The Sweet 16 of the Big Dance wraps-up on 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 facing (1) Duke and (2) UConn taking on (3) Michigan State in the East Regional Semifinals and (4) Alabama meeting (1) Michigan and (6) Tennessee battling (2) Iowa State in the Midwest Regional Semifinals
March Madness is heating up across CBS and TBS. Paramount+ subscribers will be able to watch every game airing on CBS, while the March Madness Live app will have every game, period. There’s also HBO Max, which carries all the games going up on TBS.
CBS will carry a significant load of tournament inventory, broadcasting 21 games up to the Elite Eight. Since this is an even year, TBS will broadcast the Final Four along with games across the prior four rounds.
Below are the announcing teams, channel assignments and tip times for every first-round game on Thursday and Friday. Keep checking back through the weekend as the March Madness TV schedule below will be updated every night when the new sets of tip times become available.
2026 March Madness announcing teams
Play-by-Play | Analyst(s) || Reporter
* Regional Weekend announce 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*
- Andrew Catalon | Steve Lappas || Evan Washburn*
- Brad Nessler | Wally Szczerbiak || Jared Greenberg
- Spero 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, D.C.)
| 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) |
