2023 NCAA Tournament scores, schedule: March Madness bracket, Elite Eight dates, TV channels, tipoff times

NEW YORK — The first two tickets to the 2023 Final Four will be punched in the Elite Eight on Saturday — one here in New York via the East Regional Championship, the other out in Las Vegas via the West Regional Championship. Both NCAA Tournament games figure to be close.

Saturday’s first game is Kansas State, the No. 3 seed in the East Regional, against FAU, the No. 9 seed in the East Regional, inside Madison Square Garden. Tip is scheduled for 6:09 p.m. ET, and all eyes will be on KSU’s Markquis Nowell, the 5-foot-8 Harlem native who put on a show in his hometown in Thursday’s 98-93 victory over Michigan State. 

Despite a bad ankle that had to be retaped in the middle of the game, Nowell finished with 20 points and a NCAA Tournament-record 19 assists. He threw an alley-oop to Keyontae Johnson in the final minute of overtime that broke a 92-92 tie. He scored the final two points at the buzzer to secure the victory and land himself on the back pages of the New York tabloids.

“I can’t even explain how I’m feeling right now,” Nowell said. “I just know that I’m blessed and I’m grateful.”

Kansas State is listed as a 2-point favorite over FAU. With a win, the Wildcats will be in the Final Four for the first time since 1964. FAU is trying to make the Final Four for the first time in history.

Saturday’s second game is Gonzaga, the No. 3 seed in the West Regional, against UConn, the No. 4 seed in the East Regional, inside T-Mobile Arena. Tip is scheduled for 8:49 p.m. ET, and it’ll be a showdown between the two teams that have registered as the best two teams in the country since the beginning of February, according to BartTorvik.com.

UConn is listed as a 2-point favorite over Gonzaga despite being the lower-seeded team. With a win, UConn will be in the Final Four for the first time since 2014. Gonzaga is trying to make the Final Four for the third time in a six-year span.  

Elite Eight

Saturday, March 25 

Sunday, March 26

Final Four

Saturday, April 1 — 6:09 p.m. start (CBS)
NRG Stadium — Houston

National Championship

Monday, April 3 — 9:20 p.m. (CBS)
NRG Stadium — Houston

NCAA Tournament scores, results

First Four

Tuesday, March 14

Wednesday, March 15

First round

Thursday, March 16

Friday, March 17

Second round

Saturday, March 18

Second round

Sunday, March 19 

Sweet 16

Thursday, March 23

Sweet 16 

Friday, March 24