The 2017 NCAA Tournament begins in earnest on Tuesday with the First Four tipping off in Dayton. From there, three full weeks of tournament basketball play out across the country, with the Final Four and championship game concluding at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
NCAA Tournament schedule 2017: 1st round start times and TV channels
All your viewing information for the NCAA Tournament’s opening round.
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Every game will be relentlessly broadcast and live streamed on TruTV, TNT, TBS, and CBS, with CBS carrying the network coverage for the Final Four. TruTV is in its seventh year of broadcast rights, having first aired tournament games for the 2011 Big Dance. Every tournament game will be streamed online at March Madness Live.
This year’s regional sites are Kansas City (Midwest Region), San Jose (West Region), Memphis (South Region), and New York (East Region). Following the First Four round in Dayton, the first and second rounds will be played at sites as far afield as Greenville, Salt Lake City, and Milwaukee.
Times and TV schedule for the first round (all times Eastern)
Tuesday, March 14 (First Four, Dayton, Ohio)
Game 1: No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s vs. No. 16 New Orleans, 6:40 p.m., TruTV
Game 2: No. 11 Kansas State vs. No. 11 Wake Forest, 9:10 p.m., TruTV
Wednesday, March 15 (First Four, Dayton, Ohio)
Game 1: No. 16 NC Central vs. No. 16 UC Davis, 6:40 p.m., TruTV
Game 2: No. 11 Providence vs. No. 11 USC, 9:10 p.m., TruTV
Thursday, March 16 (First Round)
Game 1: Notre Dame vs. Princeton, 12:15 p.m., CBS
Game 2: Virginia vs. UNC-Wilmington, 12:40 p.m., TruTV
Game 3: Butler vs. Winthrop, 1:30 p.m., TNT
Game 4: Gonzaga vs. South Dakota State, 2 p.m., TBS
Game 5: West Virginia vs. Bucknell, 2:45 p.m., CBS
Game 6: Florida vs. East Tennessee State University, 3:10 p.m., TruTV
Game 7: Minnesota vs. Middle Tennessee State, 4 p.m., TNT
Game 8: Northwestern vs. Vanderbilt, 4:30 p.m., TBS
Game 9: Maryland vs. Xavier, 6:50 p.m., TNT
Game 10: Villanova vs. Mt. Saint Mary’s/New Orleans, 7:10 p.m., CBS
Game 11: St. Mary’s vs. VCU, 7:20 p.m., TBS
Game 12: Purdue vs. Vermont, 7:27 p.m., TruTV
Game 13: Florida State vs. Florida Gulf Coast, 9:20 p.m., TNT
Game 14: Wisconsin vs. Virginia Tech, 9:40 p.m., CBS
Game 15: Arizona vs. North Dakota, 9:50 p.m., TBS
Game 16: Iowa State vs. Nevada, 9:57 p.m., TruTV
Friday, March 17 (First Round)
Game 1: Michigan vs. Oklahoma State, 12:15, CBS
Game 2: Baylor vs. New Mexico State, 12:40 p.m., TruTV
Game 3: Arkansas vs. Seton Hall, 1:30 p.m., TNT
Game 4: Oregon vs. Iona, 2 p.m., TBS
Game 5: Louisville vs. Jacksonville State, 2:45 p.m., CBS
Game 6: SMU vs. Providence/USC, 3:10 p.m., TruTV
Game 7: UNC vs. Texas Southern, 4 p.m., TNT
Game 8: Creighton vs. Rhode Island, 4:30 p.m., TBS
Game 9: Kansas vs. NC Central/UC Davis, 6:50 p.m., TNT
Game 10: Dayton vs. Wichita State, 7:10 p.m., CBS
Game 11: Duke vs. Troy, 7:20 p.m., TBS
Game 12: Cincinnati vs. Kansas State/Wake Forest, 7:27 p.m., TruTV
Game 13: Miami vs. Michigan State, 9:20 p.m., TNT
Game 14: Kentucky vs. Northern Kentucky, 9:40 p.m., CBS
Game 15: South Carolina vs. Marquette, 9:50 p.m., TBS
Game 16: UCLA vs. Kent State, 9:57 p.m., TruTV
See More:
