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.

Entering March Madness, four schools have the longest active NCAA Tournament streaks: Kansas (35), Michigan State (27), Gonzaga (26) and Purdue (10). Tennessee has appeared in the NCAA Tournament for seven consecutive seasons. The 2020 NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

SportsLine's model has nailed 20 first-round upsets by double-digit seeds and revealed its NCAA Tournament bracket 2025