Time, TV channel, scores for Thursday’s games

March Madness has officially commenced.

For the last six months, 351 Division I basketball teams have competed with one common goal: to put together a resume worthy enough to appear in the single greatest sporting event in the world, that is the NCAA Tournament.

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Now, that moment has arrived, the focus for the now-64 teams shifts to outlasting each other to cut down the nets as the last remaining team. Four teams from the original 68-team bracket have already been eliminated from the bracket from the First Four, and more carvings to the feast are set to happen throughout the entire day as the first round of the big dance gets underway.