Tournament Game Times/TV Info Days 1 & 2

Submitted by redwhiteandMGOBLUE on

For your viewing interests, here are the game times and associated tv channels for Thursday and Friday:

Thursday, March 15
No. 7 Rhode Island vs. No. 10 Oklahoma 12:15 p.m. CBS 
No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Wright State 12:40 p.m. truTV
No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UNCG 1:30 p.m. TNT
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Penn 2:00 p.m. TBS
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Iona 2:45 p.m.* CBS
No. 6 Miami vs. No. 11 Loyola (Ill.) 3:10 p.m.* truTV
No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 12 South Dakota State 4:00 p.m.* TNT
No. 8 Seton Hall vs. No. 9 N.C. State 5:15 p.m.* TBS
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 Radford 6:50 p.m. TNT
No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Davidson 7:10 p.m. CBS
No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 San Diego State 7:20 p.m. TBS
No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 Stephen F. Austin 7:27 p.m. truTV
No. 8 Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 Alabama 9:20 p.m.* TNT
No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Buffalo 9:40 p.m.* CBS
No. 3 Michigan vs No. 14 Montana 9:50 p.m.* TBS
No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 St. Bonaventure 9:57 p.m.* truTV
*Approximate tip-off time.
 
Friday, March 16
No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Providence 12:15 p.m. CBS 
No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 15 Cal State Fullerton 12:40 p.m. truTV
No. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 13 Marshall 1:30 p.m. TNT
No. 2 Cincinnati vs. No. 15 Georgia State 2:00 p.m. TBS
No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 15 Lipscomb 2:45 p.m.* CBS
No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Butler 3:10 p.m.* truTV
No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 Murray State 4:00 p.m.* TNT
No. 7 Nevada vs. No. 10 Texas 4:30 p.m.* TBS
No. 8 Creighton vs. No. 9 Kansas State 6:50 p.m. TNT
No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 14 Bucknell 7:10 p.m. CBS
No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 16 Texas Southern 7:20 p.m. TBS
No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 13 Charleston 7:27 p.m. truTV
No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 16 UMBC 9:20 p.m.* TNT
No. 6 TCU vs. No. 11 Syracuse 9:40 p.m.* CBS
No. 8 Missouri vs. No. 9 Florida State 9:50 p.m.* TBS
No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 New Mexico State 9:57 p.m.* truTV
*Approximate tip-off time.
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ijohnb

March 15th, 2018 at 11:00 AM ^

real complaint about this start time is that this is an ideal day to leave the office/workplace around 1 or 2 and have some beers and some food, but the game is SO FAR away.  If I do my typical March Madness routine today I am going to have a headache and be drinking coffee at tip time.  Even like 9:05 or 9:15 would be considerably different than 9:50 (which almost certainly won't start until like 10:30).

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allezbleu

March 15th, 2018 at 11:07 AM ^

If we win, anybody know which time slot we'd be on Saturday for the round of 32? I can find the list of time slots but can't find which part of the bracket is when.

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Alton

March 15th, 2018 at 11:42 AM ^

Here are the time slots for the 4 sites on Saturday:

12:10 & 2:40 (CBS)
5:15 & 7:45 (CBS)
6:10 & 8:40 (TNT)
7:10 & 9:40 (TBS)
 
The Wichita games will be one of those pairs of timeslots.  12:10 & 2:40 is very unlikely, because those should go to Pittsburgh, the lone Eastern time zone site.
 
Boise (MDT), Dallas and Wichita (both CDT) are the other sites.  Really, there's no reason to expect one over another to be assigned to any of them.  I really do expect Boise to get the 5:15 & 7:45 time slots, because that will go to the one of the three with the best TV matchups (Arizona-Kentucky and Gonzaga-OSU, if the seeds hold).
 
So that leaves 6:10 & 8:40 or 7:10 & 9:40 for Wichita.  I don't see anything to distinguish the two, and Michigan would probably get the night game (although that isn't guaranteed) because they have the night game on Thursday.  So figure 8:40 on TNT or 9:40 on TBS for the game time, with 6:10 or 7:10 an outside possibility, if they want Kansas to play the night game on Saturday in Wichita.
 

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UM Fan from Sydney

March 15th, 2018 at 11:11 AM ^

I am actually happy M plays late. Now I can enjoy all of the other games going on beforehand and then focus on the M game late night. Off work tomorrow. Word.

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M-Dog

March 15th, 2018 at 11:17 AM ^

Thanks!  I was looking for something like this all packaged up.

Let the upsets and buzzer beaters begin!  (Just not for us.)

 

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