Watch March Madness 2025: TV viewer’s guide, channels, games to stream or skip on Thursday

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March Madness is officially here.

The First Four games on Tuesday and Wednesday were just the appetizer for the two best sports days of the year. The men’s tournament begins in earnest with 16 games on Thursday before the first round continues Friday and the women’s tournament first round kicks off.

Here’s the complete schedule for Thursday’s men’s first round. (All times are Eastern.) We even have details on how to find TruTV.

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Thursday afternoon channel guide

12:15 p.m. — No. 8 Louisville vs. No. 9 Creighton (CBS)

12:40 p.m. — No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 High Point (TruTV)

1:30 p.m. — No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 14 Montana (TNT)

2 p.m. — No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 SIU Edwardsville (TBS)

2:50 p.m. — No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 16 Alabama State (CBS)

3:15 p.m. — No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 McNeese (TruTV)

4:05 p.m. — No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 VCU (TNT)

4:35 p.m. — No. 8 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Georgia (TBS)

Must-see: Both of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 games could be extremely close and we’ll go with Louisville and Creighton over Gonzaga and Georgia. The Cardinals are 2.5-point favorites against Creighton and should have a lot of support from the home fan base since the game is in Lexington, Kentucky. A win for Louisville would mean the team could have a significant home-court advantage on Saturday in a likely second-round game against Auburn.

Must-skip: Speaking of the Tigers, you’d be better served watching Clemson and McNeese. The Tigers are 32.5-point favorites over an Alabama State team that got a phenomenal Hail Mary play to beat St. Francis on Tuesday night. You can probably also not worry about Houston and SIU Edwardsville. The Cougars are 29.5-point favorites.

Bruce Pearl and the Auburn Tigers are the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)

Most likely potential upset: Another reason why you should watch Clemson and McNeese is because we think the Cowboys could pull the upset. McNeese is…

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Author : Nick Bromberg

Publish date : 2025-03-20 04:09:00

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