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Selection Sunday 2018: Live Stream, TV Coverage for Bracket Announcement

David McCrackenMar 10, 2018

March Madness is alive and well as conference tournament play wraps up later on Saturday. But as all college basketball fans know, this is only the beginning.

The true chaos that is the NCAA tournament will soon be here as the bracket will be finalized this Sunday before next week's slate of games.

Here's everything you'll need to know ahead of Selection Sunday:

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NCAA Tournament Selection Shows: Time, TV channel 

Time: 6 p.m. ET
Date: Sunday, March 11
TV channel: TBS

NCAA Tournament Schedule

Sunday, March 11: Selection Sunday 

Tuesday, March 13: First Four in Dayton, Ohio

Wednesday, March 14: First Four in Dayton, Ohio

Thursday, March 15, and Friday, March 16: First-round games

Saturday, March 17, and Sunday, March 18: Second-round games

Thursday, March 22, and Friday, March 23: Sweet 16

Saturday, March 24, and Sunday, March 25: Elite Eight

Saturday, March 31: Final Four

Monday, April 2: Championship

TV and Live-Stream Information

CBS Sports and Turner Sports will broadcast the tournament on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV.

Every NCAA tournament game will be available to viewers who have the aforementioned channels and through the March Madness app. TBS will host the Final Four this year. 

Possible No. 1 Seeds

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 09:  Aaron Thompson #2 and Kamar Baldwin #3 of the Butler Bulldogs fight for the ball with Collin Gillespie #2 of the Villanova Wildcats in the second half during semifinals of the Big East Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Gard

Duke had the potential for a No. 1 seed in this year's NCAA tournament if it won the ACC tournament while other teams slipped up. But instead, it was the Blue Devils who fell victim to a dangerous North Carolina team that took care of business against its biggest rival in the ACC semifinals.

For the time being, it looks like the following four teams are locks for No. 1 seeds: Virginia, Villanova, Xavier and Kansas. Just like we all predicted last fall, right? 

Virginia did well against a tough Clemson side Friday to reach the ACC tournament final to take on the Tarheels, and a win essentially guarantees them a top seed in the Big Dance.

But even if the Cavaliers lose to UNC, they're still in good standing to warrant a top seed in the tournament. After all, there isn't much competition at their heels.

Villanova defeated Butler 87-68 in the Big East semifinal and look to be one of the teams to beat once the tournament tips off next week.

The Wildcats will likely have to win against No. 5-seeded Providence to guarantee a No. 1 seed, but they shouldn't have much trouble against the Friars Saturday afternoon. 

Kansas was another team to win comfortably in its conference semifinal matchup, defeating Kansas State 83-67 to advance to the Big 12 tournament final.

Regardless of Kansas' result against West Virginia Saturday afternoon, the Jayhawks will likely have the No. 1 seed wrapped up. Although, a convincing victory over the Mountaineers wouldn't hurt their case. 

Xavier didn't come out of nowhere this season, but it's hard to imagine many people had this team playing for a No. 1 seed this late in the game.

But credit where credit is due for Xavier, as the Musketeers fought through a tough regular season to make it to the big East semifinals. Unfortunately for Xavier, it fell to Providence in the semis, leaving its No. 1 seed in doubt. 

Having said that, Xavier still might be able to hold on to a No. 1 seed now that Duke fell to North Carolina in the ACC. If the Tarheels were to defeat Virginia, however, it's possible that UNC could steal a No. 1 seed with two high-quality wins on its resume going into the tournament.

It's unlikely that the selection committee would choose UNC over Xavier, but it's possible. We'll have to wait until Sunday for the outcome. 

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