It’s that time of year again, folks. Alabama fans will have to wait a day to see the Tide play as the Midwest 4-seed, but there is plenty of basketball on for your binge watching pleasure. The experts aren’t predicting a ton of upsets this year as the NIL/portal combo continues to rob upstart midmajors of their top talent year after year, but every year seems to provide some early round surprises.
Many Alabama fans will be rooting for former Oats assistant Bryan Hodgson as he leads his 11th-seeded South Florida Bulls against a Louisville squad missing projected lottery pick Mykel Brown, Jr. The game is fittingly being played in Buffalo, where Hodgson and Oats coached another team called the Bulls before coming to Tuscaloosa.
Use this as your Thursday game thread, and be kind to one another. Schedule below courtesy of CBS Sports.
Roll Tide.
| TIME (ET) | GAME | TV / STREAM |
|---|---|---|
| 12:15 p.m. | (9) TCU vs. (8) Ohio State | CBS (watch live) |
| 12:40 p.m. | (13) Troy vs. (4) Nebraska | truTV (watch live) |
| 1:30 p.m. | (11) South Florida vs. (6) Louisville | TNT (watch live) |
| 1:50 p.m. | (12) High Point vs. (5) Wisconsin | TBS (watch live) |
| 2:50 p.m. | (16) Siena vs. (1) Duke | CBS (watch live) |
| 3:15 p.m. | (12) McNeese vs. (5) Vanderbilt | truTV (watch live) |
| 4:05 p.m. | (14) North Dakota State vs. (3) Michigan State | TNT (watch live) |
| 4:25 p.m. | (13) Hawaii vs. (4) Arkansas | TBS (watch live) |
| 6:50 p.m. | (11) VCU vs. (6) North Carolina | TNT (watch live) |
| 7:10 p.m. | (16) Howard vs. (1) Michigan | CBS (watch live) |
| 7:25 p.m. | (11) Texas vs. (6) BYU | TBS (watch live) |
| 7:35 p.m. | (10) Texas A&M vs. (7) Saint Mary’s | truTV (watch live) |
| 9:25 p.m. | (14) Penn vs. (3) Illinois | TNT (watch live) |
| 9:45 p.m. | (9) Saint Louis vs. (8) Georgia | CBS (watch live) |
| 10 p.m. | (14) Kennesaw State vs. (3) Gonzaga | TBS (watch live) |
| 10:10 p.m. | (15) Idaho vs. (2) Houston | truTV (watch live) |
