NCAA and NIT Selection shows, times, channels....

[NT80]

NCAA men's selection show:  5pm CT on CBS, and livestream available...

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-03-12/2023-selection-sunday-date-schedule-tv-times

NCAA women's selection show:  7pm CT on ESPN.

NIT selection show:  9pm CT on ESPNU, live stream on Sling TV, ESPN+...

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/nit-selection-show-2023-time-date-channel/hdc6qmyqi14xktwpa0ckliln

 

[greenminer]

official NCAA bracket site, updated in real time

 

https://www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/bracket

[untbowler]

FAU trending as an #8 seed, got screwed and given a #9, probably deserved a #7 after cruising the for most of the past 8-10 games

[meaniegreenie]

Why are 2 of the play-in games for 16 seeds but the other 2 are for 11 seed?

[Andrew]

7 minutes ago, meaniegreenie said:

Why are 2 of the play-in games for 16 seeds but the other 2 are for 11 seed?

It’s been like that for a while. Honesty wish they removed the “play in” games and go back to 64 and have a better selection process. 

[NT80]

16 minutes ago, meaniegreenie said:

Why are 2 of the play-in games for 16 seeds but the other 2 are for 11 seed?

I didn't really know either.  Interesting history; it goes all the way back to 1998 when the MWC schools broke off from the WAC.   The first 10 years was a simple play-in game for #16 teams.  Then it basically evolved to get more "name" teams into the Tourney as at-large entrie$ for TV revenue.  Yes, "name" teams....

"Bringing four ''name'' teams into the fold led to a dramatic boost in TV ratings."

From 2022...

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/ncaa-tournament-explaining-oft-misunderstood-first-four-how-it-all-works#:~:text=They didn't want a,two teams to get invites.

Edited March 13, 2023 by NT80

[meaniegreenie]

1 hour ago, NT80 said:

I didn't really know either.  Interesting history; it goes all the way back to 1998 when the MWC schools broke off from the WAC.   The first 10 years was a simple play-in game for #16 teams.  Then it basically evolved to get more "name" teams into the Tourney as at-large entrie$ for TV revenue.  Yes, "name" teams....

"Bringing four ''name'' teams into the fold led to a dramatic boost in TV ratings."

From 2022...

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/ncaa-tournament-explaining-oft-misunderstood-first-four-how-it-all-works#:~:text=They didn't want a,two teams to get invites.

Yeah, I remember how it all started but didn't know the history of why the play-in for the 11 slot.

This was the part I didn't know: "and then two more games for the four lowest-rated at-large selections, either in a No. 11 or No. 12 game"

[CMJ]

I remember there was discussion about making the First Four ALL at-larges or ALL 16 seeds, so they ended up splitting the difference.