How to watch March Madness 2025: TV channels, tip times, which games to watch or skip for Friday’s NCAA tournament games

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If work productivity across America diminished on Day 1 of March Madness, then Friday might be even worse.

There will be twice as many games to watch with 16 more men’s NCAA tournament first-round matchups and the main part of the women’s bracket also tipping off.

Below is a look at Friday’s men’s and women’s NCAA tournament schedule, including a couple of No. 5 seeds on upset alert, an All-American center making her return from injury and Cooper Flagg’s NCAA tournament debut.

Friday afternoon channel guide

Men’s schedule (All times Eastern)

12:15 p.m. — No. 8 Mississippi State vs. No. 9 Baylor (CBS)

12:40 p.m. — No. 2 Alabama vs. No. 15 Robert Morris (TruTV)

1:30 p.m. — No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 Lipscomb (TNT)

2 p.m. — No. 5 Memphis vs. No. 12 Colorado State (TBS)

2:50 p.m. — No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary’s (CBS)

3:15 p.m. — No. 7 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 10 Vanderbilt (TruTV)

4:05 p.m. — No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 North Carolina (TNT)

4:35 p.m. — No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Grand Canyon (TBS)

(Bruno Rouby/Yahoo Sports)

Must-see game: Did two days of discourse over whether North Carolina belonged in the NCAA tournament light a fire under the Tar Heels? It sure looked that way Tuesday night when they jumped all over San Diego State early en route to an emphatic First Four victory. A bigger test awaits Friday against a senior-laden Ole Miss team that finished above .500 in this year’s historically strong SEC. A team that wins in the First Four often advances in the main bracket. North Carolina is capable of making the second weekend this year.

Game to skip: The best team Horizon League champ Robert Morris has beaten this season is … Milwaukee? Youngstown State? Cornell? The Panthers are not ready for the waves of talent Alabama will throw at them, even if Grant Nelson sits this one out.

Most likely potential upset: Let’s cheat and go with one that oddsmakers don’t even deem an upset. No. 12-seeded Colorado State is actually a 1.5-point favorite over…

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Author : Jeff Eisenberg

Publish date : 2025-03-21 04:26:00

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