From the first tip to the final game, TSN and TSN2 hit the hardcourt to deliver complete coverage of one of the most anticipated college tournaments each year – the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, otherwise known as NCAA® MARCH MADNESS®.
Coverage begins in Canada on Thursday, March 17 with Second Round match-ups starting at 11:30 a.m. ET on TSN and TSN2 (see broadcast schedule below). Overall, TSN and TSN2 will have coverage of every game of the tournament including the championship game on Monday, April 4. All games on TSN and TSN2 are available nationally in High Definition.
Leading up to the tournament, TSN.ca has live streaming of the four First Round games on March 15 and 16, as two of the games will feature teams seeded 65th to 68th on the overall seed list, while the other two games will feature the last four of the at-large teams selected to the tournament. Live coverage of the First Round games begins at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET each night on TSN.ca.
TSN’s James Cybulski hosts coverage of NCAA MARCH MADNESS from the network’s studios alongside basketball analysts Jack Armstrong, Leo Rautins, Dan Shulman and Sherman Hamilton. The original studio show features pre- and post-game analysis of the day’s action, along with live look-ins to various games.
In addition, fans can get primed for the tournament with a 30 minute NCAA MARCH MADNESS TOURNAMENT PREVIEW SHOW live on Monday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN. Host Cybulski is joined by Armstrong and Rautins as they breakdown the four brackets and tee up the action. The show also focuses on the Canadian players looking to make their mark on the tournament, including Texas freshmen starters Tristan Thompson from Brampton, ON and Cory Joseph from Pickering, ON; Syracuse leading scorer Kris Joseph from Montreal; and high-scoring Gonzaga centre Robert Sacre from Vancouver, who is one of three Canadians on the team.
SPORTSCENTRE
TSN’s flagship sports news program will have complete coverage of NCAA MARCH MADNESS, including game highlights, reports and analysis. Some famous faces will also be featured on SPORTSCENTRE next week to share their brackets and give their top picks for the tournament.
TSN.ca
Hoops fans can get their fix of NCAA MARCH MADNESS on TSN.ca, as Canada’s leading sports website will feature all the latest scores, news, highlights and analysis from TSN’s basketball experts, along with live streaming of the tournament’s First Round games on March 15 and 16 at 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET on both evenings. TSN.ca will also highlight the home-grown talent in NCAA MARCH MADNESS so fans can track their favourite Canadians and feature celebrity picks for the tournament.
TSN.ca also gives fans the chance to flex their bracketology muscles by participating in the TSN Bracket Contest – the website’s first-ever play-along bracket game for NCAA MARCH MADNESS. Fans can guess each game’s winner on a round-by-round basis throughout the entire tournament and compete against the rest of the country for great prizes, including prizes for each round. Fans can also create a group to compete against their peers for ultimate bragging rights or simply follow the tournament action with a printable bracket.
TSN MOBILE
The TSN MOBILE app for iPhone and Blackberry will keep fans up-to-date with news and scores from the biggest collegiate basketball tournament in the U.S.
TSN and TSN2 2011 NCAA MARCH MADNESS Broadcast Schedule
First Round
• Tuesday, March 15 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET on TSN.ca
• Wednesday, March 16 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET on TSN.ca
Second Round
• Thursday, March 17 11:30 a.m.–12 midnight ET on TSN
• Thursday, March 17 11:30 a.m.–12 midnight ET on TSN2
• Friday, March 18 12 noon–6:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Friday, March 18 9:30 p.m.–12 midnight ET on TSN
• Friday, March 18 12 noon–12 midnight ET on TSN2
Third Round
• Saturday, March 19 12 noon–4:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Saturday, March 19 10 p.m.–11:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Saturday, March 19 4:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
• Sunday, March 20 9:30 p.m.–11:30 p.m. ET on TSN
• Sunday, March 20 3 p.m.–10:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
Sweet Sixteen®
• Thursday, March 24 10 p.m.–12 midnight ET on TSN
• Thursday, March 24 7 p.m.–11:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
• Friday, March 25 10 p.m.–12 midnight on TSN
• Friday, March 25 7 p.m.–9:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
Elite Eight®
• Saturday, March 26 4 p.m.–9 p.m. ET on TSN
• Sunday, March 27 2 p.m.–7 p.m. ET on TSN
Final Four®
• Saturday, April 2 6 p.m.–10:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
Championship Game
• Monday, April 4 9 p.m.–11:30 p.m. ET on TSN2
