March Madness 2024: Viewer’s Guide Day one, Round one of men’s NCAA Tournament action
It’s finally time for the men’s NCAA tournament to kick off. Mackenzie Salmon highlights her games to watch on the first day of round one action.
Men’s March Madness tips off Thursday with 16 first-round games. We have more than 12 hours of hoops on deck, highlighed by top-seeded UNC taking on Wagner in the afternoon. Although the other three top seeds aren’t in action unti Friday, today’s slate includes No. 2 seeds Iowa State, Arizona and Tennessee.
Men’s NCAA tournament games are airing and streaming across CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. USA TODAY Sports will provide the latest news, scores, analysis and more all day. Follow along.
Thursday’s action kicks off with No. 8 Mississippi State taking on No. 9 Michigan State at 12:15 p.m. ET on CBS. The game is at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
You don’t have much time left to fill out your bracket before Thursday’s games get rolling. Need a printed bracket? Here you go.
ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas is never shy about challenging conventional wisdom whenever he’s in front of a microphone.
His 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament picks, however, don’t stray too far from the norm. In his annual ESPN.com column, Bilas has three No. 1 seeds – Connecticut, Houston and Purdue – reaching the Final Four, along with No. 2 seeded Arizona. And he has the defending champion UConn Huskies cutting down the nets once again in Phoenix.
One of the biggest questions surrounding March Madness every year is: Where on earth can I find truTV on my television? CBS and Turner Sports have the broadcasting rights to the men’s NCAA Tournament, and they broadcast the games on four channels. Three of them are familiar to fans – CBS, TNT and TBS. But truTV is the one exception.
TruTV can be found on several cable providers, and has the same channel number nationwide on some of the providers. Here are the channels:
AT&T U-Verse: 164/1164
FIOS: 183/683
Cox: Varies by location
DISH: 242
DirecTV: 246
Spectrum: Varies by location
Xfinity: Varies by location
TruTV is also available to stream on YouTube TV, iOS App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Android TV.
Our aim here is to attempt to identify the true first-round upset candidates in the men’s tourney field seeded 11th or lower. There are usually a few, but finding the right ones isn’t always easy. (Full disclosure: we went 0-for-5 in this space last year – but we press on.) Here are five upset candidates to consider as you fill out your bracket.
No Jim Nantz? No “hello, friends”? As the men’s NCAA Tournament begins, fans may be wondering about the voice synonymous with one of the most popular events in college sports.
Nantz decided the 2023 NCAA Tournament would be his last so he could focus on his family and other broadcasting commitments. Nantz didn’t retire from broadcasting; he’s still calling The Masters and serves as the lead play-by-play person for CBS’ NFL coverage alongside Tony Romo.
Nantz became the lead voice for CBS’ coverage of the NCAA Tournament in 1991, serving as the No. 1 play-by-play man who called every Final Four since. But this year, you will likely only see and hear Nantz during commercial breaks.
The NCAA men’s tournament is all about chaos and unpredictability. There are sure to be upsets And if there was one lesson to learn from last season’s edition, it’s that nothing is guaranteed and anything can happen. We saw the second No. 16 seed win over a No. 1 seed in tournament history and no No. 1 seeds made it to the Elite Eight. These predictions may sound crazy − and it’s very unlikely they all are correct − but with the unexpected nature of the tournament, who’s to say they can’t happen? Here are bold predictions.
Here is the complete scoreboard for Thursday’s first-round games.
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