March Madness games today: TV channels, scores for Friday's NCAA Tournament first round games
The first round of March Madness concludes on Friday — and if it's anything like Thursday's schedule of NCAA Tournament games, college basketball fans are in for a heck of a day.
Thursday saw not only Michigan State's commanding 69-51 win over Mississippi State, but also a massive upset. Greg Kampe's 14 seed Oakland team upended 3 seed Kentucky 80-76 (thanks to an nearly career 3-point shooting night from Jack Gohlke).
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Three No. 1 seeds are in action on Friday's slate of first-round games, including UConn, Houston and Purdue. No. 2 seed Marquette, 3 seed Baylor and 4 seeds Alabama, Duke and Auburn are all on the slate, as well.
Here's the full schedule of Friday's first-round NCAA Tournament games:
March Madness games today
Friday, March 22
All times Eastern.
(8) Florida Atlantic vs. (9) Northwestern | 12:15 p.m. | CBS
(3) Baylor vs. (14) Colgate | 12:40 a.m. | truTV (Sling TV)
(5) San Diego State vs. (12) UAB | 1:45 p.m. | TNT (Sling TV)
(2) Marquette vs. (15) Western Kentucky | 2 p.m. | TBS (Sling TV)
(1) UConn vs. (16) Stetson | 2:45 p.m. | CBS
(6) Clemson vs. (11) New Mexico | 3:10 p.m. | truTV (Sling TV)
(4) Auburn vs. (13) Yale | 4:15 p.m. | TNT (Sling TV)
(7) Florida vs. (10) Colorado | 4:30 p.m. | TBS (Sling TV)
(8) Nebraska vs. (9) Texas A&M | 6:50 p.m. | TNT (Sling TV)
(4) Duke vs. (13) Vermont | 7:10 p.m. | CBS
(1) Purdue vs. (16) Grambling | 7:25 p.m. | TBS (Sling TV)
(4) Alabama vs. (13) College of Charleston | 7:35 pm. | truTV (Sling TV)
(1) Houston vs. (16) Longwood | 9:20 p.m. | TNT (Sling TV)
(5) Wisconsin vs. (12) James Madison | 9:40 p.m. | CBS
(8) Utah State vs. (9) TCU | 9:55 p.m. | TBS (Sling TV)
(5) Saint Mary's vs. (12) Grand Canyon | 10:05 p.m. | truTV (Sling TV)
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How to watch March Madness games
TV channels: CBS | TNT | TBS | truTV
Stream: NCAA March Madness Live app | Sling TV
Wednesday's March Madness games will air live on one of CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV in 2024. Streaming options include the NCAA March Madness Live app or Sling TV, which carries select NCAA Tournament games.
NCAA Tournament scores, results for Friday's first round games
This section will be updated.
(9) Northwestern vs. (8) Florida Atlantic
(14) Colgate vs. (3) Baylor
(12) UAB vs. (5) San Diego State
(15) Western Kentucky vs. (2) Marquette
(16) Stetson vs. (1) UConn
(11) New Mexico vs. (6) Clemson
(13) Yale vs. (4) Auburn
(10) TBD vs. (7) Florida
(9) Texas A&M vs. (8) Nebraska
(13) Vermont vs. (4) Duke
(16) Grambling vs. (1) Purdue
(13) Charleston vs. (4) Alabama
(16) Longwood vs. (1) Houston
(12) James Madison vs. (5) Wisconsin
(9) TCU vs. (8) Utah State
(12) Grand Canyon vs. (5) Saint Mary's
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