Friday NCAA Tournament Schedule and Television Info

By macondawg@MaconDawg Mar 18, 2016, 5:30am EDT

Day two of the NCAA basketball tournament's round of 64 gets underway this afternoon, and we can only hope it's as instructive as day one. What did we learn on day one? Well among other things:

You can never count on Purdue. Including and especially if you're an actual Purdue fan.
Playing the Ivy League champion in round one is a no-win proposition. If they beat you you look bad, if you beat them you're still going to end up working for them.
Kentucky remains capable of ruining more feel-good stories than a hack director at the Hallmark Channel.
Tom Crean is the coach whose facial expressions best wordlessly express the sentiment "those clams may or may not have been a little past their prime. Oh dear."

So what's on the agenda for today? A lot more great basketball. The full schedule is below (now in a nifty table!). Of course, this is also the spot for any commentary on the action. Or your general Friday reverie. We run a pretty loose ship as the weekend beckons. Let's watch some bouncey hoops, people!

Friday March 18: Round of 64

TIP (ET)	SITE	REGION	GAME	PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST//REPORTER
12:15p	St. Louis	Midwest	(7) Dayton Flyers vs. (10) Syracuse Orange	Brian Anderson/Steve Smith//Dana Jacobson
12:40p	Brooklyn	South	(2) Villanova Wildcats vs. (15) UNC-Asheville Bulldogs	Verne Lundquist/Jim Spanarkel//Allie LaForce
1:30p	Oklahoma City	West	(7) Oregon State Beavers vs. 910) Virginia Commonwealth Rams	Carter Blackburn/ Mike Gminski//Jaime Maggio
2:00p	Spokane	South	(4) California Golden Bears vs. (13) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	Spero Dedes/Doug Gottlieb//Ros Gold-Onwude
After conc. I	St. Louis	Midwest	(2) Michigan State Spartans vs. (15) Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	Anderson/Smith//Jacobson
After conc. I	Oklahoma City	West	(2) Oklahoma Sooners vs. (15) CS-Bakersfield Roadrunners	Blackburn/Gminski//Maggio
After conc. I	Brooklyn	South	(7) Iowa Hawkeyes vs. (10) Temple Owls	Lundquist/Spanarkel//LaForce
After conc. I	Spokane	South	(5) Maryland Terrapins vs. (12) South Dakota State Jackrabbits	Dedes/Gottlieb//Gold-Onwude
6:50p	St. Louis	East	(7) Wisconsin Badgers vs.(10) Pittsburgh Panthers	Anderson/Smith//Jacobson
7:10p	Brooklyn	East	(3) West Virginia Mountaineers vs. (14) Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks	Lundquist/Spanarkel//LaForce
7:20p	Oklahoma City	West	(3) Texas A&M Aggies vs. (14) Green Bay Phoenix	Blackburn/Gminski//Maggio
7:27p	Spokane	West	(1) Oregon Ducks vs. (16) Holy Cross Crusaders	Dedes/Gottlieb//Gold-Onwude
After conc. III	St. Louis	East	(2) Xavier Musketeers vs. (15) Weber State Wildcats	Anderson/Smith//Jacobson
After conc. III	Brooklyn	East	(6) Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs.(11) Michigan Wolverines	Lundquist/Spanarkel//LaForce
After conc. III	Oklahoma City	West	(6) Texas Longhorns vs.(11) Northern Iowa Panthers	Blackburn/Gminski//Maggio
After conc. III	Spokane	West	(8) Saint Josephs (PA) Hawks vs. (9) Cincinnati Bearcats	Dedes/Gottlieb//Gold-Onwude