The four best days of the sports calendar have arrived.
From Thursday afternoon through Sunday evening, CBS and Turner Sports will broadcast 48 games from the NCAA Men’s Tournament. Opening day is also not lacking in intrigue.
Here’s a look at the day one game slate as we announce March Madness (every hour ET).
THURSDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON
No. 8 Maryland 67, No. 9 West Virginia 65
No. 13 Furman 68, No. 4 Virginia 67
No. 7 Missouri 76, No. 10 Utah State 65
No. 1 Kansas 96, No. 16 Howard 68
When. 1 Alabama 96, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 75
No. 5 San Diego State 63, No. 12 Charleston College 57
4:10 p.m. – No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 Princeton (TNT)
4:30 p.m. – No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Illinois (TBS)
THURSDAY EVENING
6:50 p.m. — No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9 Auburn (TNT)
7:10 p.m. — No. 5 Duke vs. No. 12 Oral Roberts (CBS)
7:25 p.m. – No. 2 Texas vs. No. 15 Colgate (TBS)
7:35 p.m. – No. 7 Northwestern vs. No. 10 Boise State (truTV)
9:20 p.m. – No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 Northern Kentucky (TNT)
9:40 p.m. — No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Louisiana (CBS)
9:55 p.m. – No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Penn State (TBS)
10:05 p.m. – No. 2 UCLA vs. 15 UNC Asheville (truTV)
To have: Duke-Oral Roberts is not only the most anticipated game of this window. This could be the showpiece match of the first round. An Oral Roberts team that is much better than the 15th seed that had a superb Sweet 16 run two years ago will target a talent-laden Duke team that peaks in March. Max Abmas is back and even deadlier attacking ball screens. His supporting cast is even stronger this year, headlined by 7-foot-5 pick-and-pop specialist Connor Vanover.