NCAA Tournament 2015 TV Schedule: Network Listings for Each Round

Hopefully you've stocked up on erasers and white out, because it's officially bracket season.

Selection Sunday brought many surprises, and while you can spend all the time you want debating seeding decisions with your friends around the water cooler, it's probably best to hunker down and get to work filling out your bracket. The best way to win the argument is to have the best bracket.

The popular pick is Kentucky. At 34-0, the Wildcats are considered the statistical favorites to win the NCAA tournament, according to FiveThirtyEight.com. But please, feel free to be as bold as you'd like.

Be sure to tune into as many games as possible during March Madness. Below is a complete breakdown of which networks you can catch each round's games on.

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Date	Round	Network
March 17-18	First Round (Dayton, Ohio)	TruTV
March 19 & 21	Second and Third Round (Jacksonville, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon)	CBS, TBS, TNT
March 20 & 22	Second and Third Round (Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Omaha, Nebraska; Seattle, Washington)	CBS, TBS, TNT
March 26	Sweet 16 (Midwest and West Regions)	CBS, TBS, TNT
March 27	Sweet 16 (South and East Regions)	CBS, TBS, TNT
March 28	Elite Eight (Midwest and West Regions)	TBS
March 29	Elite Eight (South and East Regions)	CBS
April 4	Final Four (Indianapolis, Indiana)	CBS
April 6	National Championship Game (Indianapolis, Indiana)	CBS

Teams to Watch

No. 10 Davidson

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Most fans only recognize Davidson as that place where Stephen Curry tore it up before tearing it up for the Golden State Warriors, but there's plenty of reason to love where this team is now.

After dominating in the Atlantic 10 Conference, the Wildcats have a date with Iowa in second round of the tourney. As Chad Leistikow of the Des Moines Register tweets, that might not be the best matchup for the small Wildcats:

The Hawkeyes may have more size at each position on the court, but ESPN Stats & Info still favors the lower-seeded Wildcats:

But why is that?

David Fox of AthlonSports.com has an idea why:

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[Head coach] Bob McKillop has his most dangerous team since Stephen Curry was on campus. The Wildcats closed the regular season with nine consecutive wins to claim the Atlantic 10 regular season title in only their first year in the league. Davidson is a machine on offense, averaging 1.21 points per possession during the nine-game winning streak. During that span, Davidson is making 11.3 3-pointers per game at a 41-percent clip. 

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The team has been an offensive juggernaut all year, ranking sixth in the nation in points per game (79.9). Four players average at least 11.9 points per contest, with Tyler Kalinoski (17.0) and Jack Gibbs (16.3) leading the charge.

If Kalinoski and Gibbs can have their way with Iowa's defense that only allows 61.9 points per game, then Davidson should coast to the third round. The winner of Gonzaga-North Dakota State would be next on the schedule.

Gonzaga would be a tough opponent given the Bulldogs' unreal efficiency (52.4 percent shooters on the year), and North Dakota State's defense is strong enough to give Davidson fits.

But with one win over a higher-ranked team already under its belt, Davidson could make some moves and ruin more than a few brackets in the process.

No. 8 Oregon

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Oregon fell to Arizona in the Pac-12 title game, but that didn't stop the selection committee from deeming the Ducks worthy of a No. 8 seed in the tournament. Few would have guessed that Oregon would make it this far if you asked them weeks before the season, writes Tyson Alger of The Oregonian.

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It's Oregon's third consecutive NCAA Tournament bid under Dana Altman and one that few would have predicted before the season began. In fact, the Ducks (25-9, 13-5 Pac-12) were picked to finish eighth in the conference following an offseason of expulsions, transfers and controversy. Oregon returned just three scholarship players from a season ago and crossed its fingers with a lineup filled with freshmen and junior college transfers.

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But an important player did return. Senior Joseph Young was stellar for the Ducks, averaging 20.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists per contest. He has been Oregon's star since his sophomore campaign, averaging at least 18.0 points per game for the past three seasons.

Young is almost certainly directly responsible for Oregon's seeding in the tournament. He was the reason his team moved on to play Arizona in the Pac-12 title game. It was all thanks to this last-second jumper:

He and his teammates face Oklahoma State in Round 2, but they will most likely face Wisconsin—the West's No. 1 seed—should they advance to the next round. That's not an unwinnable game, but it's obviously a very difficult one.

It may seem like a stretch to consider Oregon a sleeper considering the small chance there would be of taking down Wisconsin, but the Ducks have already had a magical run this season. It could very well continue.

No. 12 Stephen F. Austin

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Winning 28 of your last 29 games is usually a sure-fire way to earn a bid in the NCAA tournament. That's what Stephen F. Austin did, and that's why the Lumberjacks shouldn't be slept on.

In fact, USA Today's Nicole Auerbach thinks that they're an early-round sleeper candidate:

Auerbach's pick probably isn't based on a hunch. The Lumberjacks have one of the top offenses in the country, averaging 79.5 points and 17.8 assists per game. Their unselfishness ranks them tops in the nation.

The amount of passing this offense does gives shooters open looks, evidenced by their stellar 49.1 shooting percentage. With so many players capable of converting on open looks, opposing teams inevitably have difficulties limiting them.

The winner of Georgetown and Eastern Washington awaits Stephen F. Austin should it take care of Utah. Georgetown, the South's No. 4 seed, is a beatable team. The Hoyas don't do anything exceptionally well, and they lost 10 games during the regular season.

If the Lumberjacks get past Utah, then don't be surprised if they're in the Sweet 16.

Kenny DeJohn is a Breaking News Team Featured Columnist. Follow him on Twitter.