2026 NCAA tournament: Bracket, schedule, scores for March Madness

Here is the official 2026 NCAA tournament bracket for March Madness and the DI males’s basketball event. The Elite Eight ideas off Saturday, March 28 with two video games.

No. 1 Duke held off No. 5 St. John’swhereas No. 1 Michigan cruised past No. 4 Alabama. In the late video games, No. 2 UConn edged No. 3 Michigan State and No. 6 Tennessee routed No. 2 Iowa State.

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2026 NCAA event: Bracket, schedule for March Madness

Click or tap here for the 2026 printable bracket | Click or tap here for the interactive bracket

Here is the schedule for this yr’s event.

• Selection Sunday: 6 pm ET Sunday, March 15 on CBS
• First Four: Tuesday, March 17 and Wednesday, March 18
• First Round: Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20
• Second Round: Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22
• Sweet 16: Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27
• Elite Eight: Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29
• Final Four: 6 pm and eight:30 pm ET on Saturday, April 4 on TBS at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
• NCAA championship sport: 8:30 pm ET on Monday, April 6 on TBS at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis

These are the websites for the boys’s event in 2026: