What channel is truTV? How to watch first round games of NCAA Tournament

Whether its at home, at a bar or at work, millions of Americans will be tuning in to watch teams make or break their bracket.

CBS and Turner Sports have the broadcasting rights to the men's NCAA Tournament, and broadcast games on four channels. Three of them – CBS, TNT and TBS – you may know from broadcasting dozens of other sporting events each year, but the remaining channel, truTV, is one that always eludes basketball fans each year.

The channel hosted all of the "First Four" games this week and is now in line to broadcast several first round games, continuing Friday.

Here's where to find TruTV, depending on your cable provider or streaming service, and what games will be on the network:

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What channel is truTV?

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

For streaming, truTV is also available on: YouTube TV, iOS App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Android TV.

Which March Madness games will be on truTV?

Twelve games will be broadcasted on truTV in the opening days of March Madness, including all four First Four games. Here's what games will be on truTV, as well as tip-off times (in ET):

First round

• No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 14 Kennesaw State (Friday, 12:40 p.m.)

• No. 6 Iowa State vs. No. 11 Pittsburgh/No. 11 Mississippi State (Friday, 3:10 p.m.)

• No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Grand Canyon (Friday, 7:35 p.m.)

• No. 6 TCU vs. No. 11 Nevada/No. 11 Arizona State (Friday, 10:05 p.m.)

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: What channel is truTV? How to watch on DirecTV, DISH, YouTube TV, more