NCAA bracket 2017: Your printable bracket for the start of March Madness
First Round action begins on Thursday afternoon.


Good news, folks — March Madness is finally here! As Selection Sunday has now come and gone, it’s officially time to get your brackets filled out. Here’s a printable tournament bracket, available for your free downloading and use.
You can find the full bracket, which will be updated, throughout the tournament here.
On Tuesday, the play-in action starts, otherwise known as the First Four games. You don’t technically have to pick these games, but you’re more than welcome to do so. Check out the schedule for the First Four games below (all times Eastern).
No. 16 Mount Saint Mary’s vs. No. 16 New Orleans: 6:40 p.m., TruTV
No. 11 Kansas State vs. No. 11 Wake Forest: 9:10 p.m., TruTV
The winner of the first game between the No. 16 seeds will face the No. 1-overall seed Villanova in the East Region, and the winner of the No. 11 seed game will go on to face No. 6 Cincinnati in the South.
Then on Wednesday night, there are two more games.
No. 16 N.C. Central vs. No. 16 U.C. Davis: 6:40 p.m., TruTV
No. 11 Providence vs. No. 11 USC: 9:10 p.m., TruTV
The No. 16 seed winner will face No. 1 Kansas in the Midwest, and the victor from the No. 11 seed game will face No. 6 SMU in the East.
Here’s an additional link where you can print and then fill out your bracket. Happy bracketing!
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