How to Watch 2025 March Madness from Selection Sunday to the NCAAB Tournament Championship

March Madness is just around the corner!

With Selection Sunday quickly approaching, basketball fans across the country are gearing up for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments. Whether you're tracking your favorite team’s path to the Final Four, making your March Madness bracket picks, preparing your March Madness predictions, betting on tournament or looking for the best ways to watch every game, we've got you covered with how to watch or stream 2025 March Madness for every game of the NCAAB Tournament schedule.

When Does March Madness 2025 Start?

The action officially tips off with Selection Sunday on March 16, 2025. That’s when the full tournament brackets for both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments will be revealed.

The men’s First Four games start on Tuesday, March 18, in Dayton, Ohio. From there, the tournament moves into the First and Second Rounds, hosted across the country in six cities:

• Providence, Rhode Island

• Seattle, Washington

• Cleveland, Ohio

• Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Raleigh, North Carolina

• Lexington, Kentucky

The road to the Final Four will feature intense matchups, with powerhouse teams like Auburn, Duke and Florida hoping to put an exclamation point on their dominant seasons so far.

How to Watch Selection Sunday

Want to be the first to see where your favorite teams land in the bracket? Tune in on March 16 for Selection Sunday:

• Men’s bracket reveal – 6 p.m. ET on CBS

• Women’s bracket reveal – 8 p.m. ET on ESPN

How to Watch March Madness 2025

The men’s NCAA tournament will be broadcast across multiple networks, ensuring fans can catch every buzzer-beater:

• CBS

• TBS

• TNT

• TruTV

For the women’s NCAA tournament, all games will air across the ESPN family of networks:

• ESPN

• ESPN2

• ESPNU

• ESPNews

How to Stream March Madness Without Cable

No cable? No problem! You can stream the March Madness tournament live with these platforms:

• Men’s Tournament: Watch via Paramount+ and Max, or subscribe to live TV streaming services like DirecTV Stream, FuboTV, or Sling TV.

• Women’s Tournament: Stream via any service offering ESPN channels, such as ESPN+, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, or Sling TV.

For more information, view an overview of these sports streaming services and what each offers.

2025 NCAA tournament schedule:

After Selection Sunday, the tournament will begin with six consecutive days of action, beginning with the First Four action on Mar. 18-19 with the first and second rounds spread across the following four days.

2025 March Madness men’s schedule:

2025 Women's NCAAB Tournament Schedule:

In addition to the men's competition, the full schedule for the Women's March Madness tournament can be found below:

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