Selection Sunday: Everything You Need to Know about the First Day of March Madness

As March approaches, college basketball fans are gearing up for the excitement of March Madness. But before the madness begins, we have to get through Selection Sunday. This is the day when the 68 teams that will compete in the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments are revealed, along with the full schedule for both tournaments.

Selection Sunday is on March 16th this year. The men’s bracket will be unveiled at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the women’s bracket announcement at 8 p.m. If you’re wondering where to catch all the bracket reveals, the men’s bracket will be shown on CBS and Paramount+, while the women’s bracket will be aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

Before we can dive into filling out our brackets and predicting Final Four teams for the men’s and women’s tournaments, we first have to wait for the conference tournaments to wrap up. These tournaments are where teams from different conferences battle it out for automatic berths to the NCAA Tournament. The men’s conference tournaments will take place next week, following this week’s women’s conference tournaments.

Once the conference champions are decided, the NCAA selection committees will round out the brackets with at-large bids. Then, it’s time for us to start analyzing the matchups, predicting upsets, and getting ready for all the excitement that March Madness brings.

So mark your calendars for Selection Sunday, get ready to tune in to see the bracket reveals, and start thinking about which teams might make a deep run in this year’s tournament. March Madness is almost here, and the anticipation is building.