Thursday games times, TV channels, scores

March Madness has officially begun.

For the past six months, 351 Division I basketball teams have competed with one common goal: to build a worthy resume to attend the world’s biggest sporting event, the NCAA Tournament.

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Now, the moment has arrived, with the now-64 teams focused on outwitting each other to cut down the net to be the last team standing. Four teams from the original 68-team bracket have already been eliminated from the bracket before the first four, and there are more carvings to be made at the feast throughout the day as the first round of the big dance begins.