Coaches take us back to their earliest March Madness memories Coaches take us back to their earliest March Madness memories For the ninth consecutive year, Turner Sports and CBS Sports will provide live coverage of all 67 games from the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship across four national television networks – TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV – with all games streamed on NCAA March Madness Live. CBS will televise the NCAA Final Four® National Semifinals on Saturday, April 6, and then the National Championship on Monday, April 8, from Minneapolis, Minn. This marks the fourth time that Minneapolis will host the Final Four and the first time since 2001. On-site Final Four studio coverage airing on CBS on Saturday will begin with At the Final Four presented by Infiniti from 3-4 p.m. ET, followed by the Final Four Show from 4-6 p.m. The Capital One Championship Central pregame show will air at 8:30 p.m., leading into the National Championship game on Monday. The Regional Final games will once again be split by TBS and CBS. TBS will air the games on Saturday, March 30, beginning at 6 p.m., while CBS will televise the games on Sunday afternoon, March 31, starting at 2 p.m. NCAA livestream: How to watch every game in the NCAA Tournament Coverage of the 2019 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will begin with a one-hour Selection Show on Sunday, March 17, from 6-7 p.m. on CBS. Host Greg Gumbel will be joined by analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis. Andy Katz talks NCAA tournament bubble teams and the favorites for No. 1 seeds NCAA Tournament game action will tip off with the NCAA First Four™ on truTV, Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20, with coverage beginning at 6 p.m. both nights. Additional highlights (complete telecast schedule attached): Turner will air 43 game telecasts across its three networks (TBS, TNT and truTV); CBS will broadcast 24 games throughout the tournament including the National Championship, Final Four Semifinals, Elite 8®, Sweet 16® and first and second rounds; TBS will televise 18 contests including the Elite 8®, Sweet 16® and first and second round games; truTV will air a total of 13 games, including the First Four™ and the first and second rounds; TNT will televise 12 games including first and second round match-ups. POWER 36: Andy Katz's latest ranking of the teams that are looking good right now Turner Sports and CBS Sports will also return March Madness Confidential, providing exclusive, behind-the-scenes access of select NCAA Tournament teams, with features airing during studio coverage and on NCAA.com, chronicling their Tournament journeys. CBS and Turner will again present integrated game and studio productions with pregame, halftime, bridge and postgame shows from studios in New York City and Atlanta. Studio shows will include The Road to the Final Four® and Infiniti NCAA Tip-Off pregame shows, AT&T at the Half, Capital One Tournament Central and the Inside March Madness® presented by Buick postgame show. Accompanying the live television presentation, NCAA March Madness Live will once again be the ultimate digital destination for direct access to all 67 games of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Additionally, social integrations will include the latest highlights, behind the scenes content and news updates across the official March Madness Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat accounts for companion content throughout the tournament. Turner will televise the NCAA Final Four National Semifinals and National Championship in 2020, with the events alternating between CBS and Turner each year throughout the partnership. Follow us on Twitter: @MarchMadnessTV and NCAA.com for schedule updates and the latest NCAA Tournament broadcast news and information.<doc-sep>Getty Images Getting your bracketology ready for March Madness later this month? One great way to prepare for the 2019 NCAA tournament is to check out the lead-in conference championships happening this week. The 2019 Big Ten tournament starts March 13. After a Michigan State win over Michigan, the Big Ten Conference has seeded Michigan State number one. They'll face off on Friday, March 15 against the winning teams from the March 14 games. Before that happens, the lower-ranked teams -- seeds 5-14 -- will play starting Wednesday, March 13. The Big Ten tournament wraps up Sunday, March 17, leading up to the Selection Sunday Show that evening. So how can you watch all that Big Ten action this year? The early rounds this week are on the Big Ten Network while the semifinals and championship air this weekend on CBS (note that CNET is a division of CBS). Thanks to live TV streaming services, you can watch even if don't have a cable subscription. Here's how. Other 2019 NCAA