Which March Madness 2025 games are on Friday? Complete schedule, times, TV info
March Madness 2025 continues on Friday, March 21, with 16 first-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament games at a variety of venues around the country.
Among those teams in action are No. 1 seeds Florida and Duke, along with traditional powers such as Kentucky, Michigan State, Connecticut and North Carolina. Alabama and Troy also take the court, as do SEC entries Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Oklahoma.
Here are the 16 first-round NCAA tournament games that take place on Friday, March 21, 2025, with tip-off times and television information (all times Central):
EAST: No. 8 Mississippi State (21-12) vs. No. 9 Baylor (19-14), 11:15 a.m., CBS
SOUTH: No. 3 Iowa State (24-9) vs. No. 14 Lipscomb (25-9), 12:30 p.m., TNT
WEST: No. 5 Memphis (29-5) vs. No. 12 Colorado State (25-9), 1 p.m., TBS
EAST: No. 1 Duke (31-3) vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s (23-12), 1:50 p.m., CBS
SOUTH: No. 6 Ole Miss (22-11) vs. No. 11 North Carolina (23-13), 3:05 p.m., TNT
WEST: No. 4 Maryland (25-8) vs. No. 13 Grand Canyon (26-7), 3:35 p.m., TBS
WEST: No. 1 Florida (30-4) vs. No. 16 Norfolk State (24-10), 5:50 p.m., TNT
MIDWEST: No. 3 Kentucky (22-11) vs. No. 14 Troy (23-10), 6:10 p.m., CBS
SOUTH: No. 7 Marquette (23-10) vs. No. 10 New Mexico (26-7), 6:25 p.m., TBS
EAST: No. 4 Arizona (22-12) vs. No. 13 Akron (28-6), 6:35 p.m., truTV
WEST: No. 8 Connecticut (23-10) vs. No. 9 Oklahoma (20-13), 8:25 p.m., TNT
MIDWEST: No. 6 Illinois (21-12) vs. No. 11 Xavier (22-11), 8:45 p.m., CBS
SOUTH: No. 2 Michigan State (27-9) vs. No. 15 Bryant (23-11), 9 p.m., TBS
EAST: No. 5 Oregon (24-9) vs. No. 12 Liberty (28-6), 9:10 p.m., truTV