Your NCAA Basketball Tournament Viewing Guide: March 19, 2026
Not just the 16 first round games on the men’s side, but the second pair of First Four games on the women’s side as well!
IT’S THE MOOOOOOOOOOOST WONDERFUL TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME OF THE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR Hell yeah, we made it back to the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament! Only the men’s basketball tournament is in full swing today with 16 games, the women’s tournament doesn’t hit their first round full stride until tomorrow. That still gives us the 16 men’s games from 11:15am Central time to sometime after 11pm Central time with two women’s First Four games mixed into the evening hours to give us a little extra spice on the day.
If that Saint Mary’s/Texas A&M ending isn’t cooking for you? Flip over and keep yourself occupied with Arizona State/Virginia with a spot in the 64 team bracket on the line. We do not have a Big East hook for today’s games, as all three men’s tournament teams from Marquette’s league are all in action tomorrow.
However, if you want to squint, you can pretend that Louisville/South Florida is an old-timey Big East matchup or, if you really go back a while, you can look at it as an old timey Conference USA matchup. Everything gets started at 11:15 am Central time with Ohio State/TCU on CBS, so make sure that your snacks and beverage situations are squared away before then! Go ahead and use the comments section as your discussion area for the games today, that’s what it’s there for.
Here’s the full NCAA basketball tournament schedule for the day, with all times Central, as always. Time (CT) Game Television 11:15 AM #8 Ohio State vs #9 TCU CBS 11:40 AM #4 Nebraska vs #13 Troy truTV 12:30 PM #6 Louisville vs #11 South Florida TNT 12:50 PM #5 Wisconsin vs #12 High Point TBS 1:50 PM #1 Duke vs #16 Siena CBS 2:15 PM #5 Vanderbilt vs #12 McNeese truTV 3:05 PM #3 Michigan State vs #14 North Dakota State TNT 3:25 PM #4 Arkansas vs #13 Hawaii TBS 5:50 PM #6 North Carolina vs #11 VCU TNT 6:00 PM #16 Samford vs #16 Southern ESPN2 6:10 PM #1 Michigan vs #16 Howard CBS 6:25 PM #6 BYU vs #11 Texas TBS 6:35 PM #7 Saint Mary’s vs #10 Texas A&M truTV 8:00 PM #10 Arizona State vs #10 Virginia ESPN2 8:25 PM #3 Illinois vs #14 Pennsylvania TNT 8:45 PM #8 Georgia vs #9 Saint Louis CBS 9:00 PM #3 Gonzaga vs #14 Kennesaw State TBS 9:10 PM #2 Houston vs #15 Idaho truTV Follow Anonymous Eagle on social media Facebook: AnonymousEagle Instagram: AnonymousEagleSBN Bluesky: AnonymousEagle