Across sports, underdogs win by playing high-risk/high-reward styles. The wider the variation in a team’s scoring, the better its chances to topple a superior foe. In basketball, that means the feistiest underdogs build extra possessions by crashing the offensive boards and forcing turnovers. They launch lots of 3-pointers.

Here are 12 questions and answers to get you ready for this year’s NCAA Tournament: The 2025 NCAA Final Four will take place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The venerable venue hosted its first men’s Final Four in 1998, a year in which Kentucky came home with the national title.