College Basketball Schedule for Friday, 3-6-26 (37 games)

Friday, March 6, 2026 (37 games)

Noon (2 games)

**[8-seed] Bellarmine (13-18 overall; 7-11 conf) vs. [1-seed] Central Arkansas (20-11 overall; 15-3 conf) (Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena; Jacksonville, FL) (ESPN+)

**[9-seed] Gardner-Webb (4-28 overall; 1-15 conf) vs. [1-seed] High Point (27-4 overall; 15-1 conf) (Big South Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; Freedom Hall; Johnson City, TN) (ESPN+)

1 p.m. (1 game)

**[9-seed] Drake (13-19 overall; 6-14 conf) vs. [1-seed] Belmont (26-5 overall; 16-4 conf) (Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; Enterprise Center; St. Louis, MO) (ESPN+/MVC TV Network)

2 p.m. (1 game)

**[13-seed] Northeastern (6-23 overall; 2-16 conf) vs. [12-seed] North Carolina A&T (11-18 overall; 4-14 conf) (CAA Conference Tournament First Round; CareFirst Arena; Washington, DC) (FloCollege)

2:30 p.m. (2 games)

**[5-seed] FGCU (15-17 overall; 8-10 conf) vs. [4-seed] Lipscomb (19-12 overall; 12-6 conf) (Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena; Jacksonville, FL) (ESPN+)

**[7-seed] Charleston Southern (15-16 overall; 6-10 conf) vs. [2-seed] Winthrop (21-10 overall; 13-3 conf) (Big South Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; Freedom Hall; Johnson City, TN) (ESPN+