NCAA Tournament 2013: TV Schedule, Start Times and More
By Josh Sanchez
The 2013 NCAA Tournament is set to kick off later tonight with the first two play-in games that are now considered the first-round of the tournament. On Wednesday, the final two games will be played to set the tournament field of 64 and then the actual madness will begin on Thursday.
As you gear up for the opening weekend’s flurry of games, there is a lot of information to soak in. What time will the game you are most interested in air and on what channel? We’ve got the complete run down of start times and TV schedules for the first two rounds of the tournament.
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Here is the broadcast schedule for every game of the first two rounds of the tournament, which begin tonight:
Tuesday, March 19
No. 16 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 16 Liberty – 6:40 p.m., truTV
No. 11 Middle Tennessee St. vs. No. 11 St. Mary’s – 9:10 p.m., truTV
Wednesday, March 20
No. 16 James Madison vs. No. 16 LIU-Brooklyn – 6:40 p.m., truTV
No. 13 Boise St. vs. No. 13 La Salle – 9:10 p.m., truTV
Thursday, March 21
No. 3 Michigan St. vs. No. 14 Valparaiso – 12:15 p.m., CBS
No. 6 Memphis vs. No. 11 Middle Tennessee St./St. Mary’s – 2:40 p.m., CBS
No. 4 Michigan vs. No .13 South Dakota St. – 7:15 p.m., CBS
No. 5 VCU vs. No. 12 Akron – 9:45 p.m., CBS
No. 6 Butler vs. No. 11 Bucknell – 12:40 p.m., truTV
No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 14 Davidson – 3:10 p.m., truTV
No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 16 North Carolina A&T/Liberty – 6:50 p.m., TBS
No. 8 Colorado St. vs. No. 9 Missouri – 9:20 p.m., TBS
No. 8 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 Wichita St. – 1:40 p.m., TBS
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 16 Southern – 4:10 p.m., TBS
No. 6 Arizona vs. No. 11 Belmont – 7:20 p.m., TNT
No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 14 Harvard – 9:50 p.m., TNT
No. 4 Saint Louis vs. No. 13 New Mexico St. – 2:10 p.m., TNT
No. 5 Oklahoma St. vs. No. 12 Oregon – 4:40 p.m., TNT
No. 5 UNLV vs. No. 12 California – 7:27 p.m., truTV
No. 4 Syracuse vs. No. 13 Montana – 9:57 p.m., truTV
Friday, March 22
No. 8 N.C. State vs. No. 9 Temple – 1:40 p.m., TBS
No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 16 James Madison/LIU-Brooklyn – 4:10 p.m., TBS
No. 2 Ohio St. vs. No. 15 Iona – 7:15 p.m., CBS
No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Iowa St. – 9:45 p.m., CBS
No. 2 Miami vs. No. 15 Pacific – 2:10 p.m., TNT
No. 7 Illinois vs. No. 10 Colorado – 4:40 p.m., TNT
No. 3 Florida vs. No. 14 Northwestern St. – 7:27 p.m., truTV
No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 11 Minnesota – 9:57 p.m., truTV
No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 Ole Miss – 12:40 p.m., truTV
No. 4 Kansas St. vs. No. 13 Boise St./La Salle – 3:10 p.m., truTV
No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Villanova – 7:20 p.m., TNT
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Western Kentucky – 9:50 p.m., TNT
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Albany – 12:15 p.m., CBS
No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 Cincinnati – 2:45 p.m., CBS
No. 2 Georgetown vs. No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast – 6:50 p.m., TBS
No. 7 San Diego St. vs. No 10 Oklahoma – 9:20 p.m., TBS
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