Basketball Conference Championships Now playing: Watch this: March Madness 2019: Everything you need to know When are the Big Ten tournament games on? With 14 teams invited to battle it out in the Big Ten, the NCAA holds four rounds leading up to the championship. March 13: First Round Game 1: No. 12 Rutgers vs. No. 13 Nebraska at 6:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network Game 2: No. 11 Illinois vs. No. 14 Northwestern at 9 p.m. on Big Ten Network March 14: Second Round Game 3: No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Indiana at 12:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network Game 4: No. 5 Maryland vs. Game 1 winner at 3 p.m. on Big Ten Network Game 5: No. 7 Minnesota vs. No. 10 Penn State at 7 p.m. on Big Ten Network Game 6: No. 6 Iowa vs. Game 2 winner at 9:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network March 15: Quarterfinals Game 7: No. 1 Michigan State vs. Game 3 winner at 12:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network Game 8: No. 4 Wisconsin vs. Game 4 winner at 3 p.m. on Big Ten Network Game 9: No. 2 Purdue vs. Game 5 winner at 7 p.m. on Big Ten Network Game 10: No. 3 Michigan vs. Game 6 winner at 9:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network March 16: Semifinals Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner at 1 p.m. on CBS Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner at 3:30 p.m. on CBS March 17: Championship Game 13 at 3:30 p.m. on CBS How can I watch the games live? Many cable and satellite service have the Big Ten Network and CBS, but if you don't have cable, you can use a TV streaming service to watch live. In order to watch CBS's coverage, however, you'll need to make sure the service carries your local CBS station. Other stuff to know about live TV streaming services: You'll need a solid internet connection. You can watch any of them on TV as long as your smart TV has the service's app. You can also watch on your TV using a media streamer, including Roku, Fire TV ( ) , Apple TV and Chromecast ( ) . , Apple TV and Chromecast . You can also watch on iPhones, Android phones and tablets and PC browsers. You can sign up and cancel anytime, no contract required. All of them offer free trial periods, so you can sign up to watch the tournament and then cancel. Disclosure: CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of products featured on this page. YouTube TV costs $40 a month and includes Big Ten Network and CBS. Enter your zip code here to see if you live in one of its CBS markets. Hulu with Live TV costs $45 a month and includes Big Ten Network and CBS. Check to see which live channels (including CBS) Hulu offers in your area. Fubo costs $45 a month and includes Big Ten Network and CBS. Check to see if Fubo offers a live feed of CBS where you live. PlayStation Vue's $50 Core plan includes Big Ten Network and CBS. Check out which live, local networks (including CBS) you get on the PlayStation Vue's Plans page.<doc-sep>INDIANAPOLIS —The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams that will compete in the 2019 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship. PRINT YOUR BRACKET: Bracket, schedule and NCAA DII tournament FAQs | Interactive bracket Twenty-four conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 40 teams were selected at large by the committee. TOURNAMENT WATCH: Red-hot teams | Stat leaders | Undefeated tracker Six of the regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be conducted March 16, 17 and 19 at regional sites. The south central regional will be conducted March 15, 16 and 19. The west regional will be conducted March 15, 16 and 18. The eight regional champions will advance to the quarterfinals in conjunction with the 2019 NCAA Division II Men’s Elite Eight at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana. CONFERENCE TEAM California Collegiate Athletic Association UC San Diego Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Dominican (NY) Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Virginia State Conference Carolinas Emmanuel (Georgia) East Coast Conference Molloy Great American Conference Southern Nazarene Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Grand Valley State Great Lakes Valley Conference Bellarmine Great Midwest Athletic Conference Walsh Great Northwest Athletic Conference Seattle Pacific Gulf South Conference Delta State Heartland Conference St. Edward’s Lone Star Conference West Texas A&M Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Northwest Missouri State Mountain East Conference Notre Dame (Ohio) Northeast-10 Conference Merrimack Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Northern State Pacific West Conference Point Loma Peach Belt Conference Augusta University Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Indiana (Pennsylvania) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference New Mexico Highlands South Atlantic Conference Catawba Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Miles Sunshine State Conference Florida Southern Those institutions receiving at-large berths are, in alphabetical order, as follows: Alabama Huntsville Angelo State Ashland Cal Poly Pomona Chaminade Colorado School of Mines Concordia (California) Daemen Dallas Baptist University Drury East Stroudsburg Fairmont State Findlay Francis Marion Le Moyne Lenoir-Rhyne Lewis Lubbock Christian Lynn Mercyhurst Minnesota State Mankato Missouri Southern State New Haven Nova Southeastern Queens (North Carolina) Saint Anselm Saint Martin’s St. Cloud State St. Thomas Aquinas South Carolina Aiken Southeastern Oklahoma State Southern Indiana Texas A&M-Commerce UNC Pembroke Valdosta State Washburn West Alabama West Chester West Liberty Western Oregon Ferris State defeated Northern State, 71-69, to win the 2018 NCAA Division II Men’s Elite Eight championship game in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Atlantic | Central |East | Midwest | South Central |South |Southeast |West For more information about the championship, log on to NCAA.com. DII MEN'S BASKETBALL NEWS: Top stories | Most titles<doc-sep>
Icon Sportswire The big March Madness basketball tournament begins March 19, but die-hard fans can get a preview, with the NCAA's conference championships happening this week. One of them is the 2019 Big 12 tournament. The Big 12 Conference is home to Texas Tech, who went went on a Cinderella run in last year's NCAA tournament to advance to the Elite Eight, where they fell to Villanova. This year they're the Big 12 Tournament's No. 1 seed and scheduled to play Thursday, along with Kansas State, Kansas and Baylor. Before that happens the lower-ranked teams -- seeds 7-10 -- will face off starting Wednesday, March 13. The Big 12 tournament wraps up Saturday, March 16, leading up to March Madness Selection Sunday, March 17. So how can you polish up your bracketology and watch all that Big 12 action this year? It's all on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and thanks to live TV streaming services, you can watch even if don't have a cable subscription. Here's how. Other 2019 NCAA Basketball Conference Championships Now playing: Watch this: March Madness 2019: Everything you need to know When are the Big 12 tournament games on? With 10 teams invited to battle it out in the Big 12, the NCAA holds three rounds leading up to the championship. (All times in ET.) March 13: First round Game 1: No. 8 TCU vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State at 7 p.m. on ESPNU Game 2: No. 7 Oklahoma vs. No. 10 West Virginia at 9 p.m. on ESPNU March 14: Quarterfinals Game 3: No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 5 Iowa State at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 4: No. 1 Kansas State vs. Game 1 winner at 2:30 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 5: No. 2 Texas Tech vs. Game 2 winner at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 6: No. 3 Kansas vs. No. 6 Texas at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 March 15: Semifinals Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 Game 8: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner at 9 p.m. on ESPN2 March 16: Championship Game 9: 6 p.m. on ESPN How can I watch the games live? Many cable and satellite providers have ESPN, ESPN 2 and ESPNU, but if you don't have cable, you can use a TV streaming service to watch the games live. Every major service, except for Sling Blue and FuboTV, carries all three. First, some notes on live TV streaming services: You'll need a solid internet connection. You can watch any of them on TV as long as your smart TV has the service's app. You can also watch on your TV using a media streamer, including Roku, Fire TV ( ) , Apple TV and Chromecast ( ) . , Apple TV and Chromecast . You can also watch on iPhones phones and tablets and PC browsers. phones and tablets and PC browsers. You can sign up and cancel anytime, no contract required. All of them offer free trial periods, so you can sign up to watch the tournament and then cancel. Disclosure: CNET may get a share of revenue from the sale of products featured on this page. Sling TV costs $25 a month for Sling Orange, which includes ESPN and ESPN2, and it's running a special right now that gives gives you the first three months for $15 each. To get ESPNU you'll need the Sports Extra package, which adds another $5 per month. YouTube TV costs $40 a month and includes ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Hulu with Live TV costs $45 a month and includes ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. PlayStation Vue's $50 Core plan includes ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.