Is it 7:15 p.m. yet?
March Madness has more than lived up to the hype this year with upsets and buzzer-beaters serving as themes to both the Round of 64 and the Round of 32. Things are just heating up, though, as the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 kicks off Thursday night with four teams hoping to punch their tickets to the Elite Eight.
While No. 1 seed Villanova, No. 2 seed Virginia and fellow No. 2 seed Kansas all took surprisingly early exits from the tournament, No. 7 Wichita State is still chugging along, red-hot No. 7 Michigan State hopes to continue to exceed expectations and No. 1 Kentucky is just four wins away from from the first perfect season in college basketball since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers.
Go ahead and clear your Thursday and Friday nights. It’s just the right thing to do.
Check out the full schedule below, with tip-off times and television schedules included.
SWEET 16
Thursday, March 26
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Wichita State, 7:15 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 1 Wisconsin vs. No. 4 North Carolina, 7:47 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 5 West Virginia, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 6 Xavier, 10:17 p.m. ET, TBS
Friday, March 27
No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 11 UCLA, 7:15 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 8 NC State, 7:37 p.m. ET, TBS
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Utah, 9:45 p.m. ET, CBS
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Michigan State, 10:07 p.m ET, TBS
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