The second half of the opening weekend of March Madness will kick off Saturday with second-round action throughout the day. Eight games will take place with trips to the Sweet 16 on the line, and there are plenty of storylines to watch to see who could make it to the second weekend of the big dance. McNeese State will try to continue a Cinderella run against Purdue. Plus, two No. 1 seeds in Auburn and Houston will try to continue their strong paths toward a Final Four.

Now that all of opening-day games are wrapped up, the schedule for Saturday’s second-round matchups is set.

Men’s NCAA Tournament second-round schedule, times, how to watch

Here is the schedule for second-round games on Saturday, March 20 (all times Eastern). The second-round schedule for Sunday, March 21 will be announced after Friday’s games are complete.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

12:10 p.m.: No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 12 McNeese (Providence) | CBS
2:40 p.m.: No. 2 St. John’s vs. No. 10 Arkansas (Providence) | CBS
5:15 p.m.: No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 5 Michigan (Denver) | CBS
6:10 p.m.: No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 Drake (Wichita) | TNT
7:10 p.m.: No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 9 Creighton (Lexington) | TBS/truTV
7:45 p.m.: No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Brigham Young (Denver) | CBS
8:40 p.m.: No. 1 Houston vs. No. 8 Gonzaga (Wichita) | TNT
9:40 p.m.: No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 UCLA (Lexington) | TBS/truTV

Men’s NCAA Tournament second round announcers

No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 12 McNeese

Play-by-play: Andrew Catalon Analyst: Steve Lappas Sideline reporter: Evan Washburn

No. 2 St. John’s vs. No. 10 Arkansas

Play-by-play: Andrew Catalon Analyst: Steve Lappas Sideline reporter: Evan Washburn

No. 4 Texas A&M vs. No. 5 Michigan

Play-by-play: Brad Nessler Analyst: Brendan Haywood Sideline reporter: Dana Jacobson

No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 11 Drake

Play-by-play: Tom McCarthy Analyst: Deb Antonelli, Steve Smith Sideline reporter: AJ Ross

No. 1 Auburn vs. No. 9 Creighton

Play-by-play: Brian Anderson Analyst: Jim Jackson Sideline reporter: Allie LaForce

No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 BYU

Play-by-play: Brad Nessler Analyst: Brendan Haywood Sideline reporter: Dana Jacobson

No. 1 Houston vs. No. 8 Gonzaga

Play-by-play: Tom McCarthy Analyst: Debbie Antonelli, Steve Smith Sideline reporter: AJ Ross

No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 7 UCLA

Play-by-play: Brian Anderson Analyst: Jim Jackson Sideline reporter: Allie LaForce

How to watch men’s NCAA Tournament 

Second-round action will air on CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV. Games can also be streamed on Sling TV, while Paramount+ has select games aired on CBS. Fubo, is also streaming select games on CBS and is offering a free trial to new subscribers.

Stream men’s NCAA Tournament games on Sling TV

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William & Mary is dancing its way to a tango with No. 1 Texas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating High Point 69-63 in the first Four Thursday night.

The Tribe secured the school’s first tournament victory, led by senior guard Bella Nascimento’s team-high 24 points— her third consecutive 20-point game. The game was won in the paint with the Tribe out-rebounding High Point 45-29.

Freshman Natalie Cox recorded her second career double-double, finishing with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

‘We’ve seen everything this season. We’ve been down a lot. We just kept saying nothing can tear us down,’ head coach Erin Dickerson Davis told ESPN.William & Mary is one of the most unique stories in the country, already setting many tournament firsts.

The second oldest institution in the country, founded in 1693, saw its women’s basketball team, established in 1919, finally capture a CAA championship after 106 seasons, including 41 at the Division I level.

Davis is in her third season leading the team. After two strong seasons with double-digit conference tournament wins, the team managed only eight victories this year. At 15-18, they became the first team with a losing record to qualify for the NCAA Tournament since Incarnate Word in 2022.

Despite numerous setbacks, the Tribe had plenty of opportunities to throw in the towel. They opened the season with a three-game losing streak and endured three more similar slumps along the way.

The Tribe finished the regular season by losing seven of its last eight games, earning the team the No. 9 seed in the Coastal Athletic Association tournament.

That’s when a speech from Nascimento turned the tide, sparking an improbable four-game run over four days that culminated in a thrilling 66-63 CAA championship victory over Campbell.

