The 68 teams are set and the prelude to the NCAA Tournament will start with the First Four on Tuesday night. Come Thursday, the first round of March Madness will officially be underway. So getcha brackets ready, send those venmo requests, plan excuses to WFH, put some new AAs in the remote, do whatever you have to do to prep yourself for the next 2.5 weeks.
First Round: Thursday Schedule
Rhode Island (7) vs. Oklahoma (10)
Time: Thursday, 12:15 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Tennessee (3) vs. Wright State (14)
Time: Thursday, 12:40 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
Gonzaga (4) vs. UNC Greensboro (13)
Time: Thursday, 1:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
Kansas (1) vs. Penn (16)
Time: Thursday, 2 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
Duke (2) vs. Iona (15)
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 2:45 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Miami (6) vs. Loyola (IL) (11)
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 3:10 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
Ohio State (5) vs. South Dakota State (12)
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 4 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
Seton Hall (8) vs. NC State (9)
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 4:20 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
Villanova (1) vs. Radford (16)
Time: Thursday, 6:50 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
Kentucky (5) vs. Davidson (12)
Time: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Houston (6) vs. San Diego State (11)
Time: Thursday, 7:20 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
Texas Tech (3) vs. Stephen F. Austin (14)
Time: Thursday, 7:27 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
Virginia Tech (8) vs. Alabama (9)
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 9:20 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
Arizona (4) vs. Buffalo (13)
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 9:40 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Michigan (3) vs. Montana (14)
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 9:50 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
Florida (6) vs. (11) St. Bonaventure
Time: (Approx.) Thursday, 9:57 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
First Round: Friday Schedule
Texas A&M (7) vs. Providence (10)
Time: Friday, 12:15 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Purdue (2) vs. Cal State (15)
Time: Friday, 12:40 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
Wichita State (4) vs. Marshall (13)
Time: Friday, 1:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
Cincinnati (2) vs. Georgia State (15)
Time: Friday, 2 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
North Carolina (2) vs. Lipscomb (15)
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 2:45 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Arkansas (7) vs. Butler (10)
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 3:10 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
West Virginia (5) vs. Murray State (12)
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 4 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
Nevada (7) vs. Texas (10)
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 4:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
Creighton (8) vs. Kansas (9)
Time: Friday, 6:50 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
Michigan State (3) vs. Bucknell (14)
Time: Friday, 7:10 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Xavier (1) vs. North Carolina Central or Texas Southern
Time: Friday, 7:20 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
Auburn (4) vs. Charleston (13)
Time: Friday, 7:27 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
Virginia (1) vs. UMBC (16)
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 9:20 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TNT
TCU (6) vs. Arizona State or Syracuse
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 9:40 p.m. ET
TV Channel: CBS
Missouri (8) vs. Florida State (9)
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 9:50 p.m. ET
TV Channel: TBS
Clemson (5) vs. New Mexico State (12)
Time: (Approx.) Friday, 9:57 p.m. ET
TV Channel: truTV
