NCAA Tournament: First-round schedule, TV info, times, betting lines

March Madness begins Thursday morning, and if you’re trying to map out your watching – and betting – schedule, we have you covered.

Here’s the full list for the first round – both Thursday and Friday – and the spreads from Caesars Sportsbook, which is the official odds partner of Bet.NOLA.com (as of very late Wednesday night):

Thursday’s games

(9) West Virginia (-2) vs. (8) Maryland, 11:15 a.m. CBS

(13) Furman (+6) vs. (4) Virginia, 11:40 a.m. truTV

(10) Utah State (-1) vs. (7) Missouri, 12:40 p.m. TNT

(16) Howard (+22) vs. (1) Kansas, 1 p.m. TBS

(16) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (+24) vs. (1) Alabama, 1:45 p.m. CBS

(12) Charleston (+4.5) vs. (5) San Diego State, 2:10 p.m. truTV

(15) Princeton (+14) vs. (2) Arizona, 3:10 p.m. TNT

(9) Illinois (+2) vs. (8) Arkansas, 3:30 p.m. TBS

(9) Auburn (-1) vs. (8) Iowa, 5:50 p.m. TNT

(12) Oral Roberts (+6) vs. (5) Duke, 6:10 p.m. CBS

(15) Colgate (+13.5) vs. (2) Texas, 6:25 p.m. TBS

(10) Boise State (+1.5) vs. (7) Northwestern, 6:35 p.m. truTV

(16) Northern Kentucky (+18) vs. (1) Houston, 8:20 p.m. TNT

(13) UL (+11.5) vs. (4) Tennessee, 8:40 p.m. CBS

(10) Penn State (+3) vs. (7) Texas A&M, 8:55 p.m. TBS

(15) UNC Asheville (+17.5) vs. (2) UCLA, 9:05 p.m. truTV

Friday’s games

(10) Southern Cal (+2) vs. (7) Michigan State, 11:15 a.m. CBS

(14) Kennesaw State (+13) vs. (3) Xavier, 11:40 a.m. truTV