NCAA Tournament TV Schedule for Friday and Saturday
By Kyle Koster
Day one of the NCAA Tournament is in the books. The games were good, but not great. March Madness doesn’t truly start until the buzzer-beaters get flowing. Let’s see if we can do better today and Saturday. Here is the television schedule.
Friday
12:15 p.m. | CBS | Columbus I
(10) Iowa vs. (7) Cincinnati
Brian Anderson / Chris Webber // Allie LaForce
12:40 p.m. | truTV | Columbia I
(9) Oklahoma vs. (8) Ole Miss
Jim Nantz / Bill Raftery / Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson
1:30 p.m. | TNT | Tulsa I
(14) Northern Kentucky vs. (3) Texas Tech
Brad Nessler / Steve Lavin / Jim Jackson // Evan Washburn
2:00 p.m. | TBS | San Jose I
(13) UC Irvine vs. (4) Kansas St.
Spero Dedes / Len Elmore / Steve Smith // Ros Gold-Onwude
After conc. I | CBS | Columbus II
(15) Colgate vs. (2) Tennessee
Anderson / Webber // LaForce
After conc. I | truTV | Columbia II
(16) Gardner-Webb vs. (1) Virginia
Nantz / Raftery / Hill // Wolfson
After conc. I | TNT | Tulsa II
(11) St. John’s/ Arizona St. vs. (6) Buffalo
Nessler / Lavin / Jackson // Washburn
After conc. I | TBS | San Jose II
(12) Oregon vs. (5) Wisconsin
Dedes / Elmore / Smith // Gold-Onwude
6:50 p.m. | TNT | Columbus III
(9) Washington vs. (8) Utah St.
Anderson / Webber // LaForce
7:10 p.m. | CBS | Columbia III
(16) N.C. Central/North Dakota St. vs. (1) Duke
Nantz / Raftery / Hill // Wolfson
7:20 p.m. | TBS | Tulsa III
(14) Georgia St. vs. (3) Houston
Nessler / Lavin / Jackson // Washburn
7:27 p.m. | truTV | San Jose III
(12) Liberty vs. (5) Mississippi St.
Dedes / Elmore / Smith // Gold-Onwude
After conc. III |TNT | Columbus IV
(16) Iona vs. (1) North Carolina
Anderson / Webber // LaForce
After conc. III | CBS | Columbia IV
(9) UCF vs. (8) VCU
Nantz / Raftery / Hill // Wolfson
After conc. III | TBS | Tulsa IV
(11) Ohio St. vs. (6) Iowa St.
Nessler / Lavin / Jackson // Washburn
Saturday
12:10 p.m. | CBS | Jacksonville I
(6) Maryland vs. (3) LSU
Ian Eagle / Jim Spanarkel // Jamie Erdahl
After conc. I |CBS | Jacksonville II
(7) Wofford vs. (2) Kentucky
Eagle / Spanarkel // Erdahl
5:15 p.m. | CBS | Des Moines I
(10) Florida vs. (2) Michigan
Kevin Harlan / Reggie Miller / Dan Bonner // Dana Jacobson
6:10 p.m. | TNT | Hartford I
(12) Murray St. vs. (4) Florida St.
Carter Blackburn / Debbie Antonelli // John Schriffen
7:10 p.m. | TBS | Salt Lake City I
(9) Baylor vs. (1) Gonzaga
Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Lisa Byington
After conc. I | CBS | Des Moines II
(10) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan St.
Harlan / Miller / Bonner // Jacobson
After conc. I | TNT | Hartford II
(6) Villanova vs. (3) Purdue
Blackburn / Antonelli // Schriffen
After conc. I | TBS | Salt Lake City II
(5) Auburn vs. (4) Kansas
Catalon / Lappas // Byington