NCAA.com | March 15, 2016 Tip Times and Announce Teams Set for NCAA Tournament First Round Coverage Share Tip Times and Announce Teams Set for NCAA Tournament First Round Coverage CBS Sports and Turner Sports’ exclusive coverage of the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will tip off with the NCAA First Four™ on truTV presented by Northwestern Mutual on Tuesday, March 15, and Wednesday, March 16 (6 p.m. ET, both days). First round game coverage will begin Thursday, March 17, and Friday, March 18 (Noon-Midnight, both days) with all games available live in their entirety across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – and via NCAA March Madness Live. MARCH MADNESS SHOP Following are the tip times and commentator assignments for the NCAA First Four and first round games. Tip times for the second round games on Saturday will be announced on Thursday after the conclusion of the day’s games. Sunday’s tip times will be released after the conclusion of play on Friday. This year’s NCAA Final Four National Semifinals on Saturday, April 2, along with the National Championship on Monday, April 4, will be televised by TBS. NCAA First Four Tuesday, March 15 Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter 6:40 p.m. truTV Dayton I Florida Gulf Coast vs. Fairleigh Dickinson Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Jamie Erdahl After conc. I truTV Dayton II Vanderbilt vs. Wichita St. Catalon / Lappas // Erdahl NCAA First Four Wednesday, March 16 6:40 p.m. truTV Dayton I Holy Cross vs. Southern U. Carter Blackburn / Mike Gminski // Jaime Maggio After conc. I truTV Dayton II Michigan vs. Tulsa Blackburn / Gminski //Maggio First Round Games Thursday Afternoon, March 17 (Noon-6 p.m. ET) Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter 12:15 p.m. CBS Providence I Duke vs. North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) Ian Eagle/Chris Webber/Len Elmore//Evan Washburn 12:40 p.m. truTV Raleigh I Texas Tech vs. Butler Kevin Harlan/Reggie Miller/Dan Bonner//Lewis Johnson 1:30 p.m. TNT Des Moines I Colorado vs. Connecticut Jim Nantz/Grant Hill/Bill Raftery//Tracy Wolfson 2:00 p.m. TBS Denver I Iowa State vs. Iona Andrew Catalon/Steve Lappas//Jamie Eradhl After conc. I CBS Providence II Baylor vs. Yale Eagle/ Webber/Elmore//Washburn After conc. I truTV Raleigh II Virginia vs. Hampton Harlan/Miller/Bonner//Johnson After conc. I TNT Des Moines II Kansas vs. Austin Peay Nantz/Hill/Raftery//Wolfson After conc. I TBS Denver II Purdue vs. Arkansas-Little Rock Catalon/ Lappas// Eradhl First Round Games Thursday Evening, March 17 (6:30 p.m. ET-Midnight) (Announce Teams Same as Day Games) Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter 6:50 p.m. TNT Providence III Miami vs. Buffalo Eagle/ Webber/Elmore//Washburn 7:10 p.m. CBS Des Moines III Indiana vs. Chattanooga Nantz/Hill/Raftery//Wolfson 7:20 p.m. TBS Raleigh III North Carolina vs. Florida Gulf Coast/Fairleigh Dickinson Harlan/Miller/Bonner//Johnson 7:27 p.m. truTV Denver III Utah vs. Fresno State Catalon/ Lappas// Eradhl After conc. III TNT Providence IV Arizona vs. Vanderbilt/Wichita State Eagle/ Webber/Elmore//Washburn After conc. III CBS Des Moines IV Kentucky vs. Stony Brook Nantz/Hill/Raftery//Wolfson After conc. III TBS Raleigh IV Southern California (USC) vs. Providence Harlan/Miller/Bonner//Johnson After conc. III truTV Denver IV Seton Hall vs. Gonzaga Catalon/ Lappas// Eradhl First Round Games Friday Afternoon, March 18 (Noon-6 p.m. ET) Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter 12:15 p.m. CBS St. Louis I Dayton vs. Syracuse Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Dana Jacobson 12:40 p.m. truTV Brooklyn I Villanova vs. UNC Asheville Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce 1:30 p.m. TNT Oklahoma City I Oregon St. vs. VCU Carter Blackburn/ Mike Gminski//Jaime Maggio 2:00 p.m. TBS Spokane I California vs. Hawaii Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Ros Gold-Onwude After conc. I CBS St. Louis II Michigan St. vs. Middle Tennessee St Anderson/Smith//Jaconson After conc. I truTV Brooklyn II Iowa vs. Temple Lundquist/Spanarkel//LaForce After conc. I TNT Oklahoma City II Oklahoma vs. CSU Bakersfield Blackburn/Gminski//Maggio After conc. I TBS Spokane II Maryland vs. South Dakota St. Dedes/Gottlieb//Gold-Onwude First Round Games Friday Evening, March 18 (6:30 PM, ET-Midnight) (Announce Teams Same as Day Games) Tip (ET) Network Site Game Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter 6:50 p.m. TNT St. Louis III Wisconsin vs. Pittsburgh Anderson/Smith//Jacobson 7:10 p.m. CBS Brooklyn III West Virginia vs. Stephen F. Austin Lundquist/Spanarkel//LaForce 7:20 p.m. TBS Oklahoma City III Texas A&M vs. UW-Green Bay Blackburn/Gminski//Maggio 7:27 p.m. truTV Spokane III Oregon vs. Holy Cross/Southern U. Dedes/Gottlieb//Gold-Onwude After conc. III TNT St. Louis IV Xavier vs. Weber St. Anderson/Smith//Jacobson After conc. III CBS Brooklyn IV Notre Dame vs. Michigan/Tulsa Lundquist/Spanarkel//LaForce After conc. III TBS Oklahoma City IV Texas vs. Northern Iowa Blackburn/Gminski//Maggio After conc. 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