Men's March Madness games today: Game times, TV schedule, streaming for March 21
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The madness of March carries on Friday with another loaded slate of men's first-round NCAA Tournament games.
And if Friday's schedule is anything like Thursday's games, college basketball fans are in for a fun-filled day.
Kicking off Friday's first-round games is No. 8 seed Mississippi State vs. No. 9 seed Baylor at 12:15 p.m. ET in the East region of the March Madness bracket in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The winner of the Bulldogs-Bears game will face the winner of No. 1 seed Duke vs. No. 16 seed Mount St. Mary's. The Blue Devils are expected to get back star freshman guard Cooper Flagg on Friday against the Mountaineers after he missed the final two games of the ACC tournament due to a sprained left ankle.
Stream select men's March Madness games on SlingTV
Friday also serves as the first opportunity for college basketball fans to watch No. 1 seed Florida, No. 2 seed Alabama, No. 3 seed Kentucky and No. 3 seed Iowa State take the floor in a March Madness setting.
Headlining the nightcap is No. 7 Marquette vs. No. 10 New Mexico at 7:25 p.m. ET in Cleveland, where two of the nation's top point guards in Marquette's Kam Jones and New Mexico's Donovan Dent will square off. Two Big Ten teams will close out the first round, with No. 2 seed Michigan State facing No. 15 seed Bryant and No. 5 seed Oregon squaring off against No. 12 seed Liberty.
Here is what you need to know about Friday's men's NCAA Tournament slate so you don't miss any of the action, including tip-off times and how to watch information:
Men's March Madness TV schedule today
Friday, March 21: First round
All times Eastern. Seeding in parentheses.
- Game 1: (8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Baylor | 12:15 p.m. | CBS (Fubo)
- Game 2: (2) Alabama vs. (15) Robert Morris | 12:40 p.m. | truTV (SlingTV)
- Game 3: (3) Iowa State vs. (14) Lipscomb | 1:30 p.m. | TNT (SlingTV)
- Game 4: (5) Memphis vs. (12) Colorado State | 2 p.m. | TBS (SlingTV)
- Game 5: (1) Duke vs. (16) Mount St. Mary's | 2:50 p.m. | CBS (Fubo)
- Game 6: (7) Saint Mary's vs. (10) Vanderbilt | 3:15 p.m. | truTV (SlingTV)
- Game 7: (6) Ole Miss vs. (11) North Carolina | 4:05 p.m. | TNT (SlingTV)
- Game 8: (4) Maryland vs. (13) Grand Canyon | 4:35 p.m. | TBS (SlingTV)
- Game 9: (1) Florida vs. (16) Norfolk State | 6:50 p.m. | TNT (SlingTV)
- Game 10: (3) Kentucky vs. (14) Troy | 7:10 p.m. | CBS (Fubo)
- Game 11: (7) Marquette vs. (10) New Mexico | 7:25 p.m. | TBS (SlingTV)
- Game 12: (4) Arizona vs. (13) Akron | 7:35 p.m. | truTV (SlingTV)
- Game 13: (8) UConn vs. (9) Oklahoma | 9:25 p.m. | TBS (SlingTV)
- Game 14: (6) Illinois vs. (11) Xavier | 9:45 p.m. | CBS (Fubo)
- Game 15: (2) Michigan State vs. (15) Bryant | 10 p.m. | TBS (SlingTV)
- Game 16: (5) Oregon vs. (12) Liberty | 10:10 p.m. | truTV (SlingTV)
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What channel is Men's March Madness on today?
- TV channels: CBS | truTV | TBS | TNT
- Streaming options: March Madness Live app | SlingTV | Fubo (free trial)
Friday's slate of men's March Madness games will be carried across a variety of TV networks with four games airing nationally on CBS. Four games will air on truTV, four on TBS and four games on TNT.
All 16 games on Friday can be streamed on the March Madness Live app (with a TV login). To stream the games on CBS, you can turn to Fubo, which carries CBS and offers a free trial to new subscribers. For the 12 games on truTV/TBS/TNT, you can stream those on SlingTV, which carries the Warner Bros. Discovery channels.
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