Selection Sunday: What time will the NCAA bracket be announced, and on what channel?
It’s time to find out which college basketball teams will be catching March Madness and playing in the NCAA tournament.
Selection Sunday is here, and the 68-team men’s basketball bracket will be revealed on CBS at 3 p.m. PDT. A live stream of the bracket reveal also will be available on NCAA.com.
UPDATE: The NCAA brackets have been revealed.
Thirty-two teams will receive automatic bids, and 36 teams will make up the rest of the at-large pool. The tournament tips off Tuesday and Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio, with the First Four games.
The women’s 64-team bracket will be revealed Monday at 4 p.m. on ESPN.
Villanova, last year’s champions, could potentially challenge for the title, but the Wildcats will have plenty of teams looking to claim their crown. Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, Kentucky, Gonzaga and Virginia are among the favorites to win.
UC Irvine earned an automatic bid Saturday by winning the Big West tournament. It’ll be the only Southern California team in the NCAA tournament after USC and UCLA fell in the Pac-12 tournament.
Here are the teams that have locked in automatic bids:
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