There’s nothing quite like that Selection Sunday feeling. You wait and wait all day to see where your team is playing, and then finally find out where they’re headed.
But then you have to wait a little longer to find out when exactly they’ll be playing.
That wait is now over.
11th-seeded Michigan will open the first full slate of games Thursday, tipping off against No. 6-seed Colorado State at 12:15 p.m. on CBS. Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkle will have the call, with Jamie Erdahl the sideline reporter.
No. 7-seed Michigan State will have a bit of a longer wait on Friday though, tipping off against former Spartan Foster Loyer and No. 10-seed Davidson at approximately 9:40 p.m.
The broadcast team will be CBS's top tournament crew in Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery and Grant Hill, with Tracy Wolfson on the sidelines.
The Wolverines slid in towards the back end of the field of 68, at just 17-14 -- the first team to receive an at-large bid at fewer than four games over .500 since Georgia in 2001. That has happened just three other times since the field expanded to the modern format in 1985.
MSU, meanwhile, is entering its 24th straight tournament under Tom Izzo, who recently passed Bob Knight as the Big Ten's all-time winningest coach.
Here is the complete TV guide to the NCAA Tournament:
First Four
Tuesday, March 15:
16. Texas Southern vs. 16. Texas A&M CC, 6:40 p.m. ET, TruTV
12. Indiana vs. 12. Wyoming, 9:10 p.m. ET, TruTV
Wednesday, March 16:
16. Wright St. vs. 16. Bryant, 6:40 p.m. ET, TruTV
11. Rutgers vs. 11. Notre Dame, 9:10 p.m. ET, TruTV
First Round -- Thursday, March 17
11 Michigan vs. 6. Colorado St., 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS
13. S. Dakota St. vs. 4. Providence, 12:40 p.m. ET, truTV
9. Memphis vs. Boise St., 1:45 p.m. ET, TNT
16. Norfolk St. vs. 1. Baylor, 2 p.m. ET, TBS
14. Longwood vs. 3. Tennessee, 2:45 p.m. ET, CBS
12. Richmond vs. 4. Iowa, 3:10 p.m. ET, truTV
16. Georgia St. vs. 1. Gonzaga, 4:15 p.m. ET, TNT
9. Marquette vs. 8. UNC, 4:30 p.m. ET, TBS
12. New Mexico St. vs. 5. UConn, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT
15. St. Peter’s vs. 2. Kentucky, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS
12. Wyoming/Indiana vs. 5. St. Mary’s, 7:20 p.m., TBS
9. Creighton vs. 8. San Diego St., 7:27 p.m. ET, truTV
13. Vermont vs. 4. Arkansas, 9:20 p.m. ET, TNT
10. San Francisco vs. 7. Murray State, 9:40 p.m. ET, CBS
13. Akron vs. 4. UCLA, 9:50 p.m. ET, TBS
16. Texas Souther/Texas A&M-CC vs. 1. Kansas, 9:57 p.m. ET, truTV
First Round -- Friday, March 18
10. Loyola Chicago vs. 7. Ohio St., 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS
15. Jacksonville St. vs. 2. Auburn, 12:40 p.m. ET, truTV
14. Montana St. vs. 3. Texas Tech, 1:45 p.m. ET, TNT
14. Yale vs. 3. Purdue, 2 p.m. ET, TBS
15. Delaware vs. 2. Villanova, 2:45 p.m. ET, CBS
10. Miami (Fl.) vs. 7. USC, 3:10 p.m. ET, truTV
11. Rutgers/Notre Dame vs. 6. Alabama, 4:15 p.m. ET, TNT
11. Virginia Tech vs. 6. Texas, 4:30 p.m. ET, TBS
13. Chattanooga vs. 4. Illinois, 6:50 p.m. ET, TNT
15. Cal St. Fullerton vs. 2. Duke, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS
11 Iowa St. vs. 6. LSU, 7:20 p.m. ET, TBS
16. Wright St//Bryant vs. 1. Arizona, 7:27 p.m. ET, truTV
12. UAB vs. 5. Houston, 9:20 p.m. ET, TNT
10. Davidson vs. 7. Michigan St., 9:40 p.m. ET, CBS
14. Colgate vs. 3. Wisconsin, 9:50 p.m. ET, CBS
9. TCU vs. 8. Seton Hall, 9:57 p.m. ET, truTV
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