Madness produced a Final Four with all No. 1 seeds in 2025. An AI simulation has predictions for Florida vs. Auburn and Duke vs. Houston:

Will bringing these four superpowers together actually lead to great games on the final weekend of the college basketball season?

Before the tournament expanded to 68 teams in 2011, there used to be a single opening-round game between No. 16 seeds just to get in the actual tournament. But with the enhanced TV deal with Turner Sports and CBS that was set to start back in 2011, the NCAA worked to take a different approach with the First Four.

The NCAA Tournament First Four is on with four games over two days, and here's how you can watch every game live for free.

Houston jumped to a big lead by limiting Tennessee, and the Cougars cruised past the Volunteers to advance to their Final Four since 2021.

The men's Elite Eight game between Duke and Alabama will air on both TBS and truTV. It will also stream on Max and on the March Madness Live app. The men's Elite Eight game between Duke and Alabama is scheduled to tip off at 8:49 p.m. ET, which is 5:49 p.m. PT.

For the first time in 47 years, the Duke Blue Devils are in the men's Final Four without their legendary head coach Mike Krzyzewski at the helm.

The First Four is the official start to March Madness, with four games played earlier in the week before the Round of 64 in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments. Here’s a quick ...