2023 MARCH MADNESS

NCAA March Madness: who plays today? March 17 | How to watch on TV and stream online

The first round began yesterday and as well as the excitement of college basketball now in motion, there’s also the small matter of the brackets.

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Update: Mar 17th, 2023 04:17 EDT

The Big Dance got underway yesterday with 16 games, and today, Friday 17 March, brings us another 32 teams battling it out. We expect the usual surprise results and some wonderful stories, both on an individual and team level, while we’ll be keeping a close eye on those fans with a clean bracket in place as we go along.

DAY 1 WAS WILD 😱

Who's ready for more #MarchMadness? pic.twitter.com/5KskuMJDz9
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 17, 2023

So, to today’s action. Let’s check out who’s stepping onto the court on St Patrick’s Day 2023.

Check out the full March Madness schedule

Who plays in the first round today?

No. 10 USC vs. No. 7 Michigan State | 12:15 p.m. |CBS
No. 14 Kennesaw St. vs. No. 3 Xavier | 12:40 p.m. | truTV
No. 14 UC Santa Barbra vs. No. 3 Baylor | 1:30 p.m. | TNT
No. 12 VCU vs. No. 5 Saint Mary’s | 2 p.m. | TBS
No. 15 Vermont vs. No. 2 Marquette| 2:45 p.m. | CBS
No. 11 Pitt vs. No. 6 Iowa State | 3:10 p.m. | truTV
No. 11 NC State vs. No. 6 Creighton| 4 p.m. | TNT
No. 13 Iona vs. No. 4 UConn | 4:30 p.m. | TBS
No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. No. 1 Purdue| 6:50 p.m. | TNT
No. 11 Providence vs. No. 6 Kentucky | 7:10 p.m. | CBS
No. 12 Drake vs. No. 5 Miami | 7:25 p.m | TBS
No. 14 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 Gonzaga| 7:35 p.m. | truTV
No. 9 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 8 Memphis | 9:20 p.m.| TNT
No. 14 Montana St. vs. No. 3 Kansas St. | 9:40 p.m. | CBS
No. 13 Kent State vs. No. 4 Indiana | 9:55 p.m. | TBS
No. 11 Arizona State vs. No. 6 TCU | 10:05 p.m. | truTV

Filling out your bracket at the last minute 😅#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/WLhgctJWbr
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 16, 2023

Bracket advice and tips

Just remember, if your bracket is busted the first day and you have no chance of winning, there are thousands of other people in the same position. The odds for getting a perfect bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion.

What’s the lowest seed to win March Madness?

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March Madness favorites & odds

We can help with one question that seems to stump a lot of people when filling out their brackets. What is the NCAA March Madness final score? That’s a tough one, but click on the link and you’ll find the answer. Whatever happens, just enjoy the tournament and hopefully your team gets through the first few rounds at least.

How and where to watch March Madness online

You can watch every game online via the NCAA website if you have a TV service provider that has access to all of the relevant channels. If you don’t have a cable subscription, you can try a live TV service. There are some streaming services you can use to watch March Madness games, one of which is fuboTV, which Includes CBS, TBS, and TNT.