March Madness Bracket 2016: TV Coverage, Live Stream Schedule, Tournament Odds

Now that the brackets are ready, it's time to start planning where and how to watch these games.

The bulk of the 2016 NCAA tournament begins on Thursday with the first game featuring the Duke Blue Devils taking on the North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks at 12:15 p.m. ET on CBS.

CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV will carry the majority of the games, and you can also watch the games with the March Madness Live app on your favorite mobile devices.

Here's a look at the bracket, schedule and some odds for the first week of March Madness.

First Four	Time (ET)	TV
Thursday, March 17: First Round	Time (ET)	TV
Friday, March 18: First Round	Time (ET)	TV
Florida Gulf Coast vs. Fairleigh Dickinson	6:40 p.m. (March 15)	truTV
Vanderbilt vs. Wichita St.	Afterward (March 15)	truTV
Holy Cross vs. Southern U.	6:40 p.m. (March 16)	truTV
Michigan vs. Tulsa	Afterward (March 16)	truTV
Duke vs. North Carolina Wilmington	12:15 p.m.	CBS
Texas Tech vs. Butler	12:40 p.m.	truTV
Colorado vs. Connecticut	1:30 p.m.	TNT
Iowa State vs. Iona	2 p.m.	TBS
Baylor vs. Yale	TBD	CBS
Virginia vs. Hampton	TBD	truTV
Kansas vs. Austin Peay	TBD	TNT
Purdue vs. Arkansas-Little Rock	TBD	TBS
Miami vs. Buffalo	6:50 p.m.	TNT
Indiana vs. Chattanooga	7:10 p.m.	CBS
North Carolina vs. Florida Gulf Coast/Fairleigh Dickinson	7:20 p.m.	TBS
Utah vs. Fresno State	7:27 p.m.	truTV
Arizona vs. Vanderbilt/Wichita State	TBD	TNT
Kentucky vs. Stony Brook	TBD	CBS
Southern California (USC) vs. Providence	TBD	TBS
Seton Hall vs. Gonzaga	TBD	truTV
Dayton vs. Syracuse	12:15 p.m.	CBS
Villanova vs. UNC Asheville	12:40 p.m.	truTV
Oregon St. vs. VCU	1:30 p.m.	TNT
California vs. Hawaii	2 p.m.	TBS
Michigan St. vs. Middle Tennessee St.	TBD	CBS
Iowa vs. Temple	TBD	truTV
Oklahoma vs. CSU Bakersfield	TBD	TNT
Maryland vs. South Dakota St.	TBD	TBS
Wisconsin vs. Pittsburgh	6:50 p.m.	TNT
West Virginia vs. Stephen F. Austin	7:10 p.m.	CBS
Texas A&M vs. UW-Green Bay	7:20 p.m.	TBS
Oregon vs. Holy Cross/Southern U.	7:27 p.m. ET	truTV
Xavier vs. Weber St.	TBD	TNT
Notre Dame vs. Michigan/Tulsa	TBD	CBS
Texas vs. Northern Iowa	TBD	TBS
St. Joseph’s vs. Cincinnati	TBD	truTV

Michigan State	+500
Kansas	+500
North Carolina	+900
Kentucky	+1000
Oklahoma	+1200
Villanova	+1200
Virginia	+1400
Maryland	+2000

Favorite to Win It All: Kansas

The Kansas Jayhawks are the overall No. 1 seed for a reason. Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden have proved to be a dynamic duo for the Jayhawks, but what Devonte' Graham did in the Big 12 title game can't go overlooked.

Graham scored 27 points to lead the Jayhawks over West Virginia in the conference tournament championship. He's become a third option Kansas can go to down the stretch when in need of a big basket, as he proved on Saturday.

Luke Winn of Sports Illustrated sees Graham as a potential player to carry Kansas to a title:

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The Jayhawks are in the process of grooming one from within their own roster, because they do have a guard capable of leading with boundless emotion: Graham, the guy who skipped down the court on Saturday night after hitting a big three with 15:27 to go in the second half against West Virginia, which put Kansas up nine—and the same guy who did a low-armed, airplane-style glide, 38 seconds later, after another three that put KU up 12. Graham was a game-changer.

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The South Region is, without question, the most difficult region in the entire bracket. Kansas is at the top of it all, and whoever comes out of that region will win it all. There haven't been many teams this year that have taken the claim of being No. 1 and run with it. Kansas is one of the few, and the Jayhawks will be cutting the nets in early April because of their depth and overall talent level.

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