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It’s four down, four to go in the regional semifinal round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament as the Thursday action in the Sweet 16 is in the rearview. We’re halfway to narrowing down the field for this year’s Elite Eight, and if Thursday’s Sweet 16 action was any indication, we should be in for quite a treat on Friday to wrap-up the regional semifinals. The four-game Friday slate features the only two No. 1 seeds left standing, a Cinderella-hopeful in No. 15 seed Princeton and an even matchup late between an elite offensive team in Xavier and an elite defensive team in Texas. Buckle up.

Friday’s action tips at 6:30 p.m. ET with No. 1 overall seed Alabama kicking things off on TBS in a Sweet 16 tilt with No. 5 seed San Diego State in arguably the most fun stylistic matchup. Alabama plays with the fastest pace among teams in the field and draws the slowest-paced team remaining in SDSU, which relies on its defense. It’ll get a big test against the best offense still standing in the Tide.

No. 1 seed Houston and No. 5 seed Miami are on deck second Friday as the finale of the early evening slate. The night will then finish with a doubleheader that will blend together on multiple networks first with Princeton-Creighton on TBS and finishing with Texas-Xavier on CBS.   

Sweet 16 TV schedule

Friday, March 24

T-Mobile Center — Kansas City | KFC Yum! Center — Louisville

7:15 p.m. (5) Miami vs. (1) Houston
Jim Nantz / Bill Raftery / Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson       
CBS (watch live
9 p.m.   (15) Princeton vs. (6) Creighton  
Ian Eagle / Jim Spanarkel // Evan Washburn      
TBS (watch live
9:45 p.m.   (3) Xavier vs. (2) Texas  
Jim Nantz / Bill Raftery / Grant Hill // Tracy Wolfson       
CBS (watch live
 

Elite Eight TV schedule

Saturday, March 25 
Madison Square Garden — New York | T-Mobile Arena — Las Vegas

6:09 p.m.  (9) FAU vs. (3) Kansas State  
Brian Anderson / Jim Jackson // Allie LaForce
TBS (watch live)
8:49 p.m. (4) UConn vs. (3) Gonzaga
Kevin Harlan / Dan Bonner / Stan Van Gundy // Lauren Shehadi      
TBS (watch live)

Sunday, March 26 — 2:20 p.m. start (CBS, TBS)
T-Mobile Center — Kansas City | KFC Yum! Center — Louisville

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

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