NCAA Tournament: First Round Friday Open Thread

There really isn’t anything as awesome as the first two days of the NCAA Tournament for a fan of college basketball. You basically get lunch to sleep basketball with a tiny break in between for dinner. It’s perfect.

I’m a little bummed that I’m going to be missing a decent chunk of today’s action in the car on my way to Columbus, but I know it’s more than worth it to get to see our Tar Heels play tonight. It’s a long wait between now and approximately 9:20 pm tonight. Might as well take in all the other basketball we can.

Here’s today’s schedule:

South #10 Iowa vs #7 Cincinnati - 12:15 pm ET, CBS

South #9 Oklahoma vs #8 Ole Miss - 12:40 ET, truTV

West #14 Northern Kentucky vs #3 Texas Tech - 1:30 pm, TNT

South #13 UC Irvine vs #4 Kansas State - 2:00 pm, TBS

South #15 Colgate vs #2 Tennessee - 2:45 pm, CBS

South #16 Gardner-Webb vs #1 Virginia - 3:10 pm, truTV

West #11 Arizona State vs #6 Buffalo - 4:00 pm, TNT

South #12 Oregon vs #5 Wisconsin - 4:30 pm, TBS

Midwest #9 Washington vs #8 Utah State - 6:50 pm, TNT

East #1 Duke vs #16 North Dakota State - 7:10 pm, CBS

Midwest #14 Georgia State vs #3 Houston - 7:20 pm, TBS

East #12 Liberty vs #5 Mississippi State - 7:27 pm, truTV

Midwest #1 North Carolina vs #16 Iona - 9:20 pm, TNT

East #9 UCF vs #8 VCU - 9:40 pm, CBS

Midwest #11 Ohio State vs. #6 Iowa State - 9:50 pm, TBS

East #13 Saint Louis vs #4 Virginia Tech - 9:57 pm, truTV