PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — It is as much of a sign of the coming spring as losing an hour of sleep, false spring, and allergies. It is NCAA Tournament time. Once again this year, big games are coming to KOIN 6 along with a slew of schedule adjustments for KOIN 6 News programming.
As has been the case for the last several tournaments, live coverage of the 67 games will be split between four channels: TNT, TBS, TrueTV, and CBS/KOIN 6. To see a full list of the live and streaming coverage of every game, click here.
The First Four games will be played in Dayton, Ohio Tuesday and Wednesday night with the winners(*) advancing to the field of 64. Those games will be broadcast and streamed on TrueTV.
The only team from the Portland region to make the men's tournament, Pac-12 Tournament Champion Oregon Ducks, and 11 seed, will get started against 6th-seeded South Carolina, on Thursday at 1 p.m. on TNT
The games on KOIN 6 on Thursday and Friday feature true Blue Bloods North Carolina, Michigan State, Kentucky, UCONN, and Duke. On both days, CBS Sports will tip off their coverage at 9 a.m. followed by these games:
(9) Michigan State vs. (8) Mississippi State
(16) *TBA vs. (1) N. Carolina
(14) Oakland vs. (3) Kentucky
(11) N.C. State vs. (5) Texas Tech
(9) Northwestern vs. (8) FAU
(16) Stetson vs. (1) UCONN
(13) Vermont vs. (4) Duke
(12) James Madison vs. (5) Wisconsin
Due to the coverage of four games on both Thursday and Friday, there are some significant changes to the broadcast schedule for KOIN 6 News:
CBS Sports coverage of the NCAA Tournament
The Price is Right
KOIN 6 News Special Edition
CBS Sports coverage of the NCAA Tournament
KOIN 6 News Special Edition
GameON! NCAA Tournament Edition
As the field is cut from 64 to 32 teams, second-round games will take center stage this weekend. Coverage starts at 9 am both Saturday and Sunday and will once again be split between TNT, TBS, TrueTV, and CBS/KOIN 6.
Winners in Saturday and Sunday games will advance to the Sweet 16, which starts next Thursday.
