Who is ready for March Madness? The biggest college tournament in history, the Division I men’s basketball tournament, is one of the premier events in all the sports. The 68-team single-elimination tournament holds 67 games over 19 days, a jam-packed end to the season that aptly earned the nickname March Madness.
The 2019 NCAA tournament I Men’s Basketball Tournament, also known as March Madness, will begin on Tuesday, March 19 and end with the National Championship game on Monday, April 8. The field of 64 teams will be announced on Selection Sunday, which falls on March 17 this year. The first four games of the tournament will be played at “First Four” sites on March 19 and 20, with the remaining first-round games taking place at sixteen sites around the country on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22.
The second-round games will be played at eight sites on Saturday, March 23 and March 24. The Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight rounds will occur at four regional sites from Thursday, March 28 through Sunday, March 31. The Final Four games will be played at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday, April 6, with the National Championship game being played two days later on Monday, April 8.
March Madness 2019 dates, schedule, live streams and TV networks
| ROUND | LIVESTREAM | TV | DATE | SITE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selection Sunday (6 p.m. ET) | March Madness Live | CBS | March 17 | N/A |
| First Four | March Madness Live | Tru TV | March 19-20 | Dayton, OH |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 21/23 | Hartford, CT |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 21/23 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 21/23 | Des Moines, IA |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 21/23 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 22/24 | Tulsa, OK |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 22/24 | Columbus, OH |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 22/24 | Columbia, SC |
| 1st/2nd Rounds | March Madness Live | CBS, Tru TV, TNT, TBS | March 22/24 | San Jose, CA |
| South Regional | March Madness Live | CBS, TBS | March 28/30 | Louisville, KY |
| West Regional | March Madness Live | CBS, TBS | March 28/30 | Anaheim, CA |
| East Regional | March Madness Live | CBS, TBS | March 29/31 | Washington, D.C. |
| Midwest Regional | March Madness Live | CBS | March 29/31 | Kansas City, MO |
| Final Four, National Championship | March Madness Live | CBS | April 6/8 | Minneapolis, MN |
