2024 NCAA Tournament bracket: College basketball scores, March Madness TV, Final Four schedule, live stream

Check out the master schedule for the NCAA Tournament so you can watch all the March Madness 2024 action

Apr 6, 2024

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The Final Four of the 2024 NCAA Tournament is set — and it’s not one many saw coming, even if it’s likely to produce a national championship game that basically anybody could’ve seen coming.

UConn is in the Final Four for the second straight year, but NC State is in for the first time since 1983, and it’s been since 1980 for Purdue. Alabama is in for the first time.

It’s an odd collection of schools.

On paper, at least, we have mismatches in the national semifinals. Matt Painter’s Boilermakers are 9.5-point favorites over Kevin Keatts’ Wolfpack in Saturday’s first game. Dan Hurley’s Huskies are 11.5-point favorites over Nate Oats’ Crimson Tide in Saturday’s second game. So it’s possible, if not probable, that neither contest will be decided in the final minute.

As always, we’ll see.

Either way, the idea that we really are just two more probable wins away from a championship game between Purdue and UConn is pretty awesome considering one of those two schools was ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll in 12 of the 20 polls that published this season. This 68-team single-elimination event doesn’t often finish with the best against the best — but it just might this year.

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2024 NCAA Tournament scores, schedule

National Championship

Monday, April 8 — 9:20 p.m. (TBS)
State Farm Stadium — Glendale, Arizona

9:20 p.m.

(1) UConn vs. (1) Purdue
Ian Eagle / Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson

TBS (watch live)

First Four

Tuesday, March 19
UD Arena — Dayton

Wednesday, March 20
UD Arena — Dayton

First round

Thursday, March 21
Spectrum Center — Charlotte | CHI Health Center — Omaha | PPG Paints Arena — Pittsburgh | Delta Center — Salt Lake City

12:15 p.m.(9) Michigan State 69, (8) Mississippi State 51
Condensed game12:40 p.m.(11) Duquesne 71, (6) BYU 67
Condensed game1:30 p.m.(3) Creighton 77, (14) Akron 60
Condensed game2 p.m.(2) Arizona 85, (15) Long Beach State 65
Condensed game2:45 p.m.(1) North Carolina 90, (16) Wagner 62
Condensed game3:10 p.m.(3) Illinois 85, (14) Morehead State 69
Condensed game4 p.m.(11) Oregon 87, (6) South Carolina 73
Condensed game4:30 p.m.(7) Dayton 63, (10) Nevada 60
Condensed game6:50 p.m.(7) Texas 56, (10) Colorado State
Condensed game7:10 p.m.(14) Oakland 80, (3) Kentucky 76 Condensed game7:25 p.m.(5) Gonzaga 86, (12) McNeese 65
Condensed game7:35 p.m.(2) Iowa State 82, (15) South Dakota State 65
Condensed game9:20 p.m.(3) Tennessee 83, (15) Saint Peter’s 49 Condensed game9:40 p.m.(11) NC State 80, (6) Texas Tech 67 Condensed game9:55 p.m. (4) Kansas 93, (13) Samford 89
Condensed game10:05 p.m.(7) Washington State 66, (10) Drake 61
Condensed game

Friday, March 22

Barclays Center — Brooklyn | Gainbridge Fieldhouse — Indianapolis | FedEx Forum — Memphis | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena — Spokane

12:15 p.m.(9) Northwestern 77, (8) FAU 65 (OT)
Condensed game 12:40 p.m.(3) Baylor 92, (14) Colgate 67
Condensed game 1:30 p.m.(5) San Diego State 69, (12) UAB 65
Condensed game2 p.m.(2) Marquette 87, (15) Western Kentucky 69
Condensed game2:45 p.m.(1) UConn 92, (16) Stetson 51
Condensed game3:10 p.m.(6) Clemson 77, (11) New Mexico 56
Condensed game4 p.m.(13) Yale 78, (4) Auburn 76
Condensed game4:30 p.m.(10) Colorado 102, (7) Florida 100
Condensed game6:50 p.m.(9) Texas A&M 98, (8) Nebraska 82
Condensed game7:10 p.m.(4) Duke 64, (13) Vermont 47
Condensed game7:25 p.m.(1) Purdue 78, (16) Grambling State 50
Condensed game7:35 p.m.(4) Alabama 109, (13) Charleston 96
Condensed game9:20 p.m.(1) Houston 86, (16) Longwood 46
Condensed game9:40 p.m.(12) James Madison 72, (5) Wisconsin 61
Condensed game9:55 p.m.(8) Utah State 88, (9) TCU 72
Condensed game10:05 p.m.(12) Grand Canyon 75, (5) Saint Mary’s 66
Condensed game

Second round

Saturday, March 23
Spectrum Center — Charlotte | CHI Health Center — Omaha | PPG Paints Arena — Pittsburgh | Delta Center — Salt Lake City

Sunday, March 19

Barclays Center — Brooklyn | Gainbridge Fieldhouse — Indianapolis | FedEx Forum — Memphis | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena — Spokane

Sweet 16

Thursday, March 28
Crypto.com Arena — Los Angeles (Game 1, Game 3) | TD Garden — Boston (Game 2, Game 4)
* Tip time may be delayed if prior game at site ends late

Friday, March 29
American Airlines Center — Dallas (Game 1, Game 3) | Little Caesars Arena — Detroit (Game 2, Game 4)

Elite Eight

Saturday, March 30
TD Garden — Boston (Game 1) | Crypto.com Arena — Los Angeles (Game 2)

Sunday, March 31 — 2:20 p.m. start
Little Caesars Arena — Detroit (Game 1) | American Airlines Center — Dallas (Game 2)

Final Four

Saturday, April 6
State Farm Stadium — Glendale, Arizona

6:09 p.m.(1) Purdue 63, (11) NC State 50
Ian Eagle / Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson
(Condensed game )~8:49 p.m.(1) UConn 86, (4) Alabama 72
Ian Eagle / Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson
(Condensed game )