{"id":173,"date":"2023-03-15T05:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T10:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/get-ready-for-march-madness-ncaa-tournament-bracket-revealed-early-tips-to-watch\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T05:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T10:03:48","slug":"get-ready-for-march-madness-ncaa-tournament-bracket-revealed-early-tips-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/get-ready-for-march-madness-ncaa-tournament-bracket-revealed-early-tips-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready for March Madness: NCAA Tournament Bracket Revealed & Early Tips to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

March Madness is officially upon us, and the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed.[0]<\/a><\/sup> The Alabama Crimson Tide are the No. 1 overall seed, with Kansas, Houston and Purdue joining the Crimson Tide as No. 1 seeds in their respective regions.[1]<\/a><\/sup> No. 1 seeds have won the national championship in 24 of the 37 years since the NCAA Tournament bracket expanded to 64 teams.[1]<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n

The tournament will tip off Tuesday with the First Four from Dayton, Ohio, and the first round begins Thursday.[2]<\/a><\/sup> To find out how the 32 automatic bids to March Madness were achieved, visit ESPN's “tickets punched” page.[2]<\/a><\/sup> <\/p>\n

The tournament is full of intriguing matchups and teams with the potential to make a deep run. The Houston Cougars (+500) and Kansas Jayhawks (+900) are the favorites to win it all, while the Purdue Boilermakers (+1000) and UConn Huskies (+900) are two other teams to keep an eye on. The Utah State Aggies (+1000) and Drake Bulldogs (+1000) are two other teams on the rise. <\/p>\n

One of the most intriguing matchups of the First Four is No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson vs. No. 16 Texas Southern. The winner will face No. 1 Houston in the first round.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Meanwhile, No. 12 Oral Roberts (+4.5) vs. No. 5 Duke (-6.5) is another matchup to watch, as Max Abmas leads the Golden Eagles in pursuit of an upset.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The women's NCAA tournament also starts this week, and you can get your NCAA Women's Tournament ESPN March Madness printable bracket here.[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

In the men's tournament, No. 4 Florida vs. UCF (7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, ESPN2) and No. 1 Clemson vs. Morehead State (7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, ESPN+) are two games to watch.[6]<\/a><\/sup> No. 1 Oklahoma State vs. Youngstown State (7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, ESPN+) and No. 2 Sam Houston vs. Santa Clara (9 p.m. ET on Wednesday, ESPN+) are other matchups to pay attention to.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The NCAA tournament provides a chance for college basketball players to become household names around the country and legends at their schools.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

0. <\/span>“How to stream every game of March Madness 2023” Engadget, 14 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/march-madness-streaming-guide-163042028.html<\/a><\/p>\n

1. <\/span>“NCAA bracket predictions: College basketball model enters surprising March Madness 2023 tournament picks” CBS Sports, 15 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-basketball\/news\/ncaa-bracket-predictions-college-basketball-model-enters-surprising-march-madness-2023-tournament-picks\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2. <\/span>“March Madness 2023: What to know about every team” ESPN, 12 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/35806362\/every-team-men-ncaa-tournament-bracket-explained-2023<\/a><\/p>\n

3. <\/span>“NCAA College Basketball Tournament Schedule: Time, TV Channel, Locations” Roll Bama Roll, 14 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.rollbamaroll.com\/2023\/3\/14\/23639308\/ncaa-college-basketball-tournament-schedule-time-tv-channel-locations-announcers<\/a><\/p>\n

4. <\/span>“March Madness 2023: NCAA tournament printable brackets, dates, times and more” Yahoo Sports, 14 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/march-madness-2023-ncaa-basketball-tournament-printable-brackets-dates-times-and-more-112340630.html<\/a><\/p>\n

5. <\/span>“2023 Women's March Madness college basketball printable brackets” ESPN, 14 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.espn.com\/chalk\/story\/_\/id\/35853727\/2023-ncaa-women-tournament-march-madness-printable-brackets-college-basketball<\/a><\/p>\n

6. <\/span>“NIT selection show: Which teams made National Invitational Tournament?” USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ncaab\/2023\/03\/12\/nit-selection-show-2023\/11461263002<\/a><\/p>\n

7. <\/span>“March Madness\u2019 top-50 players, ranked for 2023 men\u2019s NCAA tournament” SB Nation, 14 Mar. 2023, https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/college-basketball\/2023\/3\/14\/23629013\/march-madness-best-players-ranked-ncaa-tournament-2023-men<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March Madness is officially upon us, and the 2023 NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed.[0] The Alabama Crimson Tide are the No. 1 overall seed, with Kansas, Houston and Purdue joining the Crimson Tide as No. 1 seeds in their respective regions.[1] No. 1 seeds have won the national championship in 24 of the 37 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thekingandqueenpub.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}