What channel is truTV? How to watch the first four, opening round games of the NCAA Tournament

Whether at home, in a bar or at work, millions of Americans will tune in to see how teams win or break their league.

CBS and Turner Sports hold the broadcast rights to the NCAA Men’s Tournament, airing games on four channels. You may know three of them, CBS, TNT, and TBS, from airing dozens of other sporting events each year, but the remaining channel, truTV, always eludes basketball fans each year.

Here’s where to find TruTV, based on your cable provider or streaming service, and what games will be on the network:

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What channel is truTV?

TruTV can be found on several cable providers and has the same channel number nationwide on some of the providers. Here are the channels:

For streaming, truTV is also available on: YouTube TV, iOS App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Android TV.

What March Madness games will be on truTV?

Twelve games will air on truTV in the early days of March Madness, including all four First Four games. These are the games that will be on truTV, as well as the warning times (on ET):

first four

• No. 16 Southeastern Missouri vs. No. 16 Texas A&M- Corpus Christi (Tuesday, 6:40 p.m.)

• No. 11 Pittsburgh vs. No. 11 Mississippi State (Tuesday, 9:10 p.m.)

• No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. No. 16 Texas Southern (Wednesday, 6:40 p.m.)

• No. 11 Nevada vs. No. 11 State of Arizona (Wednesday, 9:10 p.m.)

First round

• No. 4 Virginia vs. No. 13 Furman (Thursday, 12:40 p.m.)

• No. 5 San Diego State vs. No. 12 College of Charleston (Thursday, 3:10 p.m.)

• No. 7 Northwestern vs. No. 10 Boise State (Thursday, 7:35 p.m.)

• No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 UNC Asheville (Thursday, 10:05 p.m.)

• No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 14 Kennesaw State (Friday, 12:40 p.m.)

• No. 6 Iowa State vs. No. 11 Pittsburgh/No. 11 Mississippi State (Friday, 3:10 p.m.)

• No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Grand Canyon (Friday, 7:35 pm)

• No. 6 TCU vs. No. 11 Nevada/No. 11 Arizona State (Friday, 10:05 p.m.)

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