What games to watch during Saturday’s NCAA tournament second round

Gonzaga's Drew Timme drives between Georgia State's Kane Williams (12) and Collin Moore.
Gonzaga’s Drew Timme drives between Georgia State’s Kane Williams (12) and Collin Moore throughout a first-round NCAA event recreation Thursday in Portland, Ore.
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Anybody who grew up obsessive about March Insanity has their tales of how they managed to observe the NCAA event from faculty or the workplace. In highschool, I snuck a transportable handheld TV that my mother had — this was the mid-Nineties — and grabbed a glimpse of the CBS feed at any time when I might.

At this time, in fact, we're spoiled. The entire video games are on a cable community or the March Insanity streaming app. I’ll have 4 screens going till there’s solely a necessity for 3, three till there’s solely a necessity for 2, and so forth.

However some will not be on my degree. For these of you who may have the bandwidth for one recreation at a time, right here’s my finest guess for what would be the recreation to observe throughout every a part of the day all through the early a part of the event.

No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 8 North Carolina, 9:10 a.m., CBS: The defending nationwide champion Bears might have their arms full with the Tar Heels if the staff that blew out Marquette on Thursday exhibits up. However consistency has been North Carolina’s Achilles heel.

No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Michigan, 2:15 p.m., CBS: Within the final decade, solely Gonzaga (23) has gained extra NCAA event video games than Michigan (22). The Wolverines have a manner of placing it collectively in March and have extra of a observe file than Rick Barnes’ Volunteers. That stated, Tennessee is a clearly higher staff this season.

No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 5 Saint Mary’s, 4:10 p.m., TBS: The Bruins have been on the point of a first-round exit towards Akron, however they’re certain to play higher Saturday. They’ll need to, as a result of Saint Mary’s regarded like a staff that desires to maintain enjoying for some time, making Indiana appear to be the mid-major program.

No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 9 Memphis, 6:40 p.m., TBS: The Bulldogs struggled to get separation from Georgia State earlier than Drew Timme and Chet Holmgren merely took over. Memphis is likely one of the few groups that may come near matching Gonzaga’s expertise, however the Tigers haven’t confirmed that they've the seasoning — but.

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