Here’s how Las Vegans can watch this year’s NCAA tournament
March 15, 2016 - 5:53 am
With all the conference tournaments wrapped up and Selection Sunday over and done with, the moment college basketball fans wait all year for can begin — the NCAA Tournament.
Games begin Tuesday with the First Four at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio, and will finish up April 4 with the National Championship at NRG Stadium in Houston.
If you’re not planning on watching the games at one of the many sports bars or restaurants in town, here’s all the information you need to catch this year’s March Madness action on TV.
Channels:
truTV (Cox 54, DirecTV 246, Dish 148, CenturyLink 165)
TNT (Cox 18, DirecTV 245 , Dish 138, CenturyLink 109)
TBS (DirecTV 247, Cox 7, CenturyLink 113, Dish 139)
CBS (Cox 8, DirecTV 8, Dish 8, CenturyLink 8)
(All times Pacific)
First Four
Tuesday, March 15
3:40 p.m. — No. 16 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson — truTV
6:10 p.m. — No. 11 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Wichita St. — truTV
Wednesday, March 16
3:40 p.m. — No. 16 Holy Cross vs. No. 16 Southern Univ. — truTV
6:10 p.m. — No. 11 Michigan vs. No. 11 Tulsa — truTV
First Round
Day 1 — Thursday, March 17
9:15 a.m. — No. 4 Duke vs. No. 13 North Carolina Wilmington — CBS
9:40 a.m. — No. 8 Texas Tech vs. No. 9 Butler — truTV
10:30 a.m. — No. 8 Colorado vs. No. 9 Connecticut — TNT
11 a.m. — No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 13 Iona — TBS
11:45 a.m. — No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 Yale — CBS
12:10 p.m. — No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 16 Hampton — truTV
1 p.m. — No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Austin Peay — TNT
1:30 p.m. — No. 5 Purdue vs. No. 12 Arkansas-Little Rock — TBS
3:50 p.m. — No. 3 Miami vs. No. 14 Buffalo— TNT
4:10 p.m. — No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 12 Chattanooga — CBS
4:20 p.m. — No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Florida Gulf Coast or No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson — TBS
4:27 p.m. — No. 3 Utah vs. No. 14 Fresno State — truTV
6:20 p.m. — No. 6 Arizona vs. No. 11 Vanderbilt or No. 11 Wichita St. — TNT
6:40 p.m. — No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Stony Brook —CBS
6:50 p.m. — No. 8 USC vs. No. 9 Providence — TBS
6:57 p.m. — No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Gonzaga — truTV
Day 2 — Friday, March 18
9:15 a.m. — No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Syracuse — CBS
9:40 a.m. — No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 15 UNC Asheville — truTV
10:30 a.m. — No. 7 Oregon State vs. No. 10 VCU — TNT
11 a.m. — No. 4 California vs. No. 13 Hawaii — TBS
11:45 a.m. — No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 15 Middle Tenn. — CBS
12:10 p.m. — No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Temple — truTV
1 p.m. — No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 CSU Bakersfield — TNT
1:30 p.m. — No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 12 South Dakota St. — TBS
3:50 p.m. — No. 7 Wisconsin vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh — TNT
4:10 p.m. — No. 3 West Virginia vs. No. 14 Stephen F. Austin — CBS
4:20 p.m. — No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 14 Green Bay — TBS
4:27 p.m. — No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 16 Holy Cross or No. 16 Southern — truTV
6:20 p.m. — No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 15 Weber State— TNT
6:40 p.m. — No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 11 Michigan or No. 11 Tulsa —CBS
6:50 p.m. —No. 6 Texas vs. No. 11 Northern Iowa — TBS
6:57 p.m. — No. 8 Saint Joseph’s vs. No. 9 Cincinnati — truTV
Second Round
Day 1— Saturday, March 19
9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — CBS
3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.— Teams TBD — TNT
4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — TBS
Day 2 — Sunday, March 20
9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. — Teams TBD — CBS
3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — TNT
4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.— Teams TBD — TBS
4:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — truTV
Sweet Sixteen
Day 1 — Thursday, March 24
4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — CBS
4:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. — Teams TBD — TBS
Day 2 — Friday, March 25
4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — CBS
4:15 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. — Teams TBD — TBS
Elite Eight
Day 1 — Saturday, March 26
3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — CBS
Day 2 — Sunday, March 27
3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — TBS
Final Four — Saturday, April 2
3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. — Teams TBD — TBS
National Championship — Monday, April 4
6 p.m. — Teams TBD — TBS
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