NCAA Tournament: Sweet Sixteen tip-off times released

Now two rounds into the NCAA Tournament, it’s almost time for the final stretch of the road to the Final Four. The Sweet Sixteen gets underway Thursday, and the NCAA has announced tip-off times for the regional semifinals.

The first two rounds of the tournament saw more than its fair share of upsets, as two No. 1 seeds failed to reach the Sweet Sixteen. The returning champion Kansas Jayhawks saw their dream of repeating denied in a one-point loss to Arkansas, while Purdue fell to 16-seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the opening round. FDU later lost to Florida Atlantic, which will make its first Sweet Sixteen appearance in program history.

While two one-seeds fell, Houston and Alabama pushed ahead to keep their tournament dreams alive. Also keeping their dream alive was 15-seed Princeton who shocked Arizona to begin their tournament and handled Missouri with ease to reach the Sweet Sixteen.

Tom Izzo has Michigan State back in the round of 16 for the 15th time in his 28 years as coach following an upset of No. 2 seed Marquette on Sunday. The Spartans will take on Kansas State, which defeated Kentucky to send another blue blood home after the first two rounds. That will be the first game of the second week, set to tip off at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Gonzaga became the last team to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, beating TCU 84-81 in the final game on Sunday. It is the eighth straight appearance in the regional semifinals for the Bulldogs.

You can see the full schedule for the Sweet Sixteen below.

All times are Eastern.

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen TV Assignments: South Region (Louisville)

No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 5 San Diego State — March 24, 6:30 p.m. (TBS)

No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 15 Princeton — March 24, 9 p.m. (TBS)

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen TV Assignments: Midwest Region (Kansas City)

No. 1 Houston vs. No. 5 Miami — March 24, 7:15 p.m. (CBS)

No. 3 Xavier vs. No. 2 Texas — March 24, 9:45 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen TV Assignments: West Region (Las Vegas)

No. 9 Arkansas vs. No. 4 UConn — March 23, 7:15 p.m. (CBS)

No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 2 UCLA — March 23, 9:45 p.m. (CBS)

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen TV Assignments: East Region (New York)

No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 9 Florida Atlantic — March 23, 9 p.m. (TBS)

No. 3 Kansas State vs. No. 7 Michigan State — March 23, 6:30 p.m. (TBS)

On3’s Chandler Vessels and Austin Brezina contributed to this report.