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2016 NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
March 17, 2016  | By David Bianculli

Various Networks, 12:00 p.m. ET

 

The first-round games are all over the place today, the first full day of action for the 2016 NCAA basketball tournament. CBS arrives first, broadcasting its four Thursday games beginning at noon ET. TruTV has two games beginning at 12:30 p.m. ET, and another two beginning at 7 p.m. ET. TNT shows four games consecutively, beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET, and TBS does the same, beginning at 2 p.m. ET. That’s 16 games today, including two top seeds facing two No. 16s. On TNT at 4 p.m. ET, the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks face the No. 16 Austin Peay Governors. Then, on TruTV at 7:20 p.m. ET, the No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels face the No. 16 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. Since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985, no team ranked No. 16 has beaten a No. 1 team in this tournament – but in sports, games are played because the unexpected can happen under the right, or wrong, circumstances. Just saying…

 
 
 
 
 
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