CBS Sports & TNT Sports' Exclusive Coverage of 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Tips Off Tuesday, March 18
Mar 17, 2025 10:18AM ● By Kelsey Swire
TNT Sports and CBS Sports’ Exclusive Coverage of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Tips Off Tuesday, March 18
Tip Times and Announce Teams Set for NCAA Tournament First Four and First Round Coverage
CBS Sports and TNT Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will tip off with the NCAA First Four on truTV, Tuesday, March 18, and Wednesday, March 19 (6 PM, ET, both days). First Round game coverage will be held on Thursday, March 20, and Friday, March 21 (Noon ET, both days), with all games available live in their entirety across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and NCAA March Madness Live. Games airing on CBS will also stream live on Paramount+. Games airing on TBS, TNT and truTV will also stream live on Max.
The following are tip times and commentator assignments for the NCAA First Four and First Round games. Tip times for Saturday’s Second Round games will be announced after the conclusion of Thursday’s games. Sunday’s tip times will be released after the conclusion of play on Friday.
This year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 5, and Men’s National Championship on Monday, April 7, will air on CBS.
Tip Times and Matchups for First Four Games on Tuesday, March 18 and Wednesday, March 19
Tip Times and Matchups for First Round Games on Thursday, March 20
Tip Times and Matchups for First Round Games on Friday, March 21
