March Madness 2025 begins on March 18 with the First Four play-in round and ends with the National Championship on April 7. Every game of the 2025 NCAA Tournament will air on one of the following channels: CBS, truTV, TBS, and TNT.

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.

Here's how HBCU basketball teams have done in the First Four or play-in round of the DI men's basketball championship.