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March Madness truly gets underway this afternoon, with four "early" games and four "late" games; given the way the NCAA now staggers the start times for games, though, it's basically non-stop basketball from now until 6 PM, with a brief break before another flurry of hoops action this evening. The "early" session features a slew of games involving 2 and 3 seeds, so they could all be blowouts; UAB and Georgia State seem to have the best upset odds, but even they don't have very good odds.
The "late" session features a trio of 6vs11 games and a 7vs10 game and there's some real potential there -- VCU-OSU looks like the game of the session, but we could also wring some schadenfreude out of SMU-UCLA and watching Rick Barnes Barnes it up for Texas could be worth a chuckle, too. If Ole Miss has anything left in the tank after their wild win over BYU on Tuesday night, their game with Xavier could be a fun one, too.
Here's your schedule (all times CT):
TEAM | VS | TEAM | CHANNEL | TIME |
#3 Notre Dame | VS | #14 Northeastern | CBS | 11:15 AM |
#3 Iowa State | VS | #14 UAB | truTV | 11:40 AM |
#3 Baylor | VS | #14 Georgia State | TBS | 12:40 PM |
#2 Arizona | VS | #15 Texas Southern | TNT | 1:10 PM |
#6 Butler | VS | #11 Texas | CBS | 1:45 PM |
#6 SMU | VS | #11 UCLA | truTV | 2:10 PM |
#6 Xavier | VS | #11 Ole Miss | TBS | 3:10 PM |
#7 VCU | VS | #10 Ohio State | TNT | 3:40 PM |
If you're not near a TV, you can stream the games through March Madness Live.
The usual rules apply.