The First Four has been around since 2011 and features the last four automatic qualifiers and last four at-large bids playing to whittle the field from 68 to 64. This year will see two 16-seed vs. 16-seed matchups and two 11-seed vs. 11-seed matchups, but don’t write these games off because they involve double-digit seeds.

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The UConn Huskies began this season as one of the favorites to win the 2025 NCAA Tournament and become the first men's basketball team to win three straight national titles since the UCLA dynasty in the 1960s and 70s.

Kellie Harper has been hired as the new women's basketball coach at Missouri, where the former coach of SEC-rival Tennessee will have the job of rebuilding a once-proud program that has not been to the NCAA Tournament in six years.

Kellie Harper has worked for the SEC Network this season. She’s taken four different programs, including Tennessee, to the NCAA Tournament.

Kellie Harper has been hired as the new women's basketball coach at Missouri. The school made the announcement Tuesday. The former coach of SEC-rival Tennessee will have the job of rebuilding a once-proud program that has not been to the NCAA Tournament in six years.

West Virginia head coach Darian Devries yells from the sidelines during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against the Colorado in the second round

Darian DeVries is Indiana basketball's new coach, DeVries comes to Bloomington after leading West Virginia to record turnaround:

Matt Norlander has the latest intel on what's happening in coaching searches nationwide as we ready for the NCAA Tournament