The First Four brings the number of teams in the NCAA tournament from 68 to 64. Learn more about how it works.

The NCAA distributes financial “units” to conferences based on March Madness performance, with men’s units paid over six years and women’s units over three.

As the calendar flips to March, all college basketball fans can think of is the madness beginning. Sooner rather than later, the best tournament in all of sports, March Madness, is going to get underway, and a national champion is going to be revealed.

March Madness is one of the best postseason formats in all of sports if not the best. Each year people fill out brackets guessing who they think will win each game, even though no one has come close to getting it 100% correct.

When does March Madness 2026 start? Get the tournament start date, Selection Sunday info, full schedule and everything you need to know for the NCAA Tournament.

The NCAA tournament features 68 teams — 31 automatic qualifiers that won their conference tournaments and 37 at-large bids selected by the Selection Committee. Those 68 teams are placed into four regions and seeded 1 through 16 in each region. Seeds ...

Over a decade, Bloomberg has assembled a group of business titans to fill out NCAA March Madness brackets and put up money for charity. Who will win this year?

The men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 begins on Thursday, March 26 with four of the eight games. The first game begins at 7:10PM ET with the others following at 7:30PM ET, 9:45PM ET and 10:05PM ET.