No. 16 William & Mary, after earning their first-ever NCAA tournament victory, are rewarded with a matchup against No. 1 Texas at 9:45 p.m. ET Saturday night. ESPN2 will broadcast the game.

Only one 16-seed (Harvard, 1998) has ever beaten a No. 1 seed in the women’s NCAA tournament. Let’s see if The Tribe can continue making history.

Every time I see Shedeur Sanders interviewed by the media, and I mean every time, he is professional, polite, confident and, overall, comes off as a bright young person. I have not seen Sanders any other way.

Maybe there’s another side to Sanders that’s hidden from public view. That’s always possible. That’s also a lot of human beings. But Sanders, the Colorado quarterback who will likely be a high pick in April’s NFL draft, always seems to represent himself and his family well. You can tell something that’s clear: he was raised right.

All of that came through during what was an interesting interview Sanders gave to the NFL Network’s Bucky Brooks during the Big 12 pro day on Thursday. Brooks is a former NFL scout who is one of the most respected talent evaluators in the media and he asked Sanders all the appropriate questions.

Sanders was asked about the draft process so far and also about what’s essentially been a smear campaign against him. His answer was typical Sanders.

‘It’s definitely a learning experience that a lot of things aren’t in your control and just getting the knowledge from dad and just coach, family and friends and everybody, you know that’s supporting me and helping me through this process is extremely important,’ he said. ‘And I’m thankful that I have those resources.’

On the criticism, Sanders added: ‘Well, we always understood to block out the noise, even from Jackson State and Colorado. It’s a lot of critics, it’s a lot of hate. But we know what to do, we know how to handle that in every way. So we remain happy…’

This is what you see with Sanders: a unique ability to stay calm and deal with the criticism. This is a point ESPN analyst Louis Riddick makes constantly.

“Shedeur, in particular, is uniquely equipped to handle the media firestorm that’s going to surround him,” Riddick said. “A lot of it is going to be directed at him simply because of what his last name is and how big and larger than life his father is. A lot of it is going to trickle down to him, but Deion’s telling you you’re wasting your time because he is uniquely qualified to and he has been schooled to deal with the kind of nonsense that’s going to come his way.”

Sanders’ father, Deion, who the NFL Network also interviewed, didn’t mince words about some of the things that were being said about Shedeur, including the fact that his son is arrogant, calling them ‘lies.’

Deion then threatened to name the person he believed was spreading the alleged misinformation before eventually declining to do so.

Again, the perception of Sanders versus the reality seems to be two different things. Is Sanders arrogant? There isn’t a quarterback in the universe that isn’t. It’s a job prerequisite. He doesn’t seem any more arrogant than any other great NFL prospect.

“One of the things that Deion will tell you when you go out there and you go talk to him, just from a football standpoint, and ask him to describe the makeup of Shedeur,” Riddick said. “He’ll tell you that all his life this young man has been wise and mature beyond his years. That he’s someone who looks out for other people. Always on the lookout for other people.

‘Someone who, quite honestly, is a hell of a leader. Now, that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t make mistakes. That doesn’t mean that he’s not going to continue to grow and become better in terms of lifting other people up, but he will tell you he can handle any environment that he is going to go into because Deion has been in just about any environment imaginable from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows.”

Some of the criticism of Shedeur is just getting ridiculous. The over-analysis has reached warp core breach levels and the draft is still over a month away.

One of the more fascinating parts of the interview came when Sanders was asked why he doesn’t run as much. Sanders is a pure pocket passer.

‘I mean, it always worked in the league,’ he said. ‘Look at the history of the league. Not everybody was, you know, big time runners back then, back in the day. So you got the greatest quarterback ever, Tom Brady, he (didn’t) run too much. So I feel like the best thing for me is to play from the pocket. And that’s what I’m most comfortable in now.

‘The difference is I’m able to adjust to my team. So if I need to be, if I need to, you know, take different type of drops, if I need to be able to get a little bit more active, then I’m able to do that and adjust my game.’

It was a smart answer. Then again, he gives a lot of smart answers.

Seems like that’s who he is.

The Boston Celtics sold Thursday for a record $6.1 billion valuation, the most-ever for a North American sports franchise.

The move presents a changing of the guard after the Grousbeck family, the current majority owners, led the team to a period of sustained success, including last season’s NBA championship.

