2016 March Madness schedule: Saturday's NCAA tournament times, TV guide
The NCAA men's basketball tournament continues on Saturday with eight more games, beginning just after noon ET.
Here is everything you need to know regarding coverage, along with must-watch story lines for opening weekend.
Game times are listed below, along with the TV channel and announcers calling the game.
In addition, DIRECTV has launched an exclusive on-screen interactive bracket app so fans can make their picks by turning to channel 701. Then to see how their predictions panned out, they can click over one channel (702) to watch DIRECTV’s Mix Channel coverage, featuring TNT, TBS and truTV all on one screen.
Let the Madness continue!
Take a look at the full bracket and print it here.
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MUST-READ STORIES
- Upsets send NCAA tournament well past Madness: This isn’t Madness. It’s pure bedlam, writes Nancy Armour.
- No. 11 Northern Iowa upsets Texas with halfcourt buzzer-beater: With video you've gotta see to believe!
- Pac-12 falls on its face in Big Dance: Nicole Auerbach on the conference's lackluster performance thus far.
- Key to Duke's tournament success?: It might not be who you think.
- Little Rock coach Chris Beard, master storyteller, motivator: Spend just a few minutes around the coach and it’s no wonder his players bought into his vision so quickly.
- X-Factors: Players who could determine team's success in NCAA tournament
- NCAA tournament selection committee brutally snubs mid-majors: Scott Gleeson takes a look at the credentials of the most notable snubs and why they deserve be dancing instead of playing in the NIT.
PHOTOS: Highlights of the NCAA tournament's first round
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12:10 p.m. (3) Miami vs. (11) Wichita State
- CBS: Ian Eagle, Chris Webber, Len Elmore, Evan Washburn
2:40 p.m. (4) Duke vs. (12) Yale
- CBS: Ian Eagle, Chris Webber, Len Elmore, Evan Washburn
5:15 p.m. (4) Kentucky vs. (5) Indiana
- CBS: Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery, Tracy Wolfson
6:10 p.m. (4) Iowa State vs. (12) Arkansas-Little Rock
- TNT: Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Jamie Erdahl
7:10 p.m. (1) Virginia vs. (9) Butler
- TBS: Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, Lewis Johnson
7: 45 p.m. (1) Kansas vs. (9) Connecticut
- CBS: Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery, Tracy Wolfson
8:40 p.m. (3) Utah vs. (11) Gonzaga
- TNT: Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Jamie Erdahl
9: 40 p.m. (1) North Carolina vs. (9) Providence
- TBS: Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, Lewis Johnson