March Madness Sweet 16 TV schedule: Tip times and where to watch 2026 NCAA Tournament
The Sweet 16 of the Big Dance concludes Friday with the Final Four to be determined by Sunday. Are you ready?!
The Elite Eight will be determined by Friday night with (5) St. John’s taking on (1) Duke and (2) UConn taking on (3) Michigan State in the Eastern Regional semifinals and (4) Alabama meeting (1) Michigan and (6) Tennessee taking on (2) Iowa State in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
March Madness is heating up on CBS and TBS. Paramount+ subscribers will be able to watch every game broadcast on CBS, while the March Madness Live app will have every game, period. There is also HBO Max, which offers all the games broadcast on TBS.
CBS will carry a significant amount of tournament inventory, broadcasting 21 games through the Elite Eight. Since it is an even year, TBS will broadcast the Final Four as well as games from the previous four rounds.
Below are the team announcements, channel assignments and prediction times for each first round match on Thursday and Friday. Check back regularly throughout the weekend to see March Madness TV schedule below will be updated each evening when the new sets of tipping times become available.
March Madness 2026 announcing teams
Reading by reading | Analyst(s) || Journalist
* Regional weekend announces teams | ~Final Four Team
- Ian Eagle | Bill Raftery, Grant Hill || Tracy Wolfson*~
- Brian Anderson (Jason Benetti) | Jim Jackson || Allie LaForce*
- Kevin Harlan | Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy || Lauren Shehadi*
- André Catalon | Steve Lappas || Evan Washburn*
- Brad Nessler | Wally Szczerbiak || Jared Greenberg
- Spéro Dedes | Jim Spanarkel || Jon Rothstein
- Tom McCarthy | Candice Parker, Dan Bonner || AJ Ross
- Brandon Gaudin | Chris Webber || Andy Katz
- Rules Analyst: Gene Steratore
2026 NCAA Tournament Schedule, Dates
Sweet 16
Friday March 27
United Center (Chicago), Capital One Arena (Washington, DC)
| 7:10 p.m. | (5) St. John’s vs. (1) Duke || Washington, D.C. Ian Eagle / Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson |
CBS (watch live) |
| 7:35 p.m. | (4) Alabama vs. (1) Michigan || Chicago Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Evan Washburn |
TBS (watch live) |
| 9:45 p.m. | (3) Michigan State vs. (3) UConn || Washington, D.C. Ian Eagle / Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson |
CBS (watch live) |
| 10:10 p.m. | (6) Tennessee vs. (2) Iowa State || Chicago Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Evan Washburn |
TBS (watch live) |
Elite Eight
Saturday March 28
Toyota Center (Houston), SAP Center (San Jose)
| 6:09 p.m. | (9) Iowa vs. (3) Illinois || Houston Kevin Harlan / Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi |
TBS (watch live) |
| 8:49 p.m. | (2) Purdue vs. (1) Arizona || San Jose Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce |
TBS (watch live) |
