NCAA Tournament first round: Schedule and how to watch

The NCAA Tournament tips off with the First Four games Wednesday and Thursday, followed by the first round Friday and Saturday.

The first four days of March Madness should deliver on the promise of the name, with superstars on display and upsets brewing. Check out the complete first-round schedule below, with all tipoffs listed in Eastern Time.

First Four

Wednesday, March 15:

• Greenville Regional 1: Illinois vs. Mississippi State — 7 p.m., ESPNU
• Seattle Regional 4: Southern vs. Sacred Heart — 9 p.m., ESPNU

Thursday, March 16:

• Seattle Regional 3: Purdue vs. St. John’s — 7 p.m., ESPN2
• Greenville Regional 2: Tennessee Tech vs. Monmouth — 9 p.m., ESPN2

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First Round

Friday, March 17:

• Greenville Regional 1
  • No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 16 Norfolk State — 2 p.m., ESPN
  • No. 2 Maryland vs. No. 15 Holy Cross — 2:30 p.m., ESPNews
  • No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Southern Utah — 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 11 Illinois/Mississippi State — 6 p.m., ESPNews
  • No. 7 Arizona vs. No. 10 West Virginia — 12 p.m., ESPN
  • No. 8 South Florida vs. No. 9 Marquette — 11:30 a.m., ESPN2
• Greenville Regional 2
  • No. 2 Utah vs. No. 15 Gardner-Webb — 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
  • No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Hawai’i — 5:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 UNLV — 3 p.m., ESPNU
  • No. 7 NC State vs. No. 10 Princeton — 10 p.m., ESPN2
• Seattle Regional 3
  • No. 1 Virginia Tech vs. No. 16 Chattanooga — 5:30 p.m., ESPNU
  • No. 8 USC vs. No. 9 South Dakota State — 8 p.m., ESPNews
• Seattle Regional 4
  • No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 16 Southern/Sacred Heart — 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 15 SE Louisiana — 4 p.m., ESPN
  • No. 7 Florida State vs. No. 10 Georgia — 1:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 8 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 Gonzaga — 10 p.m., ESPNU

Saturday, Mar. 18:

• Greenville Regional 1
  • No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 13 Sacramento State — 11:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Portland — 9 p.m., ESPNU
• Greenville Regional 2
  • No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 16 Tenn. Tech/Monmouth — 11:30 a.m., ESPN2
  • No. 4 Villanova vs. No. 13 Cleveland State — 5 p.m., ESPNU
  • No. 5 Washington State vs. No. 12 FGCU — 2:30 p.m., ESPNU
  • No. 8 Oklahoma State vs. No. 9 Miami — 2 p.m., ESPN
• Seattle Regional 3
  • No. 2 UConn vs. No. 15 Vermont — 3 p.m., ABC
  • No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 14 James Madison — 1:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Saint Louis — 1 p.m., ABC
  • No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Toledo — 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 6 UNC vs. No. 11 Purdue/St. John’s — 4 p.m., ESPN
  • No. 7 Baylor vs. No. 10 Alabama — 5:30 p.m., ESPN2
• Seattle Regional 4
  • No. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Iona — 9:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 4 Texas vs. No. 13 East Carolina — 10 p.m., ESPN
  • No. 5 Louisville vs. No. 12 Drake — 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
  • No. 6 Colorado vs. No. 11 Middle Tennessee — 7 p.m., ESPNews

Second round: March 19-20

Sweet 16: March 24-25

Elite 8: March 26-27

Final Four: March 31 — 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., ESPN

National championship: April 2 — 3 p.m., ABC