2016 NCAA Tournament: Sweet 16 Schedule, Game Times, TV Channels and More
By Jim Oxley
How to watch the 2016 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16
The 2016 NCAA Tournament continues with the Sweet 16 round on Thursday and Friday. Sixteen teams will battle it out for a spot in the Elite Eight.
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The 2016 Sweet Sixteen features all four No. 1 seeds – Kansas, North Carolina, Virgina and Oregon, as well as a pair of No. 2 seeds, Oklahoma and Villanova.
Three-seeds left in action include Miami (FL) and Texas A&M, while Duke and Iowa State represent the only four-seeds remaining in the field.
Five-seeds include Maryland and Indiana, while Notre Dame represents the lone six seed and Wisconsin the lone seven seed. Rounding out the field is 10-seed Syracuse and 11-seed Gonzaga.
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While the West Region is all chalk with the 1-4 seeds all still alive, and the South Region is nearly chalk with only five-seed Maryland breaking through, the right side of the bracket is much messier, with a five, six, seven, ten and eleven seed thrown in the mix with a pair of one-seeds and a four seed.
The third round kicks off Thursday evening.
Here’s when and where, how to watch each of the games:
Thursday, March 24
- No. 3 Miami (FL) vs. No. 2 Villanova: 6:10 p.m. CT, TV: CBS, (live stream)
- No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 2 Oklahoma: 6:37 p.m. CT, TBS, (live stream)
- No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 1 Kansas: 8:40 p.m. CT, CBS, (live stream)
- No. 4 Duke vs. No. 1 Oregon: 8:55 p.m., TBS, (live stream)
Friday, March 25
- No. 4 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Virginia: 6:10 p.m. CT, CBS, (live stream)
- No. 7 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Notre Dame: 6:27 p.m., CT, TBS, (live stream)
- No. 11 Gonzaga vs. No. 10 Syracuse: 8:40 p.m. CT, CBS, (live stream)
- No. 5 Indiana vs. No. 1 North Carolina: 8:57 p.m. CT, TBS, (live stream)
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Action tips off Thursday night when Villanova and Miami (FL) tip off at 6:10 p.m. CT.