Teams with Lock status have at least a 95% chance to make the tournament, according to the BPI forecast. (Yes, this means that 5% of the time, a team marked as a lock will miss the tourney. We set the threshold there as a nod to the traditional standard for significance testing.)

Madness? NCAA Tournament schedule, key dates, Selection Sunday, First Four, how to watch, how to stream, TV channels, odds for tourney.

It’s March, and you know what that means: the 2025 NCAA tournament — AKA March Madness — is almost here. Selection Sunday starts all the action on Mar. 16 over on CBS and ESPN. The First Four games tip-off on Mar.