When is Selection Sunday? Show time, date, TV for NCAA Tournament bracket reveal

Gabe Fernandez

When is Selection Sunday? Show time, date, TV for NCAA Tournament bracket reveal image

March Madness is spreading, which means college basketball teams are playing for one goal — to see their name on the 68-team NCAA tournament bracket revealed on Selection Sunday.

The 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket will be announced March 11, during TBS' Selection Sunday Show. San Antonio will host the Final Four and national championship game at the Alamodome from March 31 to April 2.

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Below is all the information you'll need for watching the Selection Show and for filling out a March Madness bracket.

When is Selection Sunday 2018?

Selection Sunday is just around the corner: Sunday, March 11.

What time is the Selection Sunday show?

TBS will broadcast the unveiling of the 68-team NCAA Tournament bracket during its two-hour Selection Sunday show beginning at 6 p.m. ET. You can also live stream the Selection Sunday show at NCAA.com or via the March Madness app

The Selection Show will begin with the announcement of all 68 tournament teams, followed by the release of the NCAA Tournament brackets and game matchups with analysis, interviews and reactions from the teams. TBS' in-studio hosts Ernie Johnson and Greg Gumbel will be joined by college basketball analysts Clark Kellogg, Charles Barkley, Seth Davis and Kenny Smith in Atlanta. NCAA Tournament Selection Committee Chair Bruce Rasmussen will also join Adam Zucker from CBS Studios in New York.

This is the first time since 1982 that CBS will not carry the Selection Sunday show. Also new will be a four-hour March Madness Selection Countdown social media preshow at 2 p.m. ET, running exclusively on official March Madness handles across YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, along with NCAA.com and Bleacher Report

2018 NCAA Tournament: Printable bracket

You can get a blank, printable bracket at NCAA.com to fill out during the Selection Show. Sporting News will provide a complete, printable bracket following the show. 

MORE: Projected NCAA Tournament bracket

When is March Madness 2018?

The 2018 NCAA Tournament kicks off Tuesday, March 13, and Wednesday, March 14, with the "First Four" games in Dayton, Ohio. The first days of the "real" NCAA Tournament will be held March 15-16 with the first round of 64 teams. The second round of 32 will continue through the weekend of March 17-18.

MARCH MADNESS: Full NCAA Tournament schedule, TV info

2018 NCAA Tournament schedule

First Four: March 13-14
First round: March 15-16
Second round: March 17-18
Sweet 16: March 22-23
Elite Eight: March 24-25
Final Four: March 31
National championship: April 2

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