When does the March Madness Tournament Start?
2023 March Madness
The 2023 Men's NCAA March Madness Tournament Bracket matchups will be announced on Sunday, March 12th between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. EST. Our Printable March Madness Bracket will be available soon thereafter. The Play-in games will begin on Tuesday, March 14th and the actual tournament will begin on Thursday, March 16th at around 12:20 EST. The Championship game will be held on Monday, April 3rd. Listed below is the complete dated schedule.
Office Pools
If you're looking for another office pool to run during the tournament we highly recommend trying our College Basketball Block Pool, it's like the Super Bowl Squares, but you use the final score in every game of the tournament! Also check out our College Basketall Tourney Props Pool, where the participants of your pool try to correctly answer 20 unique outcomes/questions, such as "Will any seed lower than a 4 make it to the Final Four?"
Dates of the Tournament
* Selection Sunday
March 12, 2023
* First Four Games
March 14,15 2023
* First Round
March 16, 17, 2023
* Second Round
March 18, 19, 2023
* Sweet 16
March 23, 24, 2023
* Elite 8
March 25, 26, 2023
* Final Four
April 1, 2023
* Championship Game
April 3, 2023
Television Schedule
Turner Sports and CBS Sports have television rights for the NCAA Tournament.
Play-in Games – truTV
1st and 2nd rounds – TNT, TBS, CBS, and truTV
Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight – TBS and CBS
Final Four – CBS
National Championship – CBS