Here are broadcast assignments for each of the first round men’s NCAA Tournament games
Call in sick, plan that vasectomy, find a sports bar, just do whatever you need, it’s that time of year.
The men’s NCAA Tournament starts Tuesday with play-in games, but the real fun is Thursday and Friday when there will be 12-plus hours of games being played on multiple networks.
CBS Sports and Turner Sports will have 27 broadcasters calling the games on Thursday and Friday. Here is a look at which of the eight announcer crews will be working the specific March Madness action. (All times Central)
Tuesday
5:40 p.m. on truTV: 16. Texas Southern vs. 16. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Tom McCarthy, Steve Lavin, Avery Johnson with Jon Rothstein reporting
8:10 p.m. on truTV: 12. Indiana vs. 12. Wyoming, McCarthy, Lavin, Johnson and Rothstein
Wednesday
5:40 p.m. on truTV: 16. Bryant vs. 16. Wright State, McCarthy, Lavin, Johnson and Rothstein
8:10 p.m. on truTV: 11. Notre Dame vs. 11. Rutgers, McCarthy, Lavin, Johnson and Rothstein
Thursday
11:15 a.m. on CBS: 11. Michigan vs. 6. Colorado State, Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel and Jamie Erdahl reporting
11:45 a.m. on truTV: 13. South Dakota State vs. 4. Providence, Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood and Evan Washburn reporting
12:45 p.m. on TNT: 9. Memphis vs. 8. Boise State, Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas and Andy Katz reporting
1 p.m. on TBS: 16. Norfolk State vs. 1. Baylor, Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson and Allie LaForce reporting
1:45 p.m. on CBS: 14. Longwood vs. 3. Tennessee, Eagle, Spanarkel and Erdahl
2:10 p.m. on truTV: 12. Richmond vs. 5. Iowa, Brad Nessler, Brendan Haywood and Evan Washburn
3:15 p.m. on TNT: 16. Georgia State vs. 1. Gonzaga, Catalon, Lappas and Katz
3:30 p.m. on TBS: 9. Marquette vs. 8. North Carolina, Anderson, Jackson and LaForce
5:50 p.m. on TNT: 12. New Mexico State vs. 5 Connecticut, Eagle, Spanarkel and Erdahl
6:10 p.m. on CBS: 15. Saint Peter’s vs. 2. Kentucky, Nessler, Haywood and Washburn
6:20 p.m. on TBS: 12. Wyoming/Indiana vs. 5. Saint Mary’s, Catalon, Lappas and Katz
6:27 p.m. on truTV: 9. Creighton vs. 8. San Diego State, Anderson, Jackson and LaForce
8:20 p.m. on TNT: 13. Vermont vs. 4. Arkansas, Eagle, Spanarkel and Erdahl
8:40 p.m. on CBS: 10. San Francisco vs. 7. Murray State, Nessler, Haywood and Washburn
8:50 p.m. on TBS: 13. Akron vs. 4. UCLA,Catalon, Lappas and Katz
8:57 p.m. on truTV: 16. Texas Southern or Texas A&M-CC vs. 1. Kansas, Anderson, Jackson and LaForce
Friday
11:15 a.m. on CBS: 10. Loyola-Chicago vs. 7. Ohio State, Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Reggie Miller and Dana Jacobson reporting
11:45 a.m. on truTV: 15. Jacksonville State vs. 2. Auburn, Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson reporting
12:45 p.m. on TNT: 14. Montana State vs. 3. Texas Tech Lisa Byington, Steve Smith, Avery Johnson and Lauren Shehadi reporting
1 p.m. on TBS: 14. Yale vs. 3. Purdue, Spero Dedes, Deb Antonelli and A.J. Ross
1:45 p.m. on CBS: 15. Delaware vs. 2. Villanova, Harlan, Bonner, Miller and Jacobson
2:10 p.m. on truTV: 10. Miami (FL) vs. 7. USC, Nantz, Raftery, Hill and Wolfson
3:15 p.m. on TNT: 11. Rutgers or Notre Dame vs. 6. Alabama, Byington, Smith, Johnson and Shehadi
3:30 p.m. on TBS: 11. Virginia Tech vs. 6. Texas, Dedes, Antonelli and Ross
5:50 p.m. on TNT: 13. Chattanooga vs. 4. Illinois, Harlan, Bonner, Miller and Jacobson
6:10 p.m. on CBS: 15. Cal State Fullerton vs. 2. Duke, Nantz, Raftery, Hill and Wolfson
6:20 p.m. on TBS: 11. Iowa State vs. 6. LSU, Byington, Smith, Johnson and Shehadi
6:27 p.m. on truTV: 16. Wright State/Bryant vs. 1. Arizona, Dedes, Antonelli and Ross
8:20 p.m. on TNT: 12. UAB vs. 5. Houston, Harlan, Bonner, Miller and Jacobson
8:40 p.m. on CBS: 10. Davidson vs. 7. Michigan State, Nantz, Raftery, Hill and Wolfson
8:50 p.m. on TBS: 14. Colgate vs. 3. Wisconsin, Byington, Smith, Johnson and Shehadi
8:57 p.m. on truTV: 9. TCU vs. 8. Seton Hall, Dedes, Antonelli and Ross
This story was originally published March 14, 2022 at 10:02 AM.
