March Madness 2025: Saturday Elite Eight Times

This weekend marks the penultimate weekend of March Madness as the winners of the Elite Eight will advance to the Final Four.

This year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 5, and Men’s National Championship on Monday, April 7, will air on CBS. San Antonio, Texas is playing host to both the Final Four and National Championship.

Following Thursday’s conclusion, CBS Sports and TNT Sports announced tip times and commentators for the Regional Finals of the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship on Saturday, March 29, on TBS and truTV. The games will also stream on NCAA March Madness Live and Max. Florida will take on Texas Tech in the first game at 6:09 PM, ET, followed by Alabama playing Duke in the second game at 8:49 PM, ET.

The Nissan NCAA Tip-Off pregame show will begin the night’s action at 5 PM, ET with host Ernie Johnson and analysts Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg, Kenny Smith and Jay Wright. A postgame show wasn’t mentioned in the press release but it is listed on the TBS schedule.

Tip times for Sunday’s Regional Finals on CBS will be announced at the conclusion of tonight’s games.

Following are the tip times and commentator assignments for this weekend’s Regional Semifinal and Regional Final games.

Commentator assignments:

  • South Regional/Atlanta: Ian Eagle/Bill Raftery/Grant Hill/Tracy Wolfson
  • East Regional/Newark: Brian Anderson/Jim Jackson/Allie LaForce
  • West Regional/San Francisco: Kevin Harlan/Dan Bonner and Stan Van Gundy/Lauren Shehadi
  • Midwest Regional/Indianapolis: Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas/Evan Washburn

All times are displayed in ET.

Saturday Night Regional Finals

West Region (Thursday)

No. 1 Florida vs. No. 3 Texas Tech (San Francisco, 6:09 PM, TBS/truTV)

East Region (Thursday)

No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Alabama (Newark, 8:49 PM, TBS/truTV)

Friday Night Regional Semifinals

South Region (Friday)

No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 5 Michigan (Atlanta, approx 9:39 PM, CBS)

No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 6 Ole Miss (Atlanta, 7:09 PM, CBS)

Midwest Region (Friday)

No. 1 Houston vs. No. 4 Purdue (Indianapolis, approx 10:09 PM, TBS/truTV)

No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 3 Kentucky (Indianapolis, 7:39 PM, TBS/truTV)

The 2025 edition of March Madness runs March 18-April 7, 2025 across CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV.

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Danielle Solzman

Danielle Solzman is native of Louisville, KY, and holds a BA in Public Relations from Northern Kentucky University and a MA in Media Communications from Webster University. She roots for her beloved Kentucky Wildcats, St. Louis Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, and Boston Celtics. Living less than a mile away from Wrigley Field in Chicago, she is an active reader (sports/entertainment/history/biographies/select fiction) and involved with the Chicago improv scene. She also sees many movies and reviews them. She has previously written for Redbird Rants, Wildcat Blue Nation, and Hidden Remote/Flicksided. From April 2016 through May 2017, her film reviews can be found on Creators.

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