The First 4 is a wrap, and now, we put together for the beginning of the 2026 NCAA Match in earnest with the primary spherical being contested throughout 32 video games over the following two days. Are you prepared for the insanity?
March Insanity revs up for actual beginning Thursday with all 67 video games of the boys’s event broadcast throughout CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. Paramount+ subscribers will have the ability to watch each sport airing on CBS, whereas the March Insanity Reside app may have each sport, interval. There’s additionally HBO Max, which carries all of the video games going up on TBS, TNT and truTV.
CBS will carry a major load of event stock, broadcasting 21 video games as much as the Elite Eight. Since that is an excellent 12 months, TBS will broadcast the Remaining 4 together with video games throughout the prior 4 rounds.
Observe dwell scores and updates from the primary spherical of 2026 March Insanity
Whereas No. 1 seeds Duke and Michigan will probably be in motion Thursday, a few of the different notable video games to comply with embody (8) Ohio State vs. (9) TCU to begin the day, (6) North Carolina vs. (11) VCU within the early night and (8) Georgia vs. (9) Saint Louis within the late night.
Under are the saying groups, channel assignments and tip occasions for each first-round sport on Thursday and Friday. Preserve checking again by means of the weekend because the March Insanity TV schedule beneath will probably be up to date when the brand new units of tip occasions change into accessible.
2026 March Insanity saying groups
Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) || Reporter
* Regional Weekend announce groups | ~ Remaining 4 crew
- Ian Eagle | Invoice Raftery, Grant Hill || Tracy Wolfson*~
- Brian Anderson (Jason Benetti) | Jim Jackson || Allie LaForce*
- Kevin Harlan | Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy || Lauren Shehadi*
- Andrew Catalon | Steve Lappas || Evan Washburn*
- Brad Nessler | Wally Szczerbiak || Jared Greenberg
- Spero Dedes | Jim Spanarkel || Jon Rothstein
- Tom McCarthy | Candice Parker, Dan Bonner || AJ Ross
- Brandon Gaudin | Chris Webber || Andy Katz
- Guidelines analyst: Gene Steratore
2026 NCAA Match schedule, dates
First spherical
Thursday, March 19
KeyBank Heart (Buffalo), Bon Secours Wellness Enviornment (Greenville), Paycom Heart (Oklahoma Metropolis), Moda Heart (Portland)
Friday, March 20
Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment (Tampa), Xfinity Cell Enviornment (Philadelphia), Viejas Enviornment (San Diego), Enterprise Heart (St. Louis)
Second spherical
Saturday, March 21 — 12:10 p.m. begin (CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV)
KeyBank Heart (Buffalo), Bon Secours Wellness Enviornment (Greenville), Paycom Heart (Oklahoma Metropolis), Moda Heart (Portland)
Sunday, March 22 — 12:10 p.m. begin (CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV)
Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment (Tampa), Xfinity Cell Enviornment (Philadelphia), Viejas Enviornment (San Diego), Enterprise Heart (St. Louis)