William Chisholm, a managing partner of the private equity firm Symphony Technology Group, is the leading investor in the group set to make the purchase, pending approval by the NBA board of governors. Current Celtics minority owner and business executive Rob Hale, Bruce A. Beal Jr., president of Related Companies, and Sixth Street, a global investment firm, are among the other investors in the group.

Here’s everything you need to know about Bill Chisholm:

Who is Bill Chisholm?

Bill Chisholm is the co-founder of Symphony Technology Group (STG), a private equity firm based in Menlo Park, California. He serves as the group’s chief investment officer and managing partner, overseeing the firm’s investment strategies. STG is known primarily for its investments in the tech and software sectors.

In March 2023, Chisholm and STG raised $4.2 billion after the firm closed its largest fund.

Before his time at STG, Chisholm co-founded The Valent Group, and he also worked at Bain & Company and the former PaineWebber, Inc.

Chisholm earned a bachelor of arts from Dartmouth College before getting a master’s of business administration with distinction from the Wharton School.

Chisholm and his wife, Kim, graduated from Dartmouth in 1991; Bill played on the men’s soccer team from 1988-91. Their son, Will, also went to Dartmouth and also played on the men’s soccer team, from 2016-19.

What has Bill Chisholm said about buying the Celtics?

The purchase agreement was announced Thursday in a news release issued by William Chisholm Investor Group. In the release, Chisholm detailed his passion for the franchise.

“Growing up on the North Shore and attending college in New England, I have been a die-hard Celtics fan my entire life,” Chisholm said. “I understand how important the Celtics are to the city of Boston – the role the team plays in the community is different than any other city in the country. I also understand that there is a responsibility as a leader of the organization to the people of Boston, and I am up for this challenge.”

Chisholm also expressed gratitude for Wyc Grousbeck, the former majority owner of the team, along with his father, who will remain in his role as CEO and governor of the Celtics through the 2027-28 season.

“We look forward to learning from Wyc and partnering with Brad Stevens, Joe Mazzulla and the talented team and staff to build upon their success as we work to bring more championships home to Boston,” Chisholm said in the statement.

What have others said about Bill Chisholm?

In the news release that announced the purchase agreement, former Celtics majority owner Wyc Grousbeck called Chisholm a “natural choice” to lead the team.

“Bill is a terrific person and a true Celtics fan, born and raised here in the Boston area,” Grousbeck said. “His love for the team and the city of Boston, along with his chemistry with the rest of the Celtics leadership, make him a natural choice to be the next Governor and controlling owner of the team. I know he appreciates the importance of the Celtics and burns with a passion to win on the court while being totally committed to the community. Quite simply, he wants to be a great owner.”

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At some point in the near future, the Will Wade era at McNeese State will end. Just not yet.

Wade is widely expected to be the next head coach at North Carolina State, bringing the 42-year-old coach back into the major-conference landscape just three years after his unceremonious departure from LSU amid an NCAA investigation into widespread recruiting violations.

N.C. State is focused on a singular fact that has defined his career across four different stops: Yeah, Wade might come with more baggage than an Airbus, but he just wins, period.

Facing off against No. 5 Clemson, the No. 12 Cowboys scored the first significant upset of the NCAA men’s tournament by harassing the Tigers into an 18-point halftime hole and then holding on for dear life to score a 69-67 win.

“I’ve been focused on the game,” Wade said. “I know everybody else, you know, thinks there are distractions and stuff. We operate the same way all the time. We haven’t operated any differently.”

Taking advantage of Clemson’s putrid shooting and forcing the tempo with a deep rotation, McNeese led 23-8 with seven minutes left in the first half and went into the break ahead 31-13. At that point, the Tigers were outscored by McNeese guard Brandon Murray, who had 14 points at halftime and finished with a team-high 21 points.

The Tigers made just 5-of 24 attempts from the field in the first half, including a stunning 1-of-15 from 3-point range. These misfires were a carryover from the final three games of the regular season, which saw Clemson go a combined 13-of-63 from deep.

This horror show continued coming out of the locker room. Clemson drew within 15 points at 31-16 a minute and a half into the second half, but McNeese quickly pulled ahead 40-16 with 16:14 left. The Tigers trimmed that lead to 51-38 with 6:10 to play and continued to draw closer and closer, scoring 11 points in the final 38 seconds to finish within a possession of the Cowboys.

“They’re not a bad team. They’re a good team,” guard DJ Richards said of Clemson. “Good teams never give up, and we knew that. We knew they were going to lay a punch, we knew they were going to lay a haymaker. We just had to withstand it. We had to be able to live another day and that’s what we’re doing, we’re playing this weekend.”

In addition to Murray, McNeese guard Christian Shumate had 13 points and 11 rebounds. Eight Cowboys played at least 17 minutes, showcasing one of the deepest benches in this year’s field. Every McNeese player that played in at least 20 games this season averaged at least 13.9 minutes per game.

No. 12 seeds have won at least one first-round game in 34 of the past 40 tournaments. The exceptions are the 1988, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2018 and 2023 tournaments.

“It still feels like a dream,” Shumate said. “I’m sure in a couple days or when this is all over I’ll wake up and look back at it like, OK, that really did happen.”

At the center of this upset stands Wade, one of the most polarizing figures in college coaching.

Thought to be borderline untouchable coming off the violations at LSU that left him under a two-year show-cause ban, Wade has been able to turn himself back into a major-conference candidate by transforming McNeese into a Southland Conference powerhouse. After going 30-4 in Wade’s debut, the Cowboys are now 28-6 overall this year and a combined 36-2 in league play the past two seasons.

While the coaching-change game of musical chairs typically heats up with the start of March Madness, requiring some coaches to balance current and future opportunities, how Wade has handled the off-court gossip about his potential departure helped the Cowboys stay focused on the task at hand, players said.

He’s been surprisingly transparent in conversations with the media and his players, admitting during a press conference on Wednesday that his representatives had been in contact with N.C. State and that he’d discussed the opportunity with his team.

“I think when you’re in the loop and both ends are transparent about things, there’s not too much room for conflict,” Shumate said. “Everybody is aware of everything that’s going on, and when there’s a clear understanding, everybody keeps the same angle in front of mind.”

Before the Clemson game, Wade and the Cowboys “had a real talk with each other,” Richards said, about the vital importance of ignoring the outside noise about his future and focusing on the task of playing one of the best teams in the ACC.

“It’s hard to find coaches in college basketball like him,” said guard Javohn Garcia. “Coach always says he’s worried about this team, this year. He’s not worried about what happens next year. When it gets to that moment, we’ll figure it out. But he just said, ‘Worry about this team.’ We’ve got to finish a good tournament. We owe the fans, the school.”

McNeese next meets No. 4 Purdue, which beat No. 13 High Point 75-63. As against Clemson, the Cowboys will be underdogs against a bigger and more-experienced opponent; the Tigers reached last year’s Elite Eight and the Boilermakers went all the way to the championship game before losing to Connecticut.

History says the end of this tournament run — and the end of the Wade era — is lurking around the corner: No. 12 seeds have now scored 56 wins against No. 5 seeds since the tournament expanded in 1985, but just two of those teams have advanced to the Elite Eight.

“We’ve broken every record in the book,” Wade said. “We want to keep this going. We want to keep this going.”

CBS Sports’ coverage of the men’s NCAA Tournament is synonymous with longtime host Greg Gumbel, who presided at the anchor desk for 25 years before he was diagnosed with cancer last year.

Gumbel died in December at age 78, but his ever-present spirit was still felt on the set as CBS tipped off coverage of the tournament’s first round on Thursday afternoon with the music of Gumbel’s favorite band, the Rolling Stones.

‘A void was left that could never be filled,’ current host Ernie Johnson said as the broadcast opened. ‘We wear his pin on our jackets and we carry his memory in our hearts.’

Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley remember Greg Gumbel

A somber mood engulfed the set as the network’s trio of analysts offered up their memories of working with Gumbel.

‘It’s sad and surreal that he’s not in that chair,’ Clark Kellogg said. ‘Because he was so good at what he did and he was so good to the people he did it with and for, you, the viewers were who he sought to serve. In doing that with class, with competence with consistency, with gentleness and kindness, he lifted all of us.’

Said Charles Barkley: ‘It is surreal. We had been texting back and forth, he said, ‘I’ll see you guys next year.’ Then out of the blue you get a text that he had passed, and whoa, what just happened? …

‘Nobody can do what he does as long as he did unless you’re talented and people like you. The ability to do multiple sports, Ernie (Johnson) is great at that. Kevin Harlan, Sean McDonough is great at that. Brian Anderson, Greg Gumbel … To go from sport to sport, that has got to be incredibly hard. And he did it with such grace for so long.’

Kenny Smith said the week before Gumbel died, he texted a simple message that was never returned.

‘We just assume these things are going to continue forever. … He echoes through these hallways.’

Smith summed things up as the broadcast turned toward the games at hand – a total of 16 of them on Thursday: ‘We’re gonna miss him wholeheartedly. It’s a difficult time, but we’re gonna have fun.’

(This story was updated with new information and a new video.)

A former University of Michigan co-offensive coordinator was charged with two dozen counts after federal authorities say he hacked into computers at more than 100 universities and stole the identity of more than 3,000 students.

According to an indictment, 42-year-old Matt Weiss was charged with 14 counts of unauthorized access to computers and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft, and faces a maximum of five years imprisonment on each count of unauthorized access to computers and two years on each count of aggravated identity theft.

Weiss’s alleged crimes spanned from 2015-2023, and authorities say he is accused of downloading confidential information of more than 150,000 student-athletes, targeting mostly female college athletes.

He also gained access to the social media, email, and/or cloud storage accounts of more than 3,300 additional people.

‘Through this scheme, unknown to account holders, Weiss downloaded personal, intimate digital photographs and videos,’ the indictment said. ‘His goal was to obtain private photographs and videos never intended to be shared beyond intimate partners.’

The indictment alleges that ‘Weiss kept notes on individuals whose photographs and videos that he viewed, including notes commenting on their bodies and sexual preferences.’

In 2023, Weiss, who worked for former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and also his brother, John, head coach with the Baltimore Ravens, was placed on administrative leave from his position and subsequently fired after the University of Michigan’s police department began investigating him for a computer crime.

“Our office will move aggressively to prosecute computer hacking to protect the private accounts of our citizens,” Acting U.S. Attorney Julie Beck said in a statement. “We stand ready with our law enforcement partners to bring those who illegally invade the privacy of others to justice.”

One day after reportedly agreeing to hired as the next NC State basketball coach, the McNeese State coach led the Cowboys to a 69-67 upset in the first round of March Madness at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday.

Wade’s win against his alma mater marked the biggest upset of NCAA bracket so far, and the 55th time a No. 12 seed has upset a No. 5 seed in tournament history, according to NCAA.com.

‘We’ve made school history. We’ve never won a game. Didn’t have much history when we got there. We’ve broken almost every record,’ Wade told CBS Sports’ Evan Washburn after the game. ‘So proud for our guys, our university, our president, our athletic director. It’s incredible. This changes our university. This changes our university.’

The emotions of winning in March were on full display by Wade as the buzzer went off in the arena, as the 42-year-old coach immediately went to celebrate the win with fans in the stands.

McNeese State held Clemson to 13 first-half points and held off a late surge from the Tigers to prevail. McNeese led by 18 points at halftime. The Cowboys outperformed Clemson in virtually every statistical category, including shooting percentage (44% to 36%), rebounds (43 to 36), paint points (44 to 24) and bench points (35 to 5).

Wade is expected to be hired as NC State coach after the NCAA Tournament, according to multiple reports Wednesday. During his pregame news conference that same day, Wade acknowledged being contacted by NC State in the search to replace fired coach Kevin Keatts.

Wade and McNeese will face No. 4 seed Purdue in the second round of the tournament Saturday for a chance at the Sweet 16.

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The WNBA announced its television schedule on Thursday and to the shock of no one, the Indiana Fever will have the most appearances on national television.

Led by Rookie of the Year and first-team All-WNBA performer Caitlin Clark, Indiana will appear on national television in 41 of its 44 games. Ten appearances will be on ABC/ESPN and eight on ION, and seven will be broadcast by CBS and CBS Sports Network.

The opening weekend doubleheader on May 17 begins with the Las Vegas Aces and the WNBA champion New York Liberty at 1 p.m. ET. It will be followed by the Chicago Sky, led by rebounding champion Angel Reese, against the Fever at 3 p.m. ET, which is one of five games between the two teams this year. Both games will be broadcast on ABC.

CBS will air two of the Fever-Sky game matchups in primetime on June 7 and August 9, the first time ever the league will show WNBA regular-season games on broadcast television in primetime.

The Aces, led by WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson, will appear on national television 33 times, while the Liberty have 32 appearances.

The Golden State Valkyries, the league’s newest expansion team, tips off its season on May 16 against the Los Angeles Sparks at 10 p.m. ET on ION.