March Madness 2026: Game Times, TV Channels and Full NCAA Tournament Schedule Ahead of Men’s Final Four

Here is the full television schedule for the men’s NCAA tournament with the Final Four officially set.

Silas Demary Jr. and UConn are Final Four-bound after an epic comeback win vs. Duke in the Elite Eight. | Amber Searls-Imagn Images

The Final Four is set.

The 68-team men’s NCAA tournament field has been whittled down to four after two wild weeks of basketball. In one semifinal, UConn—fresh off of one of the most dramatic wins of the tournament against top-seeded Duke—will take on Illinois. In the other, perhaps the two most complete teams in the country, No. 1 seeds Arizona and Michigan, face off.

The men’s Final Four will be an all-power conference affair. A pair of Big Ten teams, the Wolverines and Fighting Illini, will try and win the league’s first title since Michigan State in 2000. The Wildcats, one of the most proud programs out West, last cut down the nets in 1997. For the Huskies, the wait hasn’t been very long. Dan Hurley and senior forward Alex Karaban cut down the nets in back-to-back years in 2023 and ‘24.

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The last three games of the season will be star-studded—four name-brand programs vying for immortality. Arizona’s Brayden Burries, Koa Peat and Motiejus Krivas, Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg, Morez Johnson Jr. and Aday Mara, Illinois’s Keaton Wagler and UConn’s Karaban, Tarris Reed and Braylon Mullins are among the stars that should shine bright in Indianapolis.

Full 2026 March Madness broadcast schedule

First Four
Tuesday, March 17
UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio)

• No. 16 Howard 86, No. 16 UMBC 83
• No. 11 Texas 68, No. 11 NC State

First Four
Wednesday, March 18
UD Arena (Dayton, Ohio)

• No. 16 Prairie View A&M 67, No. 16 Lehigh 55
• No. 11 Miami (Ohio) 89, No. 11 SMU 79

First round
Thursday, March 19

• No. 9 TCU 66, No. 8 Ohio State 64
• No. 4 Nebraska 76, No. 13 Troy 47
• No. 6 Louisville 83, No. 11 South Florida 79
• No. 12 High Point 83, No. 5 Wisconsin 82
• No. 1 Duke 71, No. 16 Siena 65
• No. 5 Vanderbilt 78, No. 12 McNeese 68
• No. 3 Michigan State 92, No. 14 North Dakota State 67
• No. 4 Arkansas 97, No. 13 Hawai’i 78
• No. 11 VCU 82, No. 6 North Carolina 78
• No. 1 Michigan 101, No. 16 Howard 80
• No. 11 Texas 79, No. 6 BYU 71
• No. 10 Texas A&M 63, No. 7 Saint Mary’s 50
• No. 3 Illinois 105, No. 14 Penn 70
• No. 9 Saint Louis 102, No. 8 Georgia 77
• No. 3 Gonzaga 73, No. 14 Kennesaw State 64
• No. 2 Houston 78, No. 15 Idaho 47

First round
Friday, March 20

• No. 7 Kentucky 89, No. 10 Santa Clara 84 (OT)
• No. 5 Texas Tech 91, No. 12 Akron 71
• No. 1 Arizona 92, No. 16 LIU 58
• No. 3 Virginia 82, No. 14 Wright State 73
• No. 2 Iowa State 108, No. 15 Tennessee State 74
• No. 4 Alabama 90, No. 13 Hofstra 70
• No. 9 Utah State 86, No. 8 Villanova 76
• No. 6 Tennessee 78, No. 11 Miami (Ohio) 56
• No. 9 Iowa 67, No. 8 Clemson 61
• No. 5 St. John’s 79, No. 12 Northern Iowa 53
• No. 7 UCLA 75, No. 10 UCF 71
• No. 2 Purdue 104, No. 15 Queens University 71
• No. 1 Florida 114, No. 16 Prairie View A&M 55
• No. 4 Kansas 68, No. 13 California Baptist 60
• No. 2 UConn 82, No. 15 Furman 71
• No. 7 Miami (Fla.) 80, No. 10 Missouri 66

Second round
Saturday, March 21

• No. 1 Michigan 95, No. 9 Saint Louis 72
• No. 3 Michigan State 77, No. 6 Louisville 69
• No. 1 Duke 81, No. 9 TCU 58
• No. 2 Houston 88, No. 10 Texas A&M 57
• No. 11 Texas 74, No. 3 Gonzaga 68
• No. 3 Illinois 76, No. 11 VCU 55
• No. 4 Nebraska 74, No. 5 Vanderbilt 72
• No. 4 Arkansas 94, No. 12 High Point 88

Second round
Sunday, March 22

• No. 2 Purdue 79, No. 7 Miami 69
• No. 2 Iowa State 82, No. 7 Kentucky 63
• No. 5 St. John’s 67, No. 4 Kansas 65
• No. 6 Tennessee 79, No. 3 Virginia 72
• No. 9 Iowa 73, No. 1 Florida 72
• No. 1 Arizona 78, No. 9 Utah State 66
• No. 2 UConn 73, No. 7 UCLA 57
• No. 4 Alabama 90, No. 5 Texas Tech 65

Sweet 16
Thursday, March 26

• No. 2 Purdue 79, No. 11 Texas 77
• No. 9 Iowa 77, No. 4 Nebraska 71
• No. 1 Arizona 109, No. 4 Arkansas 88
• No. 3 Illinois 65, No. 2 Houston 55

Sweet 16
Friday, March 27

• No. 1 Duke 80, No. 5 St. John’s 75
• No. 1 Michigan 90, No. 4 Alabama 77
• No. 2 UConn 67, No. 3 Michigan State 63
• No. 2 Iowa State 76, No. 6 Tennessee 62

Elite Eight
Saturday, March 28

• South Regional: No. 3 Illinois 71, No. 9 Iowa 59
• West Regional: No. 1 Arizona 79, No. 2 Purdue 64

Sunday, March 29

• Midwest Regional: No. 1 Michigan 95, No. 6 Tennessee 62
• East Regional: No. 2 UConn 73, No. 1 Duke 72

Final Four
Saturday, April 4

• Semifinal 1: No. 2 UConn vs. No. 3 Illinois at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, 6:09 p.m. ET (TBS)—Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson, Gene Steratore
• Semifinal 2: No. 1 Arizona vs. No. 1 Michigan at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, ~8:30 p.m. ET (TBS)—Eagle, Raftery, Hill, Wolfson, Steratore

National championship
Monday, April 6

• Championship game, TBD, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m. ET (TBS)—

Eagle, Raftery, Hill, Wolfson, Steratore

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