March Madness live tracker: Highlights, updates, responses and more

Mar 21, 2025, 12:00 PM ET

After an amazing Day 1 in the NCAA competition, 32 more groups are in action Friday.The games tip off

at 12:15 p.m. ET, and we have actually got a complete 12 (or more!) hours of hoops in shop, including the NCAA competition debut of Duke superstar Cooper Flagg, returning from an ankle injury that kept him out of two games in the ACC competition. And can North Carolina maintain the momentum from its big First 4 win with an upset of Ole Miss?Whether you’re enjoying all 16 first-round games or refreshing score pages, consider this your guide to all the major highlights and results, together with reactions and on-site reporting from ESPN writers throughout the country.Jump to: Full schedule|Live updates No. 14 Lipscomb vs. No. 3 Iowa State, 1:30 p.m.(TNT)No. 12 Colorado State vs. No. 5 Memphis, 2 p.m.( TBS) No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s vs. No. 1 Duke, 2:50 p.m.(CBS )No. 10 Vanderbilt vs. No. 7 Saint Mary’s, 3:15 p.m. (truTV)No. 11 North Carolina vs. No. 6 Ole Miss, 4:05 p.m. (TNT)
No. 13 Grand Canyon vs. No. 4 Maryland, 4:35
p.m. (TBS)No. 16 Norfolk State vs. No. 1 Florida, 6:50 p.m. (TNT)No. 14 Troy vs. No. 3 Kentucky, 7:10
p.m. (CBS)No. 10 New Mexico vs. No. 7 Marquette, 7:25 p.m.(TBS )No. 13 Akron vs. No. 4 Arizona,
7:35 p.m.(truTV)No. 9 Oklahoma vs. No. 8 UConn, 9:25
p.m. (TNT)No. 11 Xavier vs. No. 6 Illinois
, 9:45 p.m.(CBS )No. 15 Bryant vs. No. 2 Michigan State, 10 p.m.( TBS)No. 12 Liberty vs. No. 5 Oregon, 10:10 p.m.(truTV) go.arena.im”===e.origin & “arena-iframe-size”===e.data.source & &(t=document.getElementById(“arena-liveblog-iframe-DteN6yH”))& &(t.style.height=e.data.height+”px”, t.contentWindow.postMessage(,”https:,! 1);]]