NCAA Tournament TV Schedule: First Four Start Times, Channel For Games On truTV For March Madness 2015

Mar 17, 2015 03:52 PM EDT
Jordan Sibert #24 of the Dayton Flyers
Melvin Johnson #32 of the Virginia Commonwealth Rams defends against Jordan Sibert #24 of the Dayton Flyers during the Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament - Championship game at Barclays Center on March 15, 2015 in New York, New York. Virginia Commonwealth Rams defeated Dayton Flyers 71-65."

The 2015 NCAA Tournament starts on Tuesday with play-in games and the basketball coverage is on truTV for the "First Four" and after that, channels like CBS, TBS and TNT will join in as Turner hosts the coverage and the number one seeds this year include the Kentucky Wildcats, Villanova Wildcats, Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin Badgers.

The "First Four" will open the tournament once again this year and there will be two games on Tuesday and Wednesday to finish off the bracket of 64 teams. The NCAA smartly changed the name of the round and now the actual first round will be the first round and not called the "second round" like it was last year and in prior years since the play-in games started.

The first matchup of the play-in games has 16-seeds going at it with Hampton and Manhattan playing in the Midwest region. All of the play-in games will be from University of Dayton Arena and the first matchup starts at 6:40 pm ET and the games will be on truTV. Hampton comes in after winning over Delaware State, while Manhattan comes in after winning over Iona.

Ole Miss and BYU will be the second game on Tuesday and that matchup is also on truTV and has two 11-seed teams playing for the west region. Ole Miss comes in after a loss against South Carolina, while BYU comes in after falling to Gonzaga. The second day of games has north Florida taking on Robert Morris in a 16-seed matchup and that will be for the South Region.

North Florida comes into the game after a win against South Carolina Upstate, while Robert Morris comes in after winning over St. Francis BRK. The second game will have Dayton playing in front of its home crowd in an 11-seed matchup and it has Boise State as the opponent. Dayton comes in after a win against VCU and Boise State comes in after a loss against Wyoming.

Check here for the 2015 NCAA Tournament schedule.

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