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Selection Sunday is now just hours away, and it's crunch time for schools on the NCAA Tournament bubble and teams in one-bid leagues.

While five conference tournaments will go down to the final day, many of the remaining questions will be answered Saturday. Thirteen automatic bids will be locked in across a full day of basketball, including the ACC, Big East, Big 12 and Pac-12 tournament finals.

The action begins at 11 a.m. ET with the America East title game and runs through the WAC final, which tips off from Las Vegas at 11:30 p.m. ET. 

Here is everything you need to know about today's schedule, including tipoff times and TV and streaming options for the biggest games.

MORE: Full game schedule, TV info for Sunday's conference tournament finals

College basketball schedule today (Saturday, March 16)

Game Time (ET) TV/Live stream
America East final: UMass-Lowell at Vermont 11 a.m. ESPN2, FuboSlingESPN+
Ivy semifinal: Brown vs. Princeton 11 a.m. ESPNU, FuboSlingESPN+
Big Ten semifinal: Purdue vs. Wisconsin 1 p.m. CBS, Paramount+Fubo
MEAC final: Howard vs. Delaware State 1 p.m. ESPN2, FuboSlingESPN+
Atlantic 10 semifinal: Saint Joseph's vs. VCU 1 p.m. CBS Sports Network, Fubo
SEC semifinal: Mississippi State vs. Auburn 1 p.m. ESPN, FuboSling
Ivy semifinal: Cornell vs. Yale 2 p.m. ESPNews, FuboSlingESPN+
Big Ten semifinal: Illinois vs. Nebraska 3 p.m. CBS, Paramount+Fubo
American semifinal: South Florida vs. UAB 3 p.m. ESPN2, FuboSlingESPN+
Atlantic 10 semifinal: St. Bonaventure vs. Duquesne 3:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network, Fubo
SEC semifinal: Texas A&M vs. Florida 3:30 p.m. ESPN, FuboSling
American semifinal: Florida Atlantic vs. Temple 5 p.m. ESPN2, FuboSlingESPN+
Big 12 final: Houston vs. Iowa State 6 p.m. ESPN, FuboSlingESPN+
Mountain West final: San Diego State vs. New Mexico 6 p.m. CBS, Paramount+Fubo
Big East final: UConn vs. Marquette 6:30 p.m. Fox, Fubo
MAC final: Kent State vs. Akron 7:30 p.m. ESPN2, FuboSlingESPN+
MAAC final: Saint Peter's vs. Fairfield 7:30 p.m. ESPNU, FuboSlingESPN+
ACC final: North Carolina vs. NC State 8:30 p.m. ESPN, FuboSling
Conference USA final: UTEP vs. Western Kentucky 8:30 p.m. CBS Sports Network, Fubo
Pac-12 final: Oregon vs. Colorado 9 p.m. Fox, Fubo
SWAC final: Grambling vs. Texas Southern 9:30 p.m. ESPNU, FuboSlingESPN+
Big West final: UC Davis vs. Long Beach State 9:30 p.m. ESPN2, FuboSlingESPN+
WAC final: Grand Canyon vs. UT Arlington 11:30 p.m. ESPN2, FuboSlingESPN+

MORE: Latest projections for NCAA Tournament as Selection Sunday approaches

TV channels, live streams to watch men's college basketball games

  • TV channel: CBS | CBS Sports Network | ESPN | ESPN2 | ESPNews | ESPNU | Fox 
  • Live stream: Paramount+ | Fubo | Sling | ESPN+

Saturday's slate of games will be available to watch on multiple networks, including CBS, Fox and multiple ESPN networks. Viewers can also stream select college basketball games on Paramount+FuboSling and ESPN+.

NCAA men's college basketball rankings (AP poll)

1. Houston
2. UConn
3. Purdue
4. North Carolina
5. Tennessee
6. Arizona
7. Iowa State
8. Creighton
9. Kentucky
10. Marquette
11. Duke
12. Auburn
13. Illinois
14. Baylor
15. South Carolina
16. Kansas
17. Gonzaga
18. Utah State
19. Alabama
20. BYU
21. Saint Mary's
22. Washington State
23. Nevada
24. Dayton
25. Texas Tech

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.