March Madness 2025 gets under way on Thursday, March 20, 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 Auburn and Houston, along with traditional powers such as Kansas, Purdue, Louisville and UCLA. Alabama State takes the court, as do SEC entries Tennessee, Texas A&M, Missouri, Georgia and Arkansas.

Here are the 16 first-round NCAA tournament games that take place on Thursday, March 20, 2025, with tip-off times and television information (all times Central):

SOUTH: No. 8 Louisville (27-7) vs. No. 9 Creighton (24-10), 11:15 a.m., CBS

MIDWEST: No. 4 Purdue (22-11) vs. No. 13 High Point (29-5), 11:40 a.m., truTV

EAST: No. 3 Wisconsin (26-9) vs. No. 14 Montana (25-9), 12:30 p.m., TNT

MIDWEST: No. 1 Houston (30-4) vs. No. 16 SIU-Edwardsville (22-11), 1 p.m., TBS

SOUTH: No. 1 Auburn (28-5) vs. No. 16 Alabama State (20-15), 1:50 p.m., CBS

MIDWEST: No. 5 Clemson (27-6) vs. No. 12 McNeese (27-6), 2:15 p.m., truTV

EAST: No. 6 BYU (24-9) vs. No. 11 VCU (28-6), 3:05 p.m., TNT

MIDWEST: No. 8 Gonzaga (25-8) vs. No. 9 Georgia (20-12), 3:35 p.m., TBS

MIDWEST: No. 2 Tennessee (27-7) vs. No. 15 Wofford (19-15), 5:50 p.m., TNT

WEST: No. 7 Kansas (21-12) vs. No. 10 Arkansas (20-13), 6:10 p.m., CBS

SOUTH: No. 4 Texas A&M (22-10) vs. No. 13 Yale (22-7), 6:25 p.m., TBS

WEST: No. 6 Missouri (22-11) vs. No. 11 Drake (30-3), 6:35 p.m., truTV

MIDWEST: No. 7 UCLA (22-10) vs. No. 10 Utah State (26-7), 8:25 p.m., TNT

WEST: No. 2 St. John’s (30-4) vs. No. 15 Omaha (22-12), 8:45 p.m., CBS

SOUTH: No. 5 Michigan (25-9) vs. No. 12 UC San Diego (30-4), 9 p.m., TBS

WEST: No. 3 Texas Tech (25-8) vs. No. 14 UNC-Wilmington (27-7), 9:10 p.m., truTV