Games, results, schedule, times and TV for the NCAA Men’s Tournament Day 1

The four best days of the sports calendar have arrived.

From Thursday afternoon through Sunday evening, CBS and Turner Sports will broadcast 48 NCAA Men’s Tournament games. Opening day is not short of intrigue either.

Here’s a look at the list of games from day one while we tip on March Madness (all times are ET).

Thursday am/afternoon

No. 8 Maryland 67, No. 9 West Virginia 65
No. 13 Foreman 68, No. 4 Virginia 67
No. 7 Missouri 76, No. 10 Utah State 65
No. 1 Kansas 96, No. 16 Howard 68
1 Alabama 96, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 75
No. 5 San Diego State 63, No. 12 College of Charleston 57
No. 15 Princeton 59, No. 2 Arizona 55
No. 8 Arkansas 73, No. 9 Illinois 63

Thursday night

6:50 p.m. — No. 8 Iowa vs. No. 9 Auburn (TNT)
7:10 p.m. — No. 5 Duke vs. No. 12 Oral Roberts (CBS)
7:25 p.m. — No. 2 Texas vs. No. 15 Colgate (TBS)
7:35 p.m. — No. 7 Northwestern vs. No. 10 Boise State (truTV)
9:20 p.m. — No. 1 Houston vs. No. 16 Northern Kentucky (TNT)
9:40 p.m. — No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Louisiana (CBS)
9:55 p.m. — No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Penn State (TBS)
10:05 p.m. — No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 UNC Asheville (truTV)

Must see: Duke-Oral Roberts isn’t just the most anticipated game of this window. The selection game may be in the first round. An Oral Roberts team that is far better than the 15th-ranked team that performed astoundingly in the Sweet 16 two years ago will be targeting a talent-packed Duke team that is peaking in March. Max Apmas is back and has launched an even more deadly attack on the ball screens. His supporting cast is even stronger this year, with 7-foot-5 lead-in and pop-choice specialist Conor Vanover leading the way.