The best two days of the sports year are here, the first round of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Let's see if we have any shot getting this thing turned around. We'll start with the East Region of the tournament and go through all 32 games over March 19-20.

Rohit Ponnaiya delivers game-by-game final score predictions for all 32 first round games for the 2026 edition of March Madness. Free Round 1 March Madness picks for March 19-20.

Check out the odds for all 32 first-round games in the men's NCAA Tournament.

Jason Benetti will replace Brian Anderson as the play-by-play announcer for Thursday’s first-round games in Buffalo, The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand confirmed. Benetti will work alongside Jim Jackson and Allie LaForce as the 2026 NCAA Tournament gets underway.

ASU women's basketball ended its NCAA Tournament drought, but now the Sun Devils will need to win in the First Four to get into the first round.