vs. (4) Purdue (TruTV)
- 1:30 p.m.: (14) Montana vs. (3) Wisconsin (TNT)
- 2 p.m.: (16) SIU Edwardsville vs. (1) Houston (TBS)
- 2:50 p.m.: (16) St. Francis or Alabama State vs. (1) Auburn (CBS)
- 3:15 p.m.: (12) McNeese vs. (5) Clemson (TruTV)
- 4:05 p.m.: (11) VCU vs. (6) BYU (TNT)
- 4:35 p.m.: (9) Georgia vs. (8) Gonzaga (TBS)
- 6:50 p.m.: (15) Wofford vs. (2) Tennessee (TNT)
- 7:10 p.m.: (10) Arkansas vs. (7) Kansas (CBS)
- 7:25 p.m.: (13) Yale vs. (4) Texas A&M (TBS)
- 7:35 p.m.: (11) Drake vs. (6) Missouri (TruTV)
- 9:25 p.m.: (10) Utah State vs. (7) UCLA (TNT)
- 9:45 p.m.: (15) Omaha vs. (2) St. John’s (CBS)
- 10 p.m.: (12) UC San Diego vs. (5) Michigan (TBS)
- 10:10 p.m.: (14) UNC Wilmington vs. (3) Texas Tech (TruTV)
Friday, March 21
(First Round/Round of 64)
- 12:15 p.m.: (9) Baylor vs. (8) Mississippi State (CBS)
- 12:40 p.m.: (15) Robert Morris vs. (2) Alabama (TruTV)
- 1:30 p.m.: (14) Lipscomb vs. (3) Iowa State (TNT)
- 2 p.m.: (12) Colorado State vs. (5) Memphis (TBS)
- 2:50 p.m.: (16) Mount St. Mary’s or American vs. (1) Duke (CBS)
- 3:15 p.m.: (10) Vanderbilt vs. (7) St. Mary’s (TruTV)
- 4:05 p.m.: (11) North Carolina or San Diego State vs. (6) Ole Miss (TNT)
- 4:35 p.m.: (13) Grand Canyon vs. (4) Maryland (TBS)
- 6:50 p.m.: (16) Norfolk State vs. (1) Florida (TNT)
- 7:10 p.m.: (14) Troy vs. (3) Kentucky (CBS)
- 7:25 p.m.: (10) New Mexico vs. (7) Marquette (TBS)
- 7:35 p.m.: (13) Akron vs. (4) Arizona (TruTV)
- 9:25 p.m.: (9) Oklahoma vs. (8) UConn (TNT)
- 9:45 p.m.: (11) Texas or Xavier vs. (6) Illinois (CBS)
- 10 p.m.: (15) Bryant vs. (2) Michigan State (TBS)
- 10:10 p.m.: (12) Liberty vs. (5) Oregon (TruTV)
