A wild opening Friday in the 2016 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament has shaken up the second round schedule set for Sunday. Sparty is dead as Middle Tennessee knocked out the Midwest No. 2 seed Michigan State on Friday. The Blue Raiders won’t be the only low seed playing for a shot at the Sweet 16 on Sunday, though: East No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin advanced past West Virginia, South No. 13 Hawaii beat Cal and No. 11 Northern Iowa beat Texas out West.
March Madness 2016: Times and TV schedule for Sunday
Four Cinderellas hope to delay midnight in Sunday’s tourney action. Plus, top seeds Oregon, Oklahoma, Villanova and Xavier are in action.
Unfortunately, the hopeful Cinderellas will have to do it all over again as each team seeded No. 11 or lower faces a top-8 seed in their region on Sunday. Stephen F. Austin is the first longshot in action Sunday, taking on Notre Dame in CBS’s 2:40 p.m. ET afternoon showcase.
There are some high seeds who did survive Friday and hope to use Sunday to springboard into the Sweet 16, as well. The three surviving No. 2 seeds -- Villanova, Oklahoma and Xavier -- will all be in action as will West No. 1 Oregon and No. 3 Texas A&M. (Northern Iowa derailed a potential Sunday match-up between A&M and Texas; certainly the Longhorns are hoping the Aggies meet the same fate they did.)
All of Sunday’s games will be broadcast live on TV as laid out below. You can also stream every game online at March Madness Live.
NCAA Tournament Second Round TV Schedule
Sunday, March 19 (all times Eastern)
Afternoon Games
12:10 p.m., CBS (Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel/Allie LaForce)
No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 7 Iowa
Approx. 2:40, CBS (Lundquist/Spanarkel/LaForce)
No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Stephen F. Austin
Evening Games
5:15, CBS (Carter Blackburn/Mike Gminski/Jaime Maggio)
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 VCU
6:10, TNT (Brian Anderson/Steve Smith/Dana Jacobson)
No. 7 Syracuse vs. No. 15 Middle Tennessee
7:10, TBS (Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb/Ros Gold-Onwude)
No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 13 Hawaii
Approx. 7:45, truTV (Blackburn/Gminski/Maggio)
No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 11 Northern Iowa
Approx. 8:40, TNT (Anderson/Smith/Jacobson)
No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 7 Wisconsin
Approx. 9:40, TBS (Dedes/Gottlieb/Gold-Onwude)
No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 8 Saint Joseph’s
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Watch No. 11 Northern Iowa stun No. 6 Texas with this amazing buzzer beater from half court
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