March Madness Bracket 2017: TV Coverage, Live Stream Schedule, Tournament Odds

The NCAA Division I men's college basketball tournament should provide great entertainment as usual this year. Specifically, the two first-round days of games should be fascinating, as each has some interesting matchups and potential upsets.

Here's a look at the television coverage for the First Four and the first round, as well as the latest NCAA tournament championship odds.

All the games can be live-streamed on March Madness Live.

March Madness Bracket

TV Coverage

Tuesday, March 14

Game (First Four)	Game Site	Time	Network
Mount St. Mary's vs. New Orleans	Dayton, Ohio	6:40 p.m. ET	truTV
Kansas State vs. Wake Forest	Dayton, Ohio	9:10 p.m. ET	truTV

The player to watch is Wake Forest big man John Collins, who willed the Demon Deacons into the NCAA tournament with some incredible performances down the stretch. Collins averaged 18.9 points and 9.8 boards per game this season.

Wednesday, March 15

Game (First Four)	Game Site	Time	Network
NC Central vs. UC Davis	Dayton, Ohio	6:40 p.m. ET	truTV
Providence vs. USC	Dayton, Ohio	9:10 p.m. ET	truTV

UC Davis is making its first appearance in the NCAA tournament in school history after winning the Big West Conference title.

The Aggies won 22 games and walked a tightrope in their last two contests of the postseason, as they beat Cal State Fullerton, 66-64 in overtime, and UC Irvine, 50-47, in the championship game.

Thursday, March 16

Games (First Round)	Game Site	Time (ET)	Network
Notre Dame vs. Princeton	Buffalo	12:15 p.m.	CBS
Virginia vs. UNC-Wilmington	Orlando	12:40 p.m.	truTV
Butler vs. Winthrop	Milwaukee	1:30 p.m.	TNT
Gonzaga vs. South Dakota St.	Salt Lake City	2 p.m.	TBS
West Virginia vs. Bucknell	Buffalo	2:45 p.m.	CBS
Florida vs. East Tennessee St.	Orlando	3:10 p.m.	truTV
Minnesota vs. Middle Tennessee St.	Milwaukee	4 p.m.	TNT
Northwestern vs. Vanderbilt	Salt Lake City	4:30 p.m.	TBS
Maryland vs. Xavier	Orlando	6:50 p.m.	TNT
Villanova vs. Mount St Mary's/New Orleans	Buffalo	7:10 p.m.	CBS
Saint Mary's vs. VCU	Salt Lake City	7:20 p.m.	TBS
Purdue vs. Vermont	Milwaukee	7:27 p.m.	truTV
Florida State vs. Florida Gulf Coast	Orlando	9:20 p.m.	TNT
Wisconsin vs. Virginia Tech	Buffalo	9:40 p.m.	CBS
Arizona vs. North Dakota	Salt Lake City	9:50 p.m.	TBS
Iowa State vs. Nevada	Milwaukee	9:57 p.m	truTV

Winter Storm Stella isn't going to stop fans from watching the first-round games in Buffalo, as that city is hosting a jam-packed group of games.

First, ACC power Notre Dame will try to hold off Ivy League champion Princeton. The Ivy League has done quite well in the first round this decade, winning four of seven first-round games.

Next, West Virginia will face off against Bucknell. WVU has a fantastic pressure defense that leads Division I in steals, but don't sleep on the 26-win Bison, who won at Vanderbilt this year and shoot 48 percent from the field.

Defending national champion Villanova will play in the first night game, and Wisconsin, a strong team that was well under-seeded at No. 8, will take on No. 9 Virginia Tech.

Elsewhere, keep an eye out for South Dakota State sharpshooter Mike Daum (25.4 points per game), two potential 5/12 upsets (Minnesota vs. Middle Tennessee and Iowa State vs. Nevada), Northwestern's first appearance in the NCAA tournament and a Floridian battle between Florida State and FGCU in Orlando.

Friday, March 17

Games (Round of 64)	Game Site	Time (ET)	Network
Michigan vs. Oklahoma State	Indianapolis	12:15 p.m.	CBS
Baylor vs. New Mexico State	Tulsa	12:40 p.m.	truTV
Arkansas vs. Seton Hall	Greenville	1:30 p.m.	TNT
Oregon vs. Iona	Sacramento	2 p.m.	TBS
Louisville vs. Jacksonville St.	Indianapolis	2:45 p.m.	CBS
SMU vs. Providence/USC	Tulsa	3:10 p.m.	truTV
North Carolina vs. Texas Southern	Greenville	4 p.m.	TNT
Creighton vs. Rhode Island	Sacramento	4:30 p.m.	TBS
Kansas vs. NC-Central/UC Davis	Tulsa	6:50 p.m.	TNT
Dayton vs. Wichita State	Indianapolis	7:10 p.m.	CBS
Duke vs. Troy	Greenville	7:20 p.m.	TBS
Cincinnati vs. Kansas St./Wake Forest	Sacramento	7:27 p.m.	truTV
Miami vs. Michigan State	Tulsa	9:20 p.m.	TNT
Kentucky vs. Northern Kentucky	Indianapolis	9:40 p.m.	CBS
South Carolina vs. Marquette	Greenville	9:50 p.m.	TBS
UCLA vs. Kent State	Sacramento	9:57 p.m	truTV

All information via ncaa.com.

Friday gets things going right away as Michigan looks to continue its postseason run of destiny. The Wolverines won the Big Ten tournament as a No. 8 seed, upsetting Purdue, Minnesota and Wisconsin along the way, after a horrifying plane accident that took place right when they were about to take off for the tournament in Washington D.C. All were well afterward, thankfully.

The team is playing very well, winning 10 of their last 12 with those two losses being an overtime defeat at Minnesota and a buzzer-beating loss on a Hail Mary pass and ensuing layup against Northwestern in the regular season. In other words, they've either won or competed throughout the entire game in their last 12.

Elsewhere, keep an eye out for some star freshmen (and future NBA pros) in their first-ever NCAA tournament games.

Kentucky guards Malik Monk and De'Aaron Fox and big man Bam Adebayo will take on first-time NCAA tournament participant Northern Kentucky, and UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball and big man TJ Leaf will face Kent State in the nightcap.

All five players are projected to go in the top 16 of the NBA draft, per nbadraft.net.

Championship Odds

Team	Odds
North Carolina	6-1
Duke	13-2
Villanova	8-1
Kansas	17-2
Arizona	17-2
Kentucky	9-1
Gonzaga	10-1
UCLA	12-1
Louisville	12-1
Oregon	18-1
West Virginia	22-1

Odds information per BetOnline (h/t OddsShark)

A few things stand out.

First, Duke has the second-best odds to win the entire tournament, even though it is a No. 2 seed and in the same regional as defending champion Villanova.

Second, Arizona vaulted up the odds chart this week and now sits tied for fourth-best with No. 1 seed Kansas at 17-2.

Finally, West Virginia has the 11th-best odds in the field at 22-1, despite being a No. 4 seed and facing potential dangerous matchups with the winner of the Notre Dame-Princeton game in the second round and Villanova in the Sweet 16.