All 38 courts were humming with the sound of Onix indoor pickleballs soaring across the concrete at last week's Spa City ...

The NCAA could learn a lesson from the guacamole I made last week. The avocados were pristinely ripe, the tomatoes profoundly ...

It produces a groundswell of activity and excitement that draws in casual fans who eagerly fill brackets with teams ... The decision to expand from the perfect 64 to 65 teams in 2001 and then 68 in ...

The regional bracket will start with 64 teams drawn into 16 regional groups of four nationwide. Each respective regional one-seed will serve as the host for their regional.

Who will win it all? Fill out your March Madness bracket before the NCAA men’s tournament tips off with the First Four on March 18. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images) And then there were 1s.

First, 14 teams made it into the bracket. Record. Then, six teams lost in the first round. Record. Now, seven SEC teams are in the Sweet 16. Sweet record.

Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 (it's now 68, including the play-in round that wrapped up Wednesday night), there's only been one instance in which all four No. 1 seeds reached ...

Through six rounds of the tournament, 64 teams will whittle down to the Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four and the champs. Here's what last year's March Madness results looked like.

Big picture view: The teams are selected, seeded and placed in a bracket by an NCAA committee made up of 12 members. The brackets are broken up into four regions: Midwest, East, South and West.

But after the First Four, we now have a loaded field of 64 teams, and it's time to fill out your brackets.

March Madness is finally here. The brackets for the 2025 NCAA men's and women's tournaments are now set, and the men's field is set at 64 teams after the First Four wrapped up Wednesday night.