The 2016 edition of March Madness gets started with the First Four on Tuesday, March 15th, 2016. Turner Sports and CBS Sports have teamed up to broadcast all of the tournament games over four major networks: TNT, CBS, TBS, and TruTV. All of the games are being live streamed via NCAA March Madness Live this season at no charge to basketball fans, and the NCAA has really gone out of their way to ensure the maximum accessibility of viewing the tournament games for their fans this season no matter what one’s preferred device might be. We have included the 2016 March Madness TV Schedule, live stream, and tip times for the First Four and the first round of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament for you to use to follow the game action below. All of the times listed are Eastern Time (ET), and the announcing crews for each of the games is listed in parenthesis by each game.

2016 March Madness First Four TV Schedule

March 15, 2016
6:30, truTV: No. 16 Florida Gulf Coast vs. No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson (Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, Jamie Erdahl)
Approx. 9:00, truTV: No. 11 Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 Wichita State (Catalon/Lappas /Erdahl)
March 16, 2016
6:30, truTV: No. 16 Holy Cross vs. No. 16 Southern (Carter Blackburn, Mike Gminski, Jaime Maggio)
Approx. 9:00, truTV: No. 11 Michigan . vs. No. 11 Tulsa (Blackburn/Gminski/Maggio)

2016 March Madness First Round TV Schedule

Thursday Afternoon
Noon, CBS: No. 4 Duke vs. No. 13 UNC Wilmington (Ian Eagle, Chris Webber, Len Elmore, Evan Washburn)
12:30, truTV: No. 8 Texas Tech vs. No. 9 Butler (Kevin Harlan, Reggie Miller, Dan Bonner, Lewis Johnson)
1:00, TNT: No. 8 Colorado vs. No. 9 Connecticut (Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson)
1:30, TBS: No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 13 Iona (Catalon/Lappas/Erdahl)
Approx. 2:30, CBS: No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 Yale (Eagle/Webber/Elmore/Washburn)
Approx. 3:00, truTV: No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 16 Hampton (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Johnson)
Approx. 3:50, TNT: No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Austin Peay (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
Approx. 4:20, TBS: No. 5 Purdue vs. No. 12 Little Rock (Catalon/Lappas/Erdahl)
Thursday Evening
6:45, TNT, No. 3 Miami vs. No. 14 Buffalo (Eagle/Webber/Elmore/Washburn)
7:00, CBS: No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 12 Chattanooga (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
7:15, TBS: No. 1 North Carolina vs. FGCU-Dickinson winner (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Johnson)
7:15, truTV: No. 3 Utah vs. No. 14 Fresno State (Catalon/Lappas/Erdahl)
Approx. 9:15, TNT: No. 6 Arizona vs. Vandy-Wichita State winner (Eagle/Webber/Elmore/Washburn)
Approx. 9:30, CBS: No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Stony Brook (Nantz/Raftery/Hill/Wolfson)
Approx. 9:45, TBS: No. 8 USC vs. No. 9 Providence (Harlan/Miller/Bonner/Johnson)
Approx. 9:55, truTV: No. 6 Seton Hall vs. No. 11 Gonzaga (Catalon/Lappas/Erdahl)
March 16, 2016
Friday Afternoon
Noon, CBS: No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Syracuse (Brian Anderson, Steve Smith, Dana Jacobson)

12:30, truTV: No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 15 UNC Asheville (Verne Lundquist, Jim Spanarkel, Allie LaForce)
1:30, TNT: No. 7 Oregon State vs. No. 10 VCU (Blackburn/Gminski/Maggio)
2:00, TBS: No. 4 California vs. No. 13 Hawaii (Spero Dedes, Doug Gottlieb, Ros Gold-Onwude)
Approx. 2:30, CBS: No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 15 Middle Tennessee State (Anderson/Smith/Jacobson)
Approx. 3:00, truTV: No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Temple (Lundquist/Spanarkel/LaForce)
Approx. 3:50, TNT: No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 CSU Bakersfield (Blackburn/Gminski/Maggio)
Approx. 4:20, TBS: No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 15 South Dakota State (Dedes/Gottlieb/Gold-Onwude)
Friday Evening
6:45, TNT, No. 7 Wisconsin vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh (Anderson/Smith/Jacobson)
7:00, CBS: No. 3 West Virginia vs. No. 14 Stephen F. Austin (Lundquist/Spanarkel/LaForce)
7:15, TBS: No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 14 Green Bay (Blackburn/Gminski/Maggio)
7:15, truTV: No. 1 Oregon vs. Holy Cross-Southern winner (Dedes/Gottlieb/Gold-Onwude)
Approx. 9:15, TNT: No. 2 Xavier vs. No. 15 Weber State (Anderson/Smith/Jacobson)
Approx. 9:30, CBS: No. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. Michigan-Tulsa winner (Lundquist/Spanarkel/LaForce)
Approx. 9:45, TBS: No. 6 Texas vs. No. 11 Northern Iowa (Blackburn/Gminski/Maggio)
Approx. 9:55, truTV: No. 8 Saint Joseph’s vs. No. 9 Cincinnati (Dedes/Gottlieb/Gold-Onwude)

2016 March Madness Printable Bracket

If you are following the NCAA Tournament and have not downloaded a printable bracket, we have one posted for you here. Interbasket also has a fillable March Madness Bracket for 2016 that you can download to use to help follow the game pay.