Selection Sunday for the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in 2025 is on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
March Madness Selection Sunday
For March Madness, Selection Sunday is the day the 68‑team brackets for both the NCAA Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are revealed on television and online. In 2025, the men’s bracket show is scheduled in the evening Eastern time on CBS, while the women’s bracket announcement airs later that evening on ESPN.
General timing each year
In general, Selection Sunday falls on the Sunday before the first round of the NCAA men’s tournament, which is the Sunday before the third Thursday of March. This typically places Selection Sunday between March 11 and March 17 in any given year.
