The madness has begun. Alabama State won the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament game on Tuesday over St. Francis (PA), 70-68, but it needed some luck to get it done.
The NCAA Tournament has been set, which means the First Four will kick off this year’s March Madness slate across two days beginning on Tuesday, March 18.
The 2025 NCAA Tournament kicks off with the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. No. 16 seeds Alabama State and St. Francis (PA) will face off on Tuesday with a chance to play the number one overall seed in the tournament, Auburn.
While it often feels like college athletics are evolving into a minor-league system for professional sports, some glimmers of amateurism's past glory appear from time to time. One of them is currently shining brightest in Loretto, Pennsylvania.