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March Madness has arrived, and it has the sports world tuned in to college basketball to see who will win the NCAA Tournament.
There are buzzer beaters, like St. John's on Sunday, and near miracles that just miss, like Vanderbilt on Saturday. The drama is only building through two rounds of the men's tourney, which has whittled its way from 68 teams down to the Sweet 16.
Once the ball gets rolling, everyone wants to be able to keep watching basketball.
On Monday, we've got some good news and some bad news for you on that front.
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Are there any March Madness games today?
There are no men's basketball games in the NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 23. However, there are women's games.
The men's tourney ran its Round of 64 on Thursday and Friday, and its Round of 32 on Saturday and Sunday.
The women's tournament was offset by a day — Friday/Saturday, and Sunday/Monday.
So there are eight women's basketball games on Monday.
The next men's games, in the Sweet 16, won't be until Thursday.
Men's NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 schedule
The men's Sweet 16 features four games Thursday, March 26:
- 11 Texas v 2 Purdue
- 9 Iowa v 4 Nebraska
- 4 Arkansas v 1 Arizona
- 3 Illinois v 2 Houston
And then four more on Friday, March 27:
- 5 St. John's v 1 Duke
- 4 Alabama v 1 Michigan
- 3 Michigan State v 2 UConn
- 6 Tennessee v 2 Iowa State
Women's NCAA Tournament schedule on Monday, March 23
There are eight women's basketball NCAA Tournament Round of 32 games on Monday:
- 6 Alabama v 3 Louisville (12 noon ET)
- 10 Virginia v 2 Iowa (2 p.m.)
- 6 Notre Dame v 3 Ohio State (4 p.m.)
- 5 Kentucky v 4 West Virginia (5 p.m.)
- 9 Syracuse v 1 UConn (6 p.m.)
- 7 Illinois v 2 Vanderbilt (7 p.m.)
- 9 USC v 1 South Carolina (8 p.m.)
- 8 Oklahoma State v 1 UCLA (10 p.m.)
These will feed into the Sweet 16, which for the women's bracket will pick up on Friday.
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