March Madness 2025 dates, schedule and locations

See below for the dates, locations and schedule for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, aka March Madness 2025. The Final Four will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.




Selection Sunday: March 16, 2025

 

First Four

University of Dayton Arena – Dayton, Ohio – March 18-19, 2025 (Host: University of Dayton)

 

First and Second Rounds

Ball Arena – Denver, Colorado – March 20 & 22, 2025 (Host: Mountain West Conference)

Rupp Arena – Lexington, Kentucky – March 20 & 22, 2025 (Host: University of Kentucky)

Amica Mutual Pavilion – Providence, Rhode Island – March 20 & 22, 2025 (Host: Providence College)

Intrust Bank Arena – Wichita, Kansas – March 20 & 22, 2025 (Host: Wichita State University)

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – Cleveland, Ohio – March 21 & 23, 2025 (Host: Mid-American Conference)

Fiserv Forum – Milwaukee, Wisconsin – March 21 & 23, 2025 (Host: Marquette University)

Lenovo Center – Raleigh, North Carolina – March 21 & 23, 2025 (Host: North Carolina State University)

Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle, Washington – March 21 & 23, 2025 (Host: University of Washington)

Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen) and Finals (Elite Eight)

East Regional: Prudential Center – Newark, New Jersey – March 27 & 29, 2025 (Host: Seton Hall University)

West Regional: Chase Center – San Francisco, California – March 27 & 29, 2025 (Host: Pac-12 Conference)

South Regional: State Farm Arena – Atlanta, Georgia – March 28 & 30, 2025 (Host: Georgia Institute of Technology)

Midwest Regional: Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis, Indiana – March 28 & 30, 2025 (Host: Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis / Horizon League)

 

National Semifinals (Final Four) and Championship

Alamodome – San Antonio, Texas – April 5 & 7, 2025

 

Additional Facts

This is the fifth time that the Alamodome will host the NCAA Final Four – previously doing so in 1998, 2004, 2008 and 2018 – and the fifth time for the city of San Antonio. In addition to hosting the Final Four, San Antonio has hosted the first and second round once (2014) and the regional finals six times (including 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2011 at Alamodome).

Television rights for the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament are held by CBS Sports and Turner Sports, as games will be broadcast on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. Radio rights are held exclusively by Westwood One.