NCAA tournament 2013 TV schedule for first round: How, where, when to watch

The 2013 NCAA tournament is almost officially upon us even though a couple "win to get in" games that have gone on already. Two more of those games take place on the evening of Wednesday, March 20, 2013, but the field of 64 tournament begins on Thursday, March 21, 2013. You've got to keep up with all of the action, but that may sometimes prove to be quite difficult. That's why this will be your full television schedule of the first round of the 2013 NCAA tournament and how to watch.

UPDATE: Television schedule for third round of 2013 NCAA tournament - Saturday, March 23, 2013

Turner Sports and CBS have teamed up again for this year's tournament and will be carrying all of the action on their family of networks, including TruTV. Some of the NBA announcers from TNT will be coming back to call some of the action for the games too.

Once the first round is over after the two days of action on March 21-22, 2013, the full schedule will be revealed for the second round. At that point, that television schedule will be released in full as well. Then the Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final Four, and Championship Game schedules will come about in that order.

The following schedule will go through the first round of the 2013 NCAA tournament giving information on who will be playing, at what time, and on what channel. Listed with the games are also the announcers that will be calling the action.

All times listed at Eastern Standard Time:

Tuesday, March 19 - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Craig Sager in Dayton, OH

• No. 16 North Carolina A&T defeated No. 16 Liberty 73-72
• No. 11 St. Mary's defeated No. 11 Middle Tennessee State 67-54

Wednesday, March 20 - Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg, and Tracy Wolfson in Dayton, OH

• No. 16 James Madison vs. No. 16 LIU-Brooklyn - 6:40 p.m., truTV
• No. 13 Boise St. vs. No. 13 La Salle - 9:10 p.m., truTV

Thursday, March 21 - Verne Lundquist, Bill Raftery, and Rachel Nichols in Auburn Hills, MI

• No. 3 Michigan St. vs. No. 14 Valparaiso - 12:15 p.m., CBS
• No. 6 Memphis vs. No. 11 Middle Tennessee St./St. Mary's - 2:40 p.m., CBS
• No. 4 Michigan vs. No .13 South Dakota St. - 7:15 p.m., CBS
• No. 5 VCU vs. No. 12 Akron - 9:45 p.m., CBS

Thursday, March 21 - Ian Eagle, Jim Spanarkel, and Allie LaForce in Lexington, KY

• No. 6 Butler vs. No. 11 Bucknell - 12:40 p.m., truTV
• No. 3 Marquette vs. No. 14 Davidson - 3:10 p.m., truTV
• No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 16 North Carolina A&T/Liberty - 6:50 p.m., TBS
• No. 8 Colorado St. vs. No. 9 Missouri - 9:20 p.m., TBS

Thursday, March 21 - Spero Dedes, Doug Gottlieb, and Jamie Maggio in Salt Lake City, UT

• No. 8 Pittsburgh vs. No. 9 Wichita St. - 1:40 p.m., TBS
• No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 16 Southern - 4:10 p.m., TBS
• No. 6 Arizona vs. No. 11 Belmont - 7:20 p.m., TNT
• No. 3 New Mexico vs. No. 14 Harvard - 9:50 p.m., TNT

Thursday, March 21 - Brian Anderson, Dan Bonner, and Marty Snider in San Jose, CA

• No. 4 Saint Louis vs. No. 13 New Mexico St. - 2:10 p.m., TNT
• No. 5 Oklahoma St. vs. No. 12 Oregon - 4:40 p.m., TNT
• No. 5 UNLV vs. No. 12 California - 7:27 p.m., truTV
• No. 4 Syracuse vs. No. 13 Montana - 9:57 p.m., truTV

Friday, March 22 - Jim Nantz, Clark Kellogg, and Tracy Wolfson in Dayton, OH

• No. 8 N.C. State vs. No. 9 Temple - 1:40 p.m., TBS
• No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 16 James Madison/LIU-Brooklyn - 4:10 p.m., TBS
• No. 2 Ohio St. vs. No. 15 Iona - 7:15 p.m., CBS
• No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Iowa St. - 9:45 p.m., CBS

Friday, March 22 - Tim Brando, Mike Gminski, and Otis Livingston in Austin, TX

• No. 2 Miami vs. No. 15 Pacific - 2:10 p.m., TNT
• No. 7 Illinois vs. No. 10 Colorado - 4:40 p.m., TNT
• No. 3 Florida vs. No. 14 Northwestern St. - 7:27 p.m., truTV
• No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 11 Minnesota - 9:57 p.m., truTV

Friday, March 22 - Marv Albert, Steve Kerr, and Craig Sager in Kansas City, MO

• No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 Ole Miss - 12:40 p.m., truTV
• No. 4 Kansas St. vs. No. 13 Boise St./La Salle - 3:10 p.m., truTV
• No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Villanova - 7:20 p.m., TNT
• No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Western Kentucky - 9:50 p.m., TNT

Friday, March 22 - Kevin Harlan, Len Elmore, Reggie Miller, and Lewis Johnson in Philadelphia, PA

• No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Albany - 12:15 p.m., CBS
• No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 Cincinnati - 2:45 p.m., CBS
• No. 2 Georgetown vs. No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast - 6:50 p.m., TBS
• No. 7 San Diego St. vs. No 10 Oklahoma - 9:20 p.m., TBS

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