{"id":117468,"date":"2021-03-18T16:23:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=117468"},"modified":"2021-03-18T16:23:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T16:23:46","slug":"march-madness-2021-times-tv-streaming-info-odds-for-thursdays-ncaa-tournament-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/march-madness-2021-times-tv-streaming-info-odds-for-thursdays-ncaa-tournament-games\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness 2021: Times, TV, streaming info, odds for Thursday&#8217;s NCAA Tournament games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA Tournament is back!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After a one-year hiatus brought on by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, March Madness returns as the First Four kicks off the action Thursday night in Indiana.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some intriguing matchups highlight this year&#39;s First Four&nbsp;slate. The standout is a matchup of blue-bloods as Michigan State takes on UCLA in a battle of No. 11 seeds, the winner of which will go on to face No. 6 BYU in the first round.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#39;s other matchups: Texas Southern vs. Mount St. Mary&#39;s in a battle of No. 16 seeds with the winner set to face No. 1 Michigan in the first round; Drake vs. Wichita State in a battle of No. 11 seeds with the winner set to face No. 6 USC; and Appalachian State vs. Norfolk state in a battle of No. 16 seeds with the winner set to face undefeated No. 1 seed Gonzaga.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>BRACKET TIPS? AT YOUR SERVICE:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Expert picks: <\/strong>From early upsets to the Final Four and champion<\/li>\n<li>These are the 7 hottest teams entering the tournament<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meet the 68:<\/strong> In-depth capsules with info on every team&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Don&#39;t count on &#39;em: These are teams to avoid picking to go far&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Smartest first-round upset: These are the teams to keep your eye on<\/li>\n<li><strong>Every first-round upset:&nbsp;<\/strong>Easy list of our experts&#39; first-round upsets<\/li>\n<li>Stay informed: Our newsletter will offer bracket tips every day. Sign up here!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#39;s everything you need to know about the opening salvo of NCAA Tournament games (<em>all times Eastern and all betting odds via BetMGM<\/em>):&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/03\/18\/USAT\/e7f43f68-b5d2-4a1f-9534-028b3c52a635-USATSI_15727425.jpg?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/tourney\/2021\/03\/18\/ncaa-tournament-first-four-schedule-time-tv-how-to-stream\/4741456001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA Tournament is back!&nbsp; After a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":117467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23051],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March Madness 2021: Times, TV, streaming info, odds for Thursday&#039;s NCAA Tournament games - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/march-madness-2021-times-tv-streaming-info-odds-for-thursdays-ncaa-tournament-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March Madness 2021: Times, TV, streaming info, odds for Thursday&#039;s NCAA Tournament games - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The NCAA Tournament is back!&nbsp; 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