This NCAA basketball bonanza kicks off with the First Four Round – four games in each tournament to determine the final four teams in the Round of 64. It’s the last puzzle piece before the March Madness bracket is complete.

Now, eight teams will go head-to-head to secure the final vacant spots in the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket. On Tuesday and Wednesday, March Madness will officially begin with the First Four matchups.

Sixteen games across the country Thursday opened up the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament and probably to some extent busted at least part of your March Madness bracket in the process. Maybe you picked High Point to take down Purdue or thought No.