March Madness has arrived as 8 teams compete in the First Four to secure a spot in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. The play-in round of the tournament will feature 3 conference champions: Texas Southern (SWAC), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Southland), and Bryant (NEC).
The play-in game began in 2001, but the First Four officially expanded the tournament from a 64-team field to a 68-team field in 2011. Since its inception, there hasn’t been a First Four team to win the tournament but many have busted brackets. Two play-in teams have made it to the Final Four with the 2021 UCLA Bruins being the most recent.
Cord cutters can find out how to watch the First Four round of March Madness below.
Schedule
Tuesday, March 15 – Results
| Game | Time | Network | City | Venue |
| No. 16 Texas Southern 76 vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 67 | 6:40 p.m. | truTV | Dayton, Ohio | UD Arena |
| No. 12 Wyoming 58 vs. No. 12 Indiana 66 | 9:10 p.m. | truTV | Dayton, Ohio | UD Arena |
Wednesday, March 16
| Game | Time | Network | City | Venue |
| No. 16 Wright State vs. No. 16 Bryant | 6:40 p.m. | truTV | Dayton, Ohio | UD Arena |
| No. 11 Rutgers vs. No. 11 Notre Dame | 9:10 p.m. | truTV | Dayton, Ohio | UD Arena |
How to Watch
Cord cutters have a few different options to watch the drama unfold and Cinderella stories get told throughout the First Four.
Subscribers to live TV streaming services can check out our chart below to see if your service will be streaming the First Four games.
| Starting Price | truTV | |
| Sling Blue | $35.00 | ✓ |
| Hulu + Live TV | $69.99 | ✓ |
| DIRECTV STREAM | $69.99 | ✓ |
| YouTube TV | $64.99 | ✓ |