NCAA Tournament Open Thread!

Normally I’d drop this ahead of the games tomorrow but why wait when we’ve got America’s Team (the Arizona Sun Devils) playing in the First Four tonight against Syracuse!

Below is the schedule of games until this weekend so that you can properly arrange to be out of the office for that “doctor’s appointment.”

SCHEDULE:

First Four: Wednesday, March 14

• 6:40 p.m. -- No. 16 NC Central vs. No. 16 Texas Southern (truTV)
• After conclusion -- No. 11 Arizona St. vs. No. 11 Syracuse (truTV)

First round: Thursday, March 15

• 12:15 p.m. -- No. 7 Rhode Island vs. No. 10 Oklahoma (CBS)
• 12:40 p.m. -- No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Wright State (truTV)
• 1:30 p.m. -- No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UNCG (TNT)
• 2 p.m. -- No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Pennsylvania (TBS)
• After URI/Oklahoma -- No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Iona (CBS)
• After Tenn./Wright St. -- No. 6 Miami vs. No. 11 Loyola (Ill.) (truTV)
• After Gonzaga/UNCG -- No. 5 Ohio St. vs. No. 12 South Dakota (TNT)
• After Kansas/Penn -- No. 8 Seton Hall vs. No. 9 NC State (TBS)
• 6:50 p.m. -- No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 Radford (TNT)
• 7:10 p.m. -- No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Davidson (CBS)
• 7:20 p.m. -- No. 6 Houston vs. No. 11 San Diego St. (TBS)
• 7:27 p.m. -- No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 Stephen F. Austin (truTV)
• After Villanova/LIU/Radford -- No. 8 Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 Alabama (TNT)
• After UK/Davidson -- No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Buffalo (CBS)
• After Houston/San Diego St. -- No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 14 Montana (TBS)
• After Texas Tech/SFA -- No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 St. Bonaventure (truTV)

First round: Friday, March 16

• 12:15 p.m. -- No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Providence (CBS)
• 12:40 p.m. -- No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 15 Cal St. Fullerton (truTV)
• 1:30 p.m. -- No. 4 Wichita St. vs. no. 13 Marshall (TNT)
• 2 p.m. -- No. 2 Cincinnati vs. No. 15 Georgia St. (TBS)
• After Texas A&M/Providence -- No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 15 Lipscomb (CBS)
• After Purdue/CSF -- No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Butler (truTV)
• After Wich St./Marshall -- No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 Murray St. (TNT)
• After Cincinnati/Georgia St. -- No. 7 Nevada vs. No. 10 Texas (TBS)
• 6:50 p.m. -- No. 8 Creighton vs. No. 9 Kansas St. (TNT)
• 7:10 p.m. -- No. 3 Michigan St. vs. No. 14 Bucknell (CBS)
• 7:20 p.m. -- No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 16 NC Central/Texas Southern (TBS)
• 7:27 p.m. -- No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 13 Charleston (truTV)
• After Creighton/Kansas St. -- No. 1 Virginia vs. no. 16 UMBC (TNT)
• After Mich. St./Bucknell -- No. 6 TCU vs. No. 11 Arizona St./Syracuse (CBS)
• After Xavier/NC Central/Tex. So. -- No. 8 Missouri vs. No. 9 Florida St. (TBS)
• After Auburn/Charleston -- No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 New Mexico St. (truTV)

Perhaps more important, per ESPN, the betting lines for each game.

Full Bracket HERE.