NCAA tournament schedule 2017: Times, TV channels for every 1st week game

March Madness is here. As always, the first two days are the best two: there’s basketball on four channels all day long, forcing you into a constant struggle of finding the most compelling matchups and switching back and forth to avoid commercials so it’s a constant IV drip of basketball directly into your veins.

To do that effectively, keep this page open at all times. Here’s the times, channels and locations for the First Four and the first two days of the NCAA Tournament schedule. You can see a live, constantly updating page that has the entire tournament here. You can also find a printable bracket.

With four games on in every time slot, you should never be lacking for quality basketball. It’s nice that the NCAA gives everyone about an hour between the late afternoon slot and the evening games, so you can refresh, recharge and grab some sustenance before beginning another binge sesh of hoops. Happy March, and welcome to the madness.

All times Eastern, (location of game)

New Orleans vs. Mt. St. Mary’s: 6:40 p.m., truTV (Dayton, Ohio)

Wake Forest vs. Kansas State: approx. 9:10 p.m, truTV (Dayton, Ohio)

N.C. Central vs. UC Davis: 6:40 p.m., truTV (Dayton, Ohio)

Providence vs. USC: approx. 9:10 p.m., truTV (Dayton, Ohio)

Notre Dame vs. Princeton: 12:15, CBS (Buffalo)

Virginia vs. UNC-Wilmington: 12:40 p.m., TruTV (Orlando)

Butler vs. Winthrop: 1:30 p.m., TNT (Milwaukee)

Gonzaga vs. South Dakota State: 2 p.m., TBS (Salt Lake City)

West Virginia vs. Bucknell: approx. 2:45 p.m., CBS (Buffalo)

Florida vs. East Tennessee State University: approx. 3:10 p.m., TruTV (Orlando)

Minnesota vs. Middle Tennessee State: approx. 4 p.m., TNT (Milwaukee)

Northwestern vs. Vanderbilt: approx. 4:30 p.m., TBS (Salt Lake City)

Maryland vs. Xavier: 6:50 p.m., TNT (Orlando)

Villanova vs. Mt. Saint Mary’s/New Orleans: 7:10 p.m., CBS (Buffalo)

St. Mary’s vs. VCU: 7:20 p.m., TBS (Salt Lake City)

Purdue vs. Vermont: 7:27 p.m., TruTV (Milwaukee)

Florida State vs. Florida Gulf Coast: approx. 9:20 p.m., TNT (Orlando)

Wisconsin vs. Virginia Tech: approx. 9:40 p.m., CBS (Buffalo)

Arizona vs. North Dakota: approx. 9:50 p.m., TBS (Salt Lake City)

Iowa State vs. Nevada: approx. 9:57 p.m., TruTV (Milwaukee)

Michigan vs. Oklahoma State: 12:15, CBS (Indianapolis)

Baylor vs. New Mexico State: 12:40 p.m., TruTV (Tulsa)

Arkansas vs. Seton Hall: 1:30 p.m., TNT (Greenville)

Oregon vs. Iona: 2 p.m., TBS (Sacramento)

Louisville vs. Jacksonville State: approx. 2:45 p.m., CBS (Indianapolis)

SMU vs. Providence/USC: approx. 3:10 p.m., TruTV (Tulsa)

UNC vs. Texas Southern: approx. 4 p.m., TNT (Greenville)

Creighton vs. Rhode Island: approx. 4:30 p.m., TBS (Sacramento)

Kansas vs. NC Central/UC Davis: 6:50 p.m., TNT (Tulsa)

Dayton vs. Wichita State: 7:10 p.m., CBS (Indianapolis)

Duke vs. Troy: 7:20 p.m., TBS (Greenville)

Cincinnati vs. Kansas State/Wake Forest: 7:27 p.m., TruTV (Sacramento)

Miami vs. Michigan State: approx. 9:20 p.m., TNT (Tulsa)

Kentucky vs. Northern Kentucky: approx. 9:40 p.m., CBS (Indianapolis)

South Carolina vs. Marquette: approx. 9:50 p.m., TBS (Greenville)

UCLA vs. Kent State: approx. 9:57 p.m., TruTV (Sacramento)

TBA vs. TBA: 12:00 p.m., CBS

TBA vs. TBA: 2:30 p.m., CBS

TBA vs. TBA: 5:00 p.m., CBS

TBA vs. TBA: 6:00 p.m., TNT

TBA vs. TBA: 7:00 p.m., TBS

TBA vs. TBA: 7:30 p.m., CBS

TBA vs. TBA: 8:30 p.m., TNT

TBA vs. TBA: 9:30 p.m., TBS

TBA vs. TBA: 12:00 p.m., CBS

TBA vs. TBA: 2:30 p.m., CBS

TBA vs. TBA: 5:00 p.m., CBS

TBA vs. TBA: 6:00 p.m., TNT

TBA vs. TBA: 7:00 p.m., TBS

TBA vs. TBA: 7:30 p.m., truTV

TBA vs. TBA: 8:30 p.m., TNT

TBA vs. TBA: 9:30 p.m., TBS