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The 2026 NCAA Tournament starts, in some respect, with the First Four games. Find out the schedule and scores for Texas vs NC State, UMBC vs Howard and more.
Texas Longhorns center Matas Vokietaitis (8) battles for control of the tip-off in first half of the Texas Longhorns’ game against the Texas A&M Aggies at Reed Arena in College Station, Feb. 28, 2026. Texas won the game 76-70.
(Sara Diggins/Austin American-Statesman) Most brackets aren't due until Thursday but the first games of the NCAA Tournament are Tuesday. March Madness began with the conference tournament and now moves to the Big Dance. The First Four features a mix of midmajor programs and Power Four squads with middling resumes battling in Dayton, Ohio.
That group — which includes Texas basketball, Miami of Ohio and Howard — will play four games over the next two days to decide the final 11 and 16 seeds for the tournament. RELATED : Forget the peanuts and Cracker Jacks. This food is most popular for Texas Longhorns fans Here you can find the full schedule and scores for those games.
First Four schedule: TV info, times, location No. 16 UMBC vs No. 16 Howard: 5:40 CT Tuesday at UD Arena (TruTV) No.