After last year’s NCAA Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19, March Madness is back in 2021.
This year’s schedule will look a bit different compared to years past.
For starters, the entire tournament will take place in the city of Indianapolis to serve as a bubble for the teams.
The First Four games will all be played on one day – Thursday, March 18 – the first time that has happened since the NCAA expanded the tournament to include four play-in games.
Because all those games will be on Thursday, that means that the tournament itself will officially tip-off on a Friday and the first “weekend” will extend into Monday.
The Elite Eight will also be played on a Monday and Tuesday as well.
Here is the complete TV schedule for 2021 March Madness:
Selection Sunday
6 p.m. ET, CBS
First Four, Thursday March 18
No. 16 Texas Southern vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary's, 5:10 p.m. ET, TruTV
No. 11 Drake vs. No. 11 Wichita St., 6:27 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 16 Appalachian St. vs. No. 16 Norfolk St., 8:40 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 11 UCLA vs. No. 11 Michigan St., 9:57 p.m. ET, TBS
First Round, Friday, March 19
No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 7 Florida, 12:15 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 14 Colgate vs. No. 3 Arkansas, 12:45 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 16 Drexel vs. No. 1 Illinois, 1:15 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 11 Utah St. vs. No. 6 Texas Tech, 1:45 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 15 Oral Roberts vs. No. 2 Ohio State 3 p.m, ET, CBS
No. 16 Hartford vs. No. 1 Baylor, 3:30 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 9 Georgia Tech vs. No. 8 Loyola Chicago 4 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 12 Oregon St. vs. No. 5 Tennessee 4:30 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 13 Liberty vs. No. 4 Oklahoma St. 6:25 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 9 Wisconsin vs. No. 8 North Carolina, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 15 Cleveland St. vs. No. 2 Houston, 7:15 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 13 North Texas vs. No. 4 Purdue, 7:25 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 10 Rutgers vs. No. 7 Clemson 9:10 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 11 Syracuse vs. No. 6 San Diego St., 9:40 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 14 Morehead St. vs. No. 3 West Virginia, 9:50 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 12 Winthrop vs. No. 5 Villanova, 9:57 p.m. ET, TNT
Saturday, March 20
No. 12 Georgetown vs. No. 5 Colorado, 12:15 p.m ET, CBS
No. 13 UNC Greensboro vs. No. 4 Florida St. 12:45 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 14 Eastern Washington vs. No. 3 Kansas, 1:15 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 9 St. Bonaventure vs. No. 8 LSU, 1:45 p.m ET, TNT
No. 16 Mount St. Mary's/Texas Souther vs. No. 1 Michigan, 3 p.m, ET, CBS
No. 12 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 5 Creighton, 3:30 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 15 Iona vs. No. 2 Alabama, 4 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 11 Wichita St./Drake vs. No. 6 USC, 4:30 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 15 Grand Canyon vs. No. 2 Iowa, 6:25 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 10 Maryland vs. No. 7 UConn, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 13 Ohio vs. No. 4 Virginia, 7:15 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 9 Missouri vs. No. 8 Oklahoma, 7:25 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 16 Norfolk St./Appalachian St. vs. No. 1 Gonzaga, 9:20 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 11 Michigan St./UCLA vs. No. 6 BYU, 9:40 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 14 Abilene Christian vs. No. 3 Texas, 3p.m. ET, truTV
No. 10 VCU vs. No. 7 Oregon, 9:57 p.m. ET, TNT
Second Round, Sunday March 21
No. 8 Loyola-Chicago vs. No. 1 Illinois, Noon ET, CBS
No. 9 Wisconsin vs. No. 1 Baylor, 2:30 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 11 Syracuse vs. No. 3 West Virginia, 5 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 6 Texas Tech vs. No. 3 Arkansas, 6 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 10 Rutgers vs. No. 2 Houston, 7 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 15 Oral Robeerts vs. No. 7 Florida, 7:30 p.m. ET, truTV
No. 13 North Texas vs. No. 5 Villanova, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 12 Oregon St. vs. No. 4 Oklahoma State, 9:30 p.m. ET, TBS
Monday, March 22
No. 7 Oregon vs. No. 2 Iowa, Noon ET, CBS
No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 1 Gonzaga, 2:30 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 14 Abilene Christian vs. No. 11 UCLA, 5:!5 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 13 Ohio vs. No. 5 Creighton, 6:10 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 8 LSU vs. No. 1 Michigan, 7:10 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 4 Florida State, 7:45 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 10 Maryland vs. No. 2 Alabama, 8:45 p.m. ET, TNT
No. 6 USC vs. No. 3 Kansas, 9:40 p.m. ET, CBS
Sweet 16, Saturday, March 27
No. 12 Oregon St. vs. No. 8 Loyola-Chicago, 2:40 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 5 Villanova vs. No. 1 Baylor, 5:15 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 15 Oral Roberts vs. No. 3 Arkansas, 7:25 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 11 Syracuse vs. No. 2 Houston, 9:55 p.m. ET, TBS
Sunday March 28
Game 57, 2 p.m. ET, CBS
Game 58, 4:45 p.m. ET, CBS
Game 59, 7 p.m. ET, TBS
Game 60, 9:30 p.m. ET, TBS
Elite Eight, Monday, March 29
Game 61, 7 p.m. ET, CBS
Game 62, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS
Sunday, March 30
Game 63, 5 p.m. ET, CBS
Game 64, 8:30 p.m. ET, CBS
National Championship, Monday, April 5
Game 67, 9 p.m. ET, CBS
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