The tip-off time for the sport’s marquee game has long been a point of contention for college basketball diehards, particularly those who live in the eastern time zone and typically have to stay up past 11:30 p.

The NCAA has announced an earlier start time for the men's basketball National Championship Game in 2025, with tipoff scheduled for 8:50 p.m. ET.

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For the first time, the NCAA will pay women’s March Madness teams, sharing $15M in revenue. Last year’s women’s title game broke records with 19M viewers.

East Coast viewers won’t have to stay up as late to watch the men’s college basketball national championship game this year. The NCAA announced Tuesday that the March Madness game’s tip-off time had been moved up to 8:50 p.

The NCAA has turned back the clock 30 minutes for the Monday night start of its men’s basketball tournament championship game. Gone is the 9:20 p.m. tip-off time that challenged all but the biggest fans to remain awake for “One Shining Moment.

UCF likely helped its NCAA Tournament at-large case this past week despite splitting another pair of Big 12 contests. The Knights (13-6, 4-4) moved up seven spots in the NET rankings over the last seven days,