The Good News: There’s 27 nationally televised college basketball games on today.
The Better News: 17 of the 27 are tournament championship games, meaning that there is an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line.
The Slightly Less Great News: I’m putting this together on Friday afternoon so it can publish very early on Saturday morning, and right now, 16 of the 17 title games are still without at least one of the two teams participating. That’s because the semifinals for those conferences are going on today and Semifinal Friday is really only just now getting going.
And so, I will drop this schedule of events in for you, and as possible, I will update it with the important things like “who is actually in the game.” The day gets started very early with the men’s America East final between Vermont and UMBC as well as the women’s MAC final between Miami and a mystery partner. Business picks up at 5pm Central time tonight, as every game that starts after that point — 10 of them! — will have an automatic bid on the line. Hopefully we get some drama out of all of this, right?
Feel free to use the comments section as a Live Thread/Open Thread/Chat Thread/whatever for the day!
Here’s the full national television schedule for the day, with all times Central, as always.
| Time (CT) | Game | Television |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM | Ivy League Semifinal: Cornell vs Yale | ESPNU |
| America East Final: Vermont at UMBC | ESPN2 | |
| MAC Final: Toledo vs Miami | CBS Sports Network | |
| 12:00 PM | SEC Semifinal: #22 Vanderbilt vs #4 Florida | ESPN |
| MEAC Final: North Carolina Central vs Howard | ESPN2 | |
| Big Ten Semifinal: #23 Wisconsin vs #3 Michigan | CBS | |
| Atlantic 10 Semifinal: Dayton vs Saint Louis | CBS Sports Network | |
| SWAC Final: Southern vs Alabama State | ESPNU | |
| 1:00 PM | Ivy League Semifinal: Penn vs Harvard | ESPN News |
| 2:00 PM | American Semifinal: Charlotte vs South Florida | ESPN2 |
| 2:30 PM | SEC Semifinal: Ole Miss vs #17 Arkansas | ESPN |
| Big Ten Semifinal: #18 Purdue vs UCLA | CBS | |
| Atlantic 10 Semifinal: Saint Joseph’s vs VCU | CBS Sports Network | |
| WAC Final: Abilene Christian vs Cal Baptist | ESPNU | |
| 3:00 PM | MEAC Final: Norfolk State vs Howard | ESPN News |
| 4:30 PM | American Semifinal: Tulsa vs Wichita State | ESPN2 |
| Ivy League Final: Harvard vs #23 Princeton | ESPNU | |
| CUSA Final: Missouri State vs Louisiana Tech | CBS Sports Network | |
| 5:00 PM | Mountain West Final: San Diego State vs Utah State | CBS |
| Big 12 Final: #5 Houston vs #2 Arizona | ESPN | |
| 5:30 PM | Big East Final: #6 UConn vs #13 St. John’s | Fox |
| 6:30 PM | SWAC Final: Prairie View A&M vs Southern | ESPNU |
| 7:00 PM | MAC Final: Toledo vs Akron | ESPN2 |
| 7:30 PM | ACC Final: #10 Virginia vs #1 Duke | ESPN |
| CUSA Final: Kennesaw State vs Louisiana Tech | CBS Sports Network | |
| 8:30 PM | American Final: UTSA vs Rice | ESPNU |
| 9:00 PM | Big West Final: Hawaii vs UC Irvine | ESPN2 |
| 11:00 PM | WAC Final: Cal Baptist vs Utah Valley | ESPN2 |
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