It’s always exciting to see when the tip times comes out on Sunday night after the NCAA Tournament field is announced.  As you can see below, every game will be televised live, so there’ll be no more of a need to wait on Greg Gumbel to move you around to the better game.  If you haven’t already moved four TVs into your living room for next weekend, we can only assume that you’re: a) lazy; or b) waiting on the other flat screens to arrive.  Either way, get on this, and soon.  You’ll also note the new staggered tip times throughout the day so that there will literally be games on for 12-13 consecutive hours — this is also known as heaven.  Enjoy.

You’re already planning your viewing schedule for this weekend, but how can you do that without the tip times?  Well, rather than making us wait until Monday as CBS used to do, they’ve wised up and put them out tonight.  We’ve highlighted the best game in each viewing slot – enjoy!

Thursday, March 18

• 12:20 pm – #7 BYU vs. #10 Florida
• 12:25 pm – #6 Notre Dame vs. #11 Old Dominion
• 12:30 pm – #2 Villanova vs. #15 Robert Morris
• 2:30 pm – #4 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Murray State
• 2:40 pm – #2 Kansas State vs. #15 North Texas
• 2:45 pm – #3 Baylor vs. #14 Sam Houston State
• 2:50 pm – #7 Richmond vs. #10 St. Mary’s
• 4:45 pm – #5 Butler vs. #12 UTEP
• 7:10 pm – #8 Northern Iowa vs. #9 UNLV
• 7:15 pm – #1 Kentucky vs. #16 ETSU
• 7:20 pm – #6 Marquette vs. #11 Washington
• 7:25 pm – #3 Georgetown vs. #14 Ohio
• 9:30 pm – #1 Kansas vs. #16 Lehigh
• 9:35 pm – #8 Texas vs. #9 Wake Forest
• 9:40 pm – #3 New Mexico vs. #14 Montana
• 9:45 pm – #6 Tennessee vs. #11 San Diego State

Friday, March 19

• 12:15 pm – #2 West Virginia vs. #15 Morgan State
• 12:25 pm – #6 Xavier vs. #11 Minnesota
• 12:30 pm – #5 Temple vs. #12 Cornell
• 2:30 pm – #4 Purdue vs. #13 Siena
• 2:35 pm – #7 Clemson vs. #10 Missouri
• 2:45 pm – # 3 Pittsburgh vs. #14 Oakland
• 2:50 pm – #4 Wisconsin vs. #13 Wofford
• 4:45 pm – #5 Texas A&M vs. #12 Utah State
• 7:10 pm – #8 Gonzaga vs. #9 Florida State
• 7:15 pm – #7 Oklahoma State vs. #10 Georgia Tech
• 7:25 pm – #1 Duke vs. #16 Arkansas Pine Bluff/Winthrop
• 7:30 pm – #5 Michigan State vs. #12 New Mexico State
• 9:30 pm – #1 Syracuse vs. #16 Vermont
• 9:35 pm – #2 Ohio State vs. #15 UC Santa Barbara
• 9:40 pm – #4 Maryland vs. #13 Houston
• 9:45 pm – #8 California vs. #9 Louisville

* as soon as we can find the regional viewing maps later this week, we’ll put those up somewhere too.