The First 4 served as a pleasant appetizer, however the 2026 NCAA Event obtained underway in earnest Thursday with upsets and surprising outcomes as the primary full slate of 16 video games was performed. Decrease seeds superior as favorites fell by the wayside, and this is the perfect information: All of it occurs once more Friday with 32 groups competing for the ultimate 16 spots within the second spherical.
March Insanity continues throughout CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV on Friday. Paramount+ subscribers will be capable to watch each sport airing on CBS, whereas the March Insanity Dwell app could have each sport, interval. There’s additionally HBO Max, which carries all of the video games going up on TBS, TNT and truTV.
No. 7 seed Kentucky opens the day in opposition to No. 10 seed Santa Clara at 12:15 p.m. ET on CBS with No. 7 seed Miami (FL) vs. No. 10 seed Missouri serving because the nightcap beginning at 10:10 p.m. ET. In between, No. 1 seeds Florida and Arizona look to keep away from the hiccups their counterparts confronted on Thursday, whereas some enticing video games will definitely catch the eyes of followers like No. 8 seed Villanova vs. No. 9 seed Utah State and No. 6 seed Tennessee vs. No. 11 seed Miami (Ohio). Will the RedHawks turn out to be the second play-in workforce to advance to the second spherical this yr?
Under are the saying groups, channel assignments and tip occasions for each first-round sport on Friday and second-round sport on Saturday. Hold checking again via the weekend because the March Insanity TV schedule under can be up to date when the brand new units of tip occasions turn out to be out there.
2026 March Insanity saying groups
Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) || Reporter
* Regional Weekend announce groups | ~ Last 4 workforce
- Ian Eagle | Invoice Raftery, Grant Hill || Tracy Wolfson*~
- Brian Anderson | Jim Jackson || Allie LaForce*
- Kevin Harlan | Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy || Lauren Shehadi*
- Andrew Catalon | Steve Lappas || Evan Washburn*
- Brad Nessler | Wally Szczerbiak || Jared Greenberg
- Spero Dedes | Jim Spanarkel || Jon Rothstein
- Tom McCarthy | Candice Parker, Dan Bonner || AJ Ross
- Brandon Gaudin | Chris Webber || Andy Katz
- Guidelines analyst: Gene Steratore
2026 NCAA Event schedule, dates
First spherical
Friday, March 20
Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment (Tampa), Xfinity Cell Enviornment (Philadelphia), Viejas Enviornment (San Diego), Enterprise Middle (St. Louis)
Second spherical
Saturday, March 21
KeyBank Middle (Buffalo), Bon Secours Wellness Enviornment (Greenville), Paycom Middle (Oklahoma Metropolis), Moda Middle (Portland)
Sunday, March 22 — 12:10 p.m. begin (CBS, TBS, TNT, truTV)
Benchmark Worldwide Enviornment (Tampa), Xfinity Cell Enviornment (Philadelphia), Viejas Enviornment (San Diego), Enterprise Middle (St. Louis)
