The March Insanity bracket is formally right here, school basketball followers. Meaning it is now time to get right down to the enjoyable half: watching as a lot hardwood motion as attainable all through the 2026 NCAA Match. CBS Sports activities is right here to give you the main points you want most: when, the place and tips on how to watch each recreation on the 2026 March Insanity schedule.
Seize that calendar and jot these dates down accordingly.
Choice Sunday marked the primary day of a three-week-long dash to a end line stuffed with confetti, cut-down nets and a nationwide championship trophy to be awarded all earlier than “One Remaining Second” performs to conclude the festivities. March Insanity begins on Tuesday with 68 groups nonetheless alive within the First 4, although the sphere will shortly be pared to 64, then 32 … all the way in which right down to the Remaining 4, and in the end, a nationwide champion.
Video games can be performed throughout the nation from the early afternoon till late night. If you wish to really get your fill of males’s school basketball, you will have to be diligent — and you may most likely want to search out a number of screens, whether or not TVs, laptops or telephones.
Brackets are right here! Get your swimming pools prepared and enter our Bracket Problem on your likelihood to win a dream journey to the 2027 Remaining 4Ⓡ.
The dates and websites for each 2026 NCAA Match recreation are listed under, beginning with First 4 motion from Dayton, Ohio, on March 17 and culminating with the Remaining 4 and NCAA championship recreation on April 4 and 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The highway to the Remaining 4 is a protracted however worthwhile journey, so make sure you test in typically as CBS Sports activities will replace this web page every time the NCAA Match schedule is adjusted. Video games can be aired throughout CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV, all out there on March Insanity Dwell. Video games airing on CBS may even be out there to Paramount+ subscribers, whereas these on TBS/TNT/truTV can be found by way of HBO Max.
2026 NCAA Match schedule, dates
First 4
Tuesday, March 17
UD Area (Dayton)
Wednesday, March 18
UD Area (Dayton)
First spherical
Thursday, March 19
KeyBank Heart (Buffalo), Bon Secours Wellness Area (Greenville), Paycom Heart (Oklahoma Metropolis), Moda Heart (Portland)
Friday, March 20
Benchmark Worldwide Area (Tampa), Xfinity Cell Area (Philadelphia), Viejas Area (San Diego), Enterprise Heart (St. Louis)
Second spherical
Saturday, March 21 — 12:10 p.m. begin (CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV)
KeyBank Heart (Buffalo), Bon Secours Wellness Area (Greenville), Paycom Heart (Oklahoma Metropolis), Moda Heart (Portland)
Sunday, March 22 — 12:10 p.m. begin (CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV)
Benchmark Worldwide Area (Tampa), Xfinity Cell Area (Philadelphia), Viejas Area (San Diego), Enterprise Heart (St. Louis)
Candy 16
Thursday, March 26 — 7:10 p.m. begin (CBS, TBS)
Toyota Heart (Houston), SAP Heart (San Jose)
Friday, March 27 — 7:10 p.m. begin (CBS, TBS)
United Heart (Chicago), Capital One Area (Washington, D.C.)
Elite 8
Saturday, March 28 — 6:09 p.m. begin (TBS)
Toyota Heart (Houston), SAP Heart (San Jose)
Sunday, March 29 — 2:15 p.m. begin (CBS)
United Heart (Chicago), Capital One Area (Washington, D.C.)
Remaining 4
Saturday, April 4 — 6:09 p.m. begin (TBS)
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
Nationwide Championship
Monday, April 6 — 8:50 p.m. (TBS)
Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis)
