Your NCAA Basketball Tournament Viewing Guide: March 19, 2026

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Hell yeah, we made it back to the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament! Only the men’s basketball tournament is in full swing today with 16 games, the women’s tournament doesn’t hit their first round full stride until tomorrow. That still gives us the 16 men’s games from 11:15am Central time to sometime after 11pm Central time with two women’s First Four games mixed into the evening hours to give us a little extra spice on the day. If that Saint Mary’s/Texas A&M ending isn’t cooking for you? Flip over and keep yourself occupied with Arizona State/Virginia with a spot in the 64 team bracket on the line.

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We do not have a Big East hook for today’s games, as all three men’s tournament teams from Marquette’s league are all in action tomorrow. However, if you want to squint, you can pretend that Louisville/South Florida is an old-timey Big East matchup or, if you really go back a while, you can look at it as an old timey Conference USA matchup.

Everything gets started at 11:15 am Central time with Ohio State/TCU on CBS, so make sure that your snacks and beverage situations are squared away before then! Go ahead and use the comments section as your discussion area for the games today, that’s what it’s there for.

Here’s the full NCAA basketball tournament schedule for the day, with all times Central, as always.

Time (CT)

Game

Television

11:15 AM

#8 Ohio State vs #9 TCU

CBS

11:40 AM

#4 Nebraska vs #13 Troy

truTV

12:30 PM

#6 Louisville vs #11 South Florida

TNT

12:50 PM

#5 Wisconsin vs #12 High Point

TBS

1:50 PM

#1 Duke vs #16 Siena

CBS

2:15 PM

#5 Vanderbilt vs #12 McNeese

truTV

3:05 PM

#3 Michigan State vs #14 North Dakota State

TNT

3:25 PM

#4 Arkansas vs #13 Hawaii

TBS

5:50 PM

#6 North Carolina vs #11 VCU

TNT

6:00 PM

#16 Samford vs #16 Southern

ESPN2

6:10 PM

#1 Michigan vs #16 Howard

CBS

6:25 PM

#6 BYU vs #11 Texas

TBS

6:35 PM

#7 Saint Mary’s vs #10 Texas A&M

truTV

8:00 PM

#10 Arizona State vs #10…

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