First round
– Purdue at Notre Dame: 7 p.m., Wednesday, ESPN2
NCAA tournament
Thursday games airing in the Chicago area on CBS, WBBM-Ch.2.
– 11:25 a.m.: No. 9 Charlotte vs. No. 8 Texas Tech
– 1:40 p.m.: No. 9 Southern Illinois vs. No. 8 Alabama
– 6:35 p.m.: No. 10 Nevada vs. No. 7 Michigan State
– 8:40 p.m.: No. 10 Dayton vs. No. 7 DePaul
Thursday games airing regionally on CBS.
– 11:20 a.m.: No. 12 Manhattan vs. No. 5 Florida
– 11:40 a.m.: No. 13 UTEP vs. No. 4 Maryland
– 1:40 p.m.: No. 13 Virginia Commonwealth vs. No. 4 Wake Forest
– 1:45 p.m.: No. 16 Liberty vs. No. 1 St. Joseph’s
– 2 p.m.: No. 12 BYU vs. No. 5 Syracuse
– 4 p.m.: No. 16 Texas-San Antonio vs. No. 1 Stanford
– 6:10 p.m.: No. 16 Ala. St. vs. No. 1 Duke
– 6:10 p.m.: No. 15 Vermont vs. No. 2 Connecticut
– 6:20 p.m.: No. 14 Princeton vs. No. 3 Texas
– 8:30 p.m.: No. 9 Arizona vs. No. 8 Seton Hall
– 8:40 p.m.: No. 11 Air Force vs. No. 6 North Carolina
8:55 p.m.: No. 15 Valparaiso vs. No. 2 Gonzaga
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