The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, March Madness, crowns its 2027 national champion in early April after three weeks of single-elimination games. This countdown runs to the title game.
March Madness Championship 2027 is on Monday, April 5, 2027, which is 296 days away. The live countdown above ticks down to the exact moment, to the second.
Sixty-eight teams enter a single-elimination bracket; a single loss ends your season. Buzzer-beaters and Cinderella upsets make it one of the most-watched events in American sports, ending with the tradition of “One Shining Moment.”
Tens of millions fill out brackets each year trying to predict the chaos, and almost no one gets it perfect. The odds of a flawless bracket are astronomically small.