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Men’s NCAA Tournament 2025 Sweet 16: Full Schedule, Fixtures, Teams, Bracket, and How to Watch March Madness Basketball Match Live

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March 26, 2025

Men’s NCAA Tournament 2025 Sweet 16 Full Schedule, Fixtures, Teams, Bracket, and How to Watch March Madness Basketball Match Live

March Madness is well underway, as the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament has reached the Sweet 16 milestone. Following a weekend of collegiate basketball play, the field for the 2025 NCAA men’s tournament has been officially reduced to 16. Find out how to watch all the action live as well as the full schedule.

There were many amazing moments, exciting finishes, and upsets throughout the first weekend of the 2025 March Madness tournament. With several prestigious universities and college basketball powerhouses, including all No. 1 seeds, we are now heading to the Sweet 16. See below for all the information you need to know for the Sweet 16.

Auburn, Duke, Florida, and Houston all advanced. These top seeds moved on in the tournament. There have been very few big upsets, making this year’s tournament quite unusual.

Arkansas is the lone double-digit seed in the Sweet 16. They shocked No. 2 seed St. John’s in round two. Otherwise, the top teams are winning.

A spot in the Elite Eight is up for grabs on Saturday, March 29, and Sunday, March 30. The Sweet 16, the next stage of the NCAA’s renowned college basketball tournament, will take place from Thursday, March 27, to Friday, March 28.

Below, you can see which teams have advanced and when they are scheduled to play.

March Madness 2025: Men’s Sweet 16 Teams

Here are the teams making up the Sweet 16:

No. 1 Auburn Tigers (South)
No. 1 Duke Blue Devils (East)
No. 1 Houston Cougars (Midwest)
No. 1 Florida Gators (West)
No. 2 Tennessee Volunteers (Midwest)
No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide (East)
No. 2 Michigan State Spartans (South)
No. 3 Texas Tech Red Raiders (West)
No. 3 Kentucky Wildcats (Midwest)
No. 4 Purdue Boilermakers (Midwest)
No. 4 Maryland Terrapins (West)
No. 4 Arizona Wildcats (East)
No. 5 Michigan Wolverines (South)
No. 6 BYU Cougars (East)
No. 6 Ole Miss Rebels (South)
No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks (West)

Sweet 16 Bracket

South Region

(1) Auburn vs. (5) Michigan
(2) Michigan State vs. (6) Ole Miss

East Region

(1) Duke vs. (4) Arizona
(2) Alabama vs. (6) BYU

Midwest Region

(1) Houston vs. (4) Purdue
(2) Tennessee vs. (3) Kentucky

West Region

(1) Florida vs. (4) Maryland
(3) Texas Tech vs. (10) Arkansas

March Madness 2025: Complete Sweet 16 Schedule and Live Streaming Information

When is March Madness’ Sweet 16?

The Sweet 16 round of the men’s NCAA Tournament is scheduled for Thursday, March 27, and Friday, March 28. Every day, there will be four games. All times are Eastern.

The games will be streamed on March Madness Live and televised on CBS, TBS, and truTV.

Sweet 16 Schedule

All times below are in ET.

Thursday 27 March – Sweet Sixteen

(6) BYU v (2) Alabama, 7:09 pm – CBS
(4) Maryland v (1) Florida, 7:39 pm – TBS/TruTV
(4) Arizona v (1) Duke, 9:39 pm – CBS
(10) Arkansas v (3) Texas Tech 10:09 pm – TBS/TruTV

Friday 28 March – Sweet Sixteen

(6) Ole Miss v (2) Michigan State 7:09 pm – CBS
(3) Kentucky v (2) Tennessee 7:39 pm – TBS/TruTV
(5) Michigan v (1) Auburn 9:39 pm – CBS
(4) Purdue v (1) Houston 10:09 pm – TBS/TruTV

Sweet 16 Locations

The 2025 Sweet 16 and Elite Eight will be played at the following four locations:

State Farm Arena – Atlanta (South Region)
Lucas Oil Stadium – Indianapolis (Midwest Region)
Prudential Center – Newark (East Region)
Chase Center – San Francisco (West Region)