It's the most wonderful time of the year for men's college basketball . March Madness is upon us as conference tournaments end and Selection Sunday concludes.
Starting March 19, 68 teams will compete over three weeks for a chance to win a men's basketball national title in the championship game April 8.
The first round of the tournament begins March 21 and 22 and will be televised on four channels: CBS, TNT, TBS, and truTV. Depending on your cable or satellite TV provider and location, the channel numbers may be different.
Here's how you can watch March Madness's first-round broadcasts on TNT.
The channel number for TNT depends on the cable or satellite TV provider of choice for viewers. Here's where to find TNT on each provider.
TBNT is channel 245 on digital satellite service DIRECTV.
TNT is channel 138 on satellite TV provider DISH.
TNT is channel 37 on cable provider Optimum.
TNT is on different channels to Cox viewers depending on the area. Here are the channel numbers for TNT on Cox in some major cities, according to data from cox.com .
Cleveland:34
East Hartford, Connecticut:25
East Providence, Rhode Island:27
Fayetteville, Arkansas:29
Gainesville, Florida:45
Las Vegas:18
Macon, Georgia:33
New Orleans:25
Oklahoma City:31
Omaha, Nebraska:36
Phoenix:26
San Diego:34
Topeka, Kansas:30
Tucson, Arizona:29
Like Cox, the channel number for TNT differs across geographical locations for Spectrum viewers. Here are the TNT channel numbers for the cable provider, according to data from cabletv.com :
Atlanta:29
Austin, Texas:67
Bakersfield, California:33
Buffalo, New York:3
Charlotte, North Carolina:26
Cincinnati:51
Cleveland:61
Columbus, Ohio:12
Dallas:77
El Paso, Texas:40
Fort Worth, Texas:77
Indianapolis:35
Los Angeles:42
Louisville, Kentucky:43
Milwaukee:33
New York:3
Orlando, Florida:11
St. Louis:49
San Antonio, Texas:27
San Diego:27
Tampa, Florida:33
The channel number for TNT on Xfinity is also different depending on where you are in the U.S. Here are the TNT channel numbers for the cable provider, according to data from cabletv.com .
Albuquerque, New Mexico:42
Atlanta:41
Baltimore:34
Bay Area, California:37
Chicago:32
Colorado Springs, Colorado:60
Denver:40
Detroit:33
Fort Lauderdale, Florida:42
Fresno, California:25
Houston:36
Indianapolis:30
Jacksonville, Florida:46
Memphis, Tennessee:26
Minneapolis:36
Orlando, Florida:48
Philadelphia:57
Pittsburgh:36
Portland, Oregon:54
Sacramento, California:44
St. Paul, Minnesota:66
Salt Lake City:39
Seattle:54
South Florida:51
Tucson, Arizona:36
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First Four: March 19-20 in Dayton, Ohio
First and second round: March 21-24 at multiple sites: Brooklyn, New York; Charlotte, North Carolina; Indianapolis; Omaha, Nebraska; Pittsburgh; Salt Lake City; Spokane, Washington; Memphis, Tennessee
East regional:March 28-30 in Boston
South regional:March 29-31 in Dallas
Midwest regional:March 29-31 in Detroit
West regional:March 29-31 in Los Angeles
Final Four:April 6-8 in Phoenix
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