March Madness 2023: Ranking every NCAA Tournament first-round game from No. 1 to 32

The opening weekend games of the 2023 NCAA Tournament is here, which means it’s time to get that second TV out of the attic. For those on the streaming train, it could be time to invest in a new wireless router in order to be equipped for watching multiple games at once.

Some would argue that the Thursday and Friday of the NCAA Tournament’s first two games are the two best days of the sports calendar. Now that so many Americans work from home, the all-day slate of action is accessible without fear of a supervisor strolling by to question why basketball is on during the work day.

But when it comes down to it, college basketball fans need a viewership plan for the first-round action. With 32 games on different channels and with overlapping times, it’s important to be prepared to catch the best action when it happens.

To help in that mission, here is a complete ranking of the first round 2023 NCAA Tournament games in descending order from worst to best. Advance apologies to Houston. The Kentucky vs. Saint Peter’s game was ranked the least-watchable last season and wound up producing one of the most memorable upsets in tournament history.

Maybe the lesson there is that every game in the NCAA Tournament is pretty great.

Thursday | 9:20 p.m. | TNT
These are two of the slowest-paced teams in college basketball, which gives Northern Kentucky a shot to keep it close, especially if Cougars’ star guard Marcus Sasser is unavailable. But it could just as easily turn into a bludgeoning from the Cougars, who are a physically imposing machine.

Thursday | 2 p.m. | TBS
It will be good to see Kansas coach Bill Self back on the sideline after he missed the Big 12 Tournament due to health issues. It will also be nice to hear the broadcast give Howard coach Kenneth Blakeney some props for leading the Bison to their first NCAA Tournament since 1992. The game itself may be a snoozer.

30. (1) Alabama vs. (16)…


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Author : David Cobb

Publish date : 2023-03-14 20:53:30

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