The No. 6 Tennessee Volunteers play the Wofford Terriers in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Thursday's meeting is the first this season for the squads.

The NCAA selection committee echoed what people have been saying since December. Now, it's time for the league to win games when it matters.

Tennessee basketball is a darn good team heading into March Madness. While the Volunteers didn’t earn a no. 1 seed like two of their SEC colleagues, Tennessee is led by a veteran coach in Rick Barnes.

From No. 1 overall (Auburn) to the last team in (North Carolina), view the full 2025 men's NCAA Tournament bracket.

The SEC’s NCAA tournament record is official. The conference had 14 of its 16 teams selected for the 68-team men’s NCAA tournament field in 2025. The SEC’s number of teams breaks the record the Big East set in 2011 when it got 11 of its 16 teams into the field.

Los Angeles’ cross-town rivals earned No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA basketball tournament. The top seed was the first in program history for the Bruins, who won the Big Ten Tournament with a victory over their cross-town rivals in the title game.