What to know: Men's NCAA Tournament basketball games return to Denver

An interesting mix of big-name programs and surging conference champions will be in Denver for March Madness basketball this weekend.Games in the first two rounds of the 2025 men's basketball NCAA Tournament will be played at Ball Arena on Thursday, March 20 (first round) and Saturday, March 22 (second round).Here is a look at the matchups, schedule and what to know about the tournament games in Denver.NCAA Tournament schedule in DenverEast Region (times in Mountain)No.

3 Wisconsin vs.

No.

14 Montana, 11:30 a.m.

Thursday (TNT)No.

6 BYU vs.

No.

11 VCU, 2:05 p.m.

Thursday (TNT)South RegionNo.

4 Texas A&M vs.

No.

13 Yale, 5:25 p.m.

Thursday (TBS)No.

5 Michigan vs.

No.

12 UC San Diego, 8 p.m.

Thursday (TBS)Second-round informationEast regionTBD vs.

TBD, Saturday (Game time, TV info TBA)South RegionTBD vs.

TBD, Saturday (Game time, TV info TBA)How teams made NCAA TournamentNo.

3 Wisconsin: 26-9, finished fifth in the Big 10 and earned an at-large bid.No.

14 Montana: 25-9, finished second in the Big Sky and earned the conference's automatic bid by winning the league's "Starch Madness" tournament.No.

6 BYU: 24-9, finished fourth in the Big 12 and earned an at-large bid.No.

11 VCU: 28-6, finished first in the Atlantic 10 and earned the conference's automatic bid by winning the conference tournament.No.

4 Texas A&M: 22-10, finished fifth in the SEC and earned an at-large bid.No.

13 Yale: 22-7, finished first in the Ivy League and won the conference tournament for an automatic bid.No.

5 Michigan: 25-9, finished third in the Big 10 and won the conference's automatic bid by winning the Big 10 tournament.No.

12 UC San Diego: 30-4, finished first in the Big West and earned an auto-bid by winning the league's tournament.Tickets: NCAA Tournament games at Denver's Ball ArenaTickets to games at Ball Arena, with the Mountain West Conference playing host, are technically sold out.Any schools competing in Denver have a ticket allotment.

If they don't sell all of those, some will be released to the public Those would be released on Ticketmaster, and some other tickets are available on Ticketmaster via re-sale.Tickets are also available on the secondary market.As of Tuesday night, the cheapest tickets on StubHub were nearly $400 for all sessions passes.

"Session 1" games (Wisconsin vs.

Montana and BYU vs.

VCU) were available for under $100.

Prices were slightly higher for the second session featuring Michigan-UC San Diego and Texas A&M-Yale.Chris Abshire covers high school and community sports for the Coloradoan.This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: What to know about March Madness NCAA Tournament basketball in Denver.

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