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The Saturday schedule — where they give us two games on their own during the day and then flood us with six at night — will never make sense to me. But there’s nothing you or I can do about it besides hope that those first two games are stellar.
Here’s the full slate of what we’re working with:
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 9 Alabama
Region: East
Location: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Time: 12:10 p.m.
Channel: CBS
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 7 Rhode Island
Region: Midwest
Location: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Time: 2:40 p.m.
Channel: CBS
No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Buffalo
Region: South
Location: Taco Bell Arena, Boise
Time: 5:15 p.m.
Channel: CBS
No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Loyola-Chicago
Region: South
Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas
Time: 6:10 p.m.
Channel: TNT
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 Seton Hall
Region: Midwest
Location: Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
Time: 7:10 p.m.
Channel: TBS
No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 5 Ohio State
Region: West
Location: Taco Bell Arena, Boise
Time: 7:45 p.m.
Channel: CBS
No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 6 Florida
Region: East
Location: American Airlines Center, Dallas
Time: 8:40 p.m.
Channel: TNT
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 6 Houston
Region: West
Location: Intrust Bank Arena, Wichita
Time: 9:40 p.m.
Channel: TBS