The NCAA Tournament starts on Thursday with second round games as the 64 team bracket opens up and Kentucky is the overall favorite and they will open against Hampton on CBS and there will be games all day starting past noon and TV coverage is from Turner on TNT, truTV, TBS and CBS for the matchups on the schedule.
Kentucky is coming out of the midwest region and they will be playing in front of a friendly crowd as they take on Hampton in Louisville. There has never been a 16 seed over a number one for an upset before and with the Wildcats undefeated this season, it likely will not be happening here. Louisville and Hampton are playing on CBS and that is the top game of the night.
The schedule goes all day and there will be games in Louisville, Pittsburgh, Jacksonville and Portland for the regions in the east, midwest, south and west parts of the bracket. The first game of the day has Northwestern against Notre Dame and that matchup will be on CBS and comes ahead of UAB and Iowa State, which will be on truTV at 12:40 pm. Georgia State and Baylor play on TBS and those first three games are all matchups of 14 seeds with number threes.
Arizona is a number two seed and they are taking on Texas Southern and that game will be on TNT ahead of Texas and Butler, which will be on CBS in an 11-6 matchup. Ohio State and VCU will play in the afternoon on TNT, while Lafayette and Villanova match up with a 16-seed and a 1-seed and the TV coverage is on TBS. Purdue and Cincinnati play on CBS and that will be at 7:10 pm ET before Kentucky plays.
Harvard and North Carolina is an intriguing matchup with a 13 seed and a number four and that will be on TNT. Stephen F Austin is another solid team among the lower seeds and they will play against Utah, while LSU and NC State matchup after that game. Hampton and Kentucky tips off at 9:40 pm ET and the last games of the night include Wofford against Arkansas, while Eastern Washington plays Georgetown.
The NCAA is streaming the tourney from the main website here.