Epic Evening Brewing on March 15th: Get Your Buckles Ready for This Must-See Match-Up!
We have NINE more automatic bids to hand out before we get to the bracket reveals tonight!
go Bulls imo | Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Tonight, we find out the 68 teams in the 2026 NCAA Basketball Tournaments. But before we get there, there are nine more conference championship games starting at 11am Central with the Ivy League for the men and both the Patriot League and the NEC for the women. The schedule below is as accurate as I can get it at 5pm Central time on Saturday, and I’ll update it with the correct teams in the morning.
Another thing you’ll get in the morning? A breakdown of exactly what to expect when we get to the WBIT selection show at 8pm Central time tonight. Marquette might just be okay for the 32 team field, but we’ll take a peek at what’s what after sunrise on Sunday.
Oh, and one more thing! The 98th Academy Awards are on Sunday night as well, and Marquette grad Amy Madigan is nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Weapons. That’s on topic for this blog!
Here’s the full national television and selection show schedule for the day, with all times Central, as always. Time (CT) Game Television 11:00 AM Ivy League Final: Penn vs Yale ESPN2 Patriot League Final: Lehigh vs Holy Cross CBS Sports Network NEC Final: Long Island vs Fairleigh Dickinson ESPNU 12:00 PM SEC Final: TBD ESPN Atlantic 10 Final: Dayton vs VCU CBS 1:00 PM CAA Final: TBD vs Charleston CBS Sports Network Missouri Valley Final: TBD vs Murray State ESPN2 2:15 PM American Final: TBD vs South Florida ESPN 2:30 PM Big Ten Final: #18 Purdue vs #3 Michigan CBS 5:00 PM Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show CBS 6:00 PM The Oscars ABC 7:00 PM Women’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show ESPN 8:00 PM WBIT Selection Show ESPN+ Follow Anonymous Eagle on social media Facebook: AnonymousEagle Instagram: AnonymousEagleSBN Bluesky: AnonymousEagle