The First Four has been around since 2011 and features the last four automatic qualifiers and last four at-large bids playing to whittle the field from 68 to 64. This year will see two 16-seed vs. 16-seed matchups and two 11-seed vs. 11-seed matchups, but don’t write these games off because they involve double-digit seeds.

NCAA men’s basketball first- and second-round games at Ball Arena this weekend sold out for the second time in three years, officials at the Mountain West Conference, the hosting body for the tourney in Denver, told The Post. The 2023 first- and second-round games downtown also sold out.