selection sunday falls on Sunday, March 15, when the 68-team brackets for the men’s and women’s NCAA Division I basketball tournaments will be revealed during selection shows. The men’s bracket will be announced at 6 p. m. ET, and the women’s bracket will be revealed at 8 p. m. ET.
Biggest questions facing the men’s committee heading into Selection Sunday
As the calendar narrows toward selection sunday, attention centers on decisions the men’s committee must finalize. The exact roster of questions and how the committee will answer them are not detailed in the available material. What is clear from the schedule is that the bracket announcement itself is the moment when those choices become public: the full 68-team field will be revealed on the evening designated for the men’s bracket announcement.
2026 Selection Sunday: Date, schedule, TV times for March Madness
Selection Sunday for 2026 is scheduled for Sunday, March 15. The event will include two televised selection shows: the men’s tournament bracket announcement at 6 p. m. ET, and the women’s bracket reveal at 8 p. m. ET. Both events will present the complete 68-team brackets for their respective NCAA Division I tournaments. Additional details about the subsequent tournament schedule and host sites for the men’s and women’s events are noted in published material, though full listings are not included here.
2026 NCAA Tournament bracket expert picks: No. 1 seeds predicted before Selection Sunday show
Predictions and expert assessments are part of the pre-selection conversation in the lead-up to selection sunday. The available information confirms that the bracket reveals are the decisive public moments when selections and seedings are unveiled, but it does not enumerate any specific expert picks, projected No. 1 seeds, or forecasted outcomes. Observers following the pre-show commentary will see how those predictions align with the brackets once they are released on March 15.
For fans and observers, the announced times frame the evening: the men’s bracket announcement at 6 p. m. ET, followed by the women’s reveal at 8 p. m. ET. The 68-team structure for both tournaments is the organizing principle that will be visible once selection sunday arrives.
When the bracket boards appear on March 15, the procedural questions about selections and seedings will transition into the immediate reality of matchups, travel plans and tournament logistics already laid out in schedules and site listings. Until then, the precise choices and the identities of top seeds remain pending the official reveals on selection sunday.
