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Welcome to Thursday's television guide-slash-open thread. Today's action is centered mostly around two things: the first half of the round of 64 in the men's NCAA Tournament, and the vast majority of the first round of the Women's NIT. There's a few random WBI games to round out the slate. Of course, for the most part those latter two bits of information are merely a public service, as we know where our attention is really going to be today.
| NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S TOURNAMENT | |||||||
| ROUND | TIME (CT) | TEAM | - | TEAM | LOCATION | NETWORK | ANNOUNCERS |
| SOUTH REGION | |||||||
| S R1 | 11:15am | (11) Dayton | vs | (6) Ohio State | Buffalo NY | CBS | PBP: Verne Lundquist Color: Bill Raftery SLR: Allie LaForce |
| S R1 | 12:40pm | (9) Pittsburgh | vs | (8) Colorado | Orlando FL | TBS | PBP: Brian Anderson Color: Dan Bonner SLR: Kristine Leahy |
| S R1 | 1:45pm* | (14) Western Michigan | vs | (3) Syracuse | Buffalo NY | CBS | PBP: Verne Lundquist Color: Bill Raftery SLR: Allie LaForce |
| S R1 | 3:10pm* | (16) Albany | vs | (1) Florida | Orlando FL | TBS | PBP: Brian Anderson Color: Dan Bonner SLR: Kristine Leahy |
| WEST REGION | |||||||
| W R1 | 11:40am | (15) American | vs | (2) Wisconsin | Milwaukee WI | TruTV | PBP: Ian Eagle Color: Jim Spanarkel SLR: Lewis Johnson |
| W R1 | 2:10pm* | (10) Brigham Young |
vs | (7) Oregon | Milwaukee WI | TruTV | PBP: Ian Eagle Color: Jim Spanarkel SLR: Lewis Johnson |
| W R1 | 6:27pm | (12) North Dakota State | vs | (5) Oklahoma | Spokane WA | TruTV | PBP: Spiro Dedes Color: Doug Gottlieb SLR: Jaime Maggio |
| W R1 | 8:57pm* | (13) New Mexico State | vs | (4) San Diego State | Spokane WA | TruTV | PBP: Spiro Dedes Color: Doug Gottlieb SLR: Jaime Maggio |
| EAST REGION | |||||||
| E R1 | 1:10pm | (12) Harvard | vs | (5) Cincinnati | Spokane WA | TNT | PBP: Spiro Dedes Color: Doug Gottlieb SLR: Jaime Maggio |
| E R1 | 3:40pm* | (13) Delaware | vs | (4) Michigan State | Spokane WA | TNT | PBP: Spiro Dedes Color: Doug Gottlieb SLR: Jaime Maggio |
| E R1 | 5:55pm | (10) Saint Joseph's | vs | (7) Connecticut |
Buffalo NY | TBS | PBP: Verne Lundquist Color: Bill Raftery SLR: Allie LaForce |
| E R1 | 8:25pm* | (15) Wisconsin-Milwaukee | vs | (2) Villanova | Buffalo NY | TBS | PBP: Verne Lundquist Color: Bill Raftery SLR: Allie LaForce |
| MIDWEST REGION | |||||||
| MW R1 | 6:10pm | (15) Wofford | vs | (2) Michigan | Milwaukee WI | CBS | PBP: Ian Eagle Color: Jim Spanarkel SLR: Lewis Johnson |
| MW R1 | 6:20pm | (12) North Carolina State | vs | (5) Saint Louis | Orlando FL | TNT | PBP: Brian Anderson Color: Dan Bonner SLR: Kristine Leahy |
| MW R1 | 8:40pm* | (10) Arizona State | vs | (7) Texas | Milwaukee WI | CBS | PBP: Ian Eagle Color: Jim Spanarkel SLR: Lewis Johnson |
| MW R1 | 8:50pm* | (13) Manhattan | vs | (4) Louisville | Orlando FL | TNT | PBP: Brian Anderson Color: Dan Bonner SLR: Kristine Leahy |
| * - time approximate; 30 min. after previous game at site ends | |||||||
| WOMEN'S NATIONAL INVITATION TOURNAMENT | |||||||
| ROUND | TIME (CT) | TEAM | - | TEAM | LOCATION | NETWORK | ANNOUNCERS |
| 1 | 6:00pm | High Point | vs | Bowling Green | Bowling Green OH | none | |
| 1 | 6:00pm | Harvard | vs | Iona | New Rochelle NY | Iona Insider ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:00pm | Delaware | vs | Rutgers | Piscataway NJ | Rutgers AllAccess (free!) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:00pm | Virginia Commonwealth | vs | Princeton | Princeton NJ | Ivy League ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:00pm | American | vs | Seton Hall | East Orange NJ | none | |
| 1 | 6:00pm | Belmont | vs | Indiana | Bloomington IN | HoosiersTV ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:00pm | IU/PU-Indianapolis | vs | Central Michigan | Mount Pleasant MI | CMUSports ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:00pm | Furman | vs | Auburn | Auburn AL | none | |
| 1 | 6:00pm | Navy | vs | Old Dominion | Norfolk VA | Monarch Media ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:00pm | Stetson | vs | Miami (FL) | Coral Gables FL | Canes AllAccess ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:05pm | Marquette | vs | Indiana State | Terre Haute IN | SycamoreVision ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 7:00pm | Texas Southern | vs | Southern Methodist | University Park TX | PonyUpTV (free?) | n/a |
| 1 | 7:00pm | Butler | vs | South Dakota State | Brookings SD | Jackrabbit Extra ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 7:00pm | Missouri | vs | Creighton | Omaha NE | none | |
| 1 | 7:00pm | Tulane | vs | Mississippi State | Starkville MS | none | |
| 1 | 7:00pm | Ball State | vs | Northwestern | Evanston IL | none | |
| 1 | 7:00pm | Lamar | vs | Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg MS | USM AllAccess ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 8:00pm | Cal Poly-SLO | vs | San Diego | San Diego CA | Stretch (free?) | n/a |
| 1 | 8:00pm | Southern Utah | vs | Colorado State | Fort Collins CO | MWC (free!) | n/a |
| 1 | 9:00pm | Pacific | vs | Oregon | Eugene OR | Pac-12 Portal (free!) | n/a |
| WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL | |||||||
| ROUND | TIME (CT) | TEAM | - | TEAM | LOCATION | NETWORK | ANNOUNCERS |
| 1 | 4:00pm | (E8) Evansville | vs | (E1) Eastern Michigan | Ypsilanti MI | EMU AllAccess ($) | n/a |
| 1 | 6:00pm | (W7) South Carolina-Upstate | vs | (W2) College of Charleston | Charleston SC | none | |
| 1 | 6:00pm | (W6) McNeese State | vs | (W3) Northern Kentucky | Highland Heights KY | A-Sun (free!) | n/a |
| 1 | 7:00pm | (W5) Texas State | vs | (W4) Stephen F. Austin | Nacogdoches TX | none | |
| 1 | 9:00pm | (W8) Boise State | vs | (W1) Grand Canyon | Phoenix AZ | none | |
NCAA Social Media Info
The NCAA has provided a wealth of internet product and social media hooks for the tournament. You can, of course, visit the official tournament website where you can find an interactive bracket. There's a web-based March Madness app which lets you watch live on your browser (so long as you're a customer of a participating provider), and for mobile users the NCAA March Madness Live app is waiting for you in your app store.
You can also follow the action through social media on Twitter via @MarchMadness, on Facebook at NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness, on Instagram at @marchmadness, on Google+ at NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness, and via the NCAA On Demand channel at YouTube.