Turner Sports and CBS Sports’ joint coverage of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will include the return of NCAA March Madness Confidential, providing exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to seven NCAA Tournament teams. This year’s Confidential series features Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Houston, Nevada, Marquette and Murray State.
Production crews have been embedded with the teams since Selection Sunday and will chronicle their NCAA Tournament journeys.
Throughout the Tournament, features will run across multiple platforms – including studio coverage across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – with online distribution via the official @MarchMadness Twitter and Facebook pages, @MarchMadnessTV, NCAA.com and CBS Sports and Turner Sports social media accounts.
For the ninth consecutive year, Turner Sports and CBS Sports will provide live coverage of all 67 games from the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and NCAA March Madness Live. This year’s tournament will tip off with the NCAA First Four™ on truTV on Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20 (6 p.m. ET, both days).
CBS will broadcast this year’s NCAA Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 6, along with the National Championship on Monday, April 8.
Below is a full TV schedule for the 2019 NCAA tournament:
| Game | Livestream | Time (ET) | TV | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Four, Tuesday, March 19 | ||||
| Prairie View vs. Farleigh Dickinson | March Madness Live | 6:30 pm | truTV | Dayton, OH |
| Temple vs. Belmont | March Madness Live | 9:00 pm | TruTV | Dayton, OH |
| First Four, Wednesday, March 20 | ||||
| NC Central vs. North Dakota State | March Madness Live | 6:30 pm | truTV | Dayton, OH |
| St. John's vs. Arizona State | March Madness Live | 9:00 pm | truTV | Dayton, OH |
| First round, Thursday, March 21 | ||||
| Minnesota vs. Louisville | March Madness Live | 12:00 pm | CBS | Des Moines, IA |
| Yale vs. LSU | March Madness Live | 12:30 pm | truTV | Jacksonville, FL |
| New Mexico St. vs. Auburn | March Madness Live | 1:20 pm | TNT | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Vermont vs. Florida St. | March Madness Live | 1:50 pm | TBS | Hartford, CT |
| Bradley vs. Michigan St. | March Madness Live | 2:30 pm | CBS | Des Moines, IA |
| Belmont/Temple vs. Maryland | March Madness Live | 3:00 pm | truTV | Jacksonville, FL |
| Northeastern vs. Kansas | March Madness Live | 3:50 pm | TNT | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Murray St. vs. Marquette | March Madness Live | 4:20 pm | TBS | Hartford, CT |
| Florida vs. Nevada | March Madness Live | 6:45 pm | TNT | Des Moines, IA |
| Abilene Christian vs. Kentucky | March Madness Live | 7:00 pm | CBS | Jacksonville, FL |
| Saint Mary's vs. Villanova | March Madness Live | 7:15 pm | TBS | Hartford, CT |
| Farleigh Dickinson/ Prairie View vs. Gonzaga | March Madness Live | 7:15 pm | truTV | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Montana vs. Michigan | March Madness Live | 9:15 pm | TNT | Des Moines, IA |
| Seton Hall vs. Wofford | March Madness Live | 9:30 pm | CBS | Jacksonville, FL |
| Old Dominion vs. Purdue | March Madness Live | 9:45 pm | TBS | Hartford, CT |
| Baylor vs. Syracuse | March Madness Live | 9:55 pm | truTV | Salt Lake City, UT |
| First round, Friday, March 22 | ||||
| Iowa vs. Cincinnati | March Madness Live | 12:00 pm | CBS | Columbus, OH |
| Oklahoma vs. Mississippi | March Madness Live | 12:30 pm | truTV | Columbia, SC |
| Northern Kentucky vs. Texas Tech | March Madness Live | 1:30 pm | TNT | Tulsa, OK |
| UC Irvine vs. Kansas St. | March Madness Live | 1:50 pm | TBS | San Jose, CA |
| Colgate vs. Tennessee | March Madness Live | 2:30 pm | CBS | Columbus, OH |
| Gardner-Webb vs. Virginia | March Madness Live | 3:00 pm | truTV | Columbia, SC |
| Arizona St./St. John's vs. Buffalo | March Madness Live | 3:50 pm | TNT | Tulsa, OK |
| Oregon vs. Wisconsin | March Madness Live | 4:20 pm | TBS | San Jose, CA |
| Washington vs. Utah St. | March Madness Live | 6:45 pm | TNT | Columbus, OH |
| NC Central/ North Dakota St. vs. Duke | March Madness Live | 7:00 pm | CBS | Columbia, SC |
| Georgia St. vs. Houston | March Madness Live | 7:15 pm | TBS | Tulsa, OK |
| Liberty vs. Mississippi St. | March Madness Live | 7:15 pm | truTV | San Jose, CA |
| Iona vs. North Carolina | March Madness Live | 9:15 pm | TNT | Columbus, OH |
| UCF vs. VCU | March Madness Live | 9:30 pm | CBS | Columbia, SC |
| Ohio St. vs. Iowa St. | March Madness Live | 9:45 pm | TBS | Tulsa, OK |
| Saint Louis vs. Virginia Tech | March Madness Live | 9:55 pm | truTV | San Jose, CA |
| Second round, Saturday, March 23 | ||||
| TBD | March Madness Live | 12:00 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 2:30 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 5:00 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 6:00 pm | TNT | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 7:00 pm | TBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 7:30 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 8:30 pm | TNT | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 9:30 pm | TBS | |
| Second round, Sunday, March 24 | ||||
| TBD | March Madness Live | 12:00 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 2:30 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 5:00 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 6:00 pm | CBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 7:00 pm | TBS | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 7:30 pm | truTV | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 8:30 pm | TNT | |
| TBD | March Madness Live | 9:30 pm | TBS | |
| March 28-31 | ||||
| South Regional | March Madness Live | March 28/30 | Louisville, KY | |
| West Regional | March Madness Live | March 28/30 | Anaheim, CA | |
| East Regional | March Madness Live | March 29/31 | Washington, D.C. | |
| Midwest Regional | March Madness Live | March 29/31 | Kansas City, MO | |
| Saturday, April 6 | ||||
| Final Four | March Madness Live | 6:00 pm | CBS | Minneapolis, MN |
| Final Four | March Madness Live | 8:30 pm | CBS | Minneapolis, MN |
| Monday, April 8 | ||||
| National Championship | March Madness Live | 9:00 pm | CBS | Minneapolis, MN |
