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NCAA Tournament Tip Times: Kentucky vs. Troy on Friday night

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Kentucky players huddle before a game in the SEC Tournament - Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio
Kentucky players huddle before a game in the SEC Tournament - Dr. Michael Huang, Kentucky Sports Radio

Get ready for another Friday night with the Cats. Tip times for the first round of the NCAA Tournament just dropped and No. 3 seed Kentucky will face No. 13 seed Troy Friday night at 7:10 p.m. ET in Milwaukee. The game will be broadcast on CBS with Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy, and Lauren Shehadi on the call.

Once that game wraps, we’ll see who Kentucky will face if they win. The winner of the No. 11 seed play-in game between Xavier and Texas and No. 6 seed Illinois tips off at 9:45 p.m. on Friday, also on CBS. Hooray for Kentucky not getting the late game.

Also in Milwaukee on Friday:

  • 1:30 PM (TNT): (14) Lipscomb vs. (3) Iowa State
  • 4:05 PM (TNT): (11) North Carolina/San Diego State vs. (6) Ole Miss
  • 9:45 PM (CBS): (11) Xavier/Texas vs. (6) Illinois

Here are all of the First Four and First Round tip times:

Tuesday, March 18

UD Arena (Dayton)

Time (ET)GameTV / Stream
6:40 p.m.(16) Saint Francis vs. (16) Alabama State
Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
truTV
9:10 p.m.(11) North Carolina vs. (10) San Diego State
Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
truTV

Wednesday, March 19

UD Arena (Dayton)

Time (ET)GameTV / Stream
6:40 p.m.(16) Mount St. Mary’s vs. (16) American
Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
truTV
9:10 p.m.(11) Xavier vs. (11) Texas
Spero Dedes // Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
truTV

Thursday, March 20

Rupp Arena (Lexington), Amica Mutual Pavilion (Providence), Intrust Bank Arena (Wichita), Ball Arena (Denver)

Time (ET)GameTV
12:15 p.m.(9) Creighton vs. (8) Louisville
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce
CBS
12:40 p.m.(13) High Point vs. (4) Purdue
Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Evan Washburn
truTV
1:30 p.m.(14) Montana vs. (3) Wisconsin
Brad Nessler / Brendan Haywood // Dana Jacobson
TNT
2 p.m.(16) SIU Edwardsville vs. (1) Houston
Tom McCarthy | Deb Antonelli, Steve Smith || AJ Ross
TBS
2:50 p.m.(16) Saint Francis/Alabama St. vs. (1) Auburn
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce
CBS
3:15 p.m.(12) McNeese vs. (5) Clemson
Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Evan Washburn
truTV
4:05 p.m.(11) VCU vs. (6) BYU
Brad Nessler / Brendan Haywood // Dana Jacobson
TNT
4:35 p.m.(9) Georgia vs. (8) Nevada
Tom McCarthy | Deb Antonelli, Steve Smith || AJ Ross
TBS
6:50 p.m.(15) Wofford vs. (2) Tennessee
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce
TNT
7:10 p.m.(10) Arkansas vs. (7) Kansas
Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Evan Washburn
CBS
7:25 p.m.(13) Yale vs. (4) Texas A&M
Brad Nessler / Brendan Haywood // Dana Jacobson
TBS
7:35 p.m.(11) Drake vs. (6) Missouri
Tom McCarthy | Deb Antonelli, Steve Smith || AJ Ross
truTV
9:25 p.m.(10) Utah State vs. (7) UCLA
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce
TNT
9:45 p.m.(15) Omaha vs. (2) St. John’s
Andrew Catalon / Steve Lappas // Evan Washburn
CBS
10 p.m.(12) UC San Diego vs. (5) Michigan
Brad Nessler / Brendan Haywood // Dana Jacobson
TBS
10:10 p.m.(14) UNCW vs. (3) Texas Tech
Tom McCarthy | Deb Antonelli, Steve Smith || AJ Ross
truTV

Friday, March 21

Climate Pledge Arena (Seattle), Rocket Arena (Cleveland), Fiserv Forum (Milwaukee), Lenovo Center (Raleigh)

Time (ET)GameTV
12:15 p.m.(9) Baylor vs. (8) Mississippi State
Ian Eagle // Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson
CBS
12:40 p.m.(15) Robert Morris vs. (2) Alabama
Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
truTV
1:30 p.m.(14) Lipscomb vs. (3) Iowa State
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi
TNT
2 p.m.(12) Colorado State vs. (5) Memphis
Lisa Byington / Robbie Hummel, Jalen Rose // Andy Katz
TBS
2:50 p.m.(16) Mount St. Mary’s/American vs. (1) Duke
Ian Eagle // Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson
CBS
3:15 p.m.(10) Vanderbilt vs. (7) Saint Mary’s
Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
truTV
4:05 p.m.(11) North Carolina/SDSU vs. (6) Ole Miss
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi
TNT
4:35 p.m.(13) Grand Canyon vs. (4) Maryland
Lisa Byington / Robbie Hummel, Jalen Rose // Andy Katz
TBS
6:50 p.m.(16) Norfolk State vs. (1) Florida
Ian Eagle // Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson
TNT
7:10 p.m.(14) Troy vs. (3) Kentucky
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi
CBS
7:25 p.m.(10) New Mexico vs. (7) Marquette
Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
TBS
7:35 p.m.(13) Akron vs. (4) Arizona
Lisa Byington / Robbie Hummel, Jalen Rose // Andy Katz
truTV
9:25 p.m.(9) Oklahoma vs. (8) UConn
Ian Eagle // Bill Raftery, Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson
TNT
9:45 p.m.(11) Xavier/Texas vs. (6) Illinois
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi
CBS
10 p.m.(15) Bryant vs. (2) Michigan State
Spero Dedes / Jim Spanarkel // Jon Rothstein
TBS
10:10 p.m.(12) Liberty vs. (5) Oregon
Lisa Byington / Robbie Hummel, Jalen Rose // Andy Katz
truTV

Tickets on sale now

Coming to Milwaukee to cheer on the Cats? Public tickets for the first and second-round games in Milwaukee can be purchased by visiting NCAA.com/MBBTickets. Kentucky received a limited allotment of tickets from the NCAA. Student tickets are not available for first and second-round games, and information for later rounds will be available at UKStudentTix.com as Kentucky advances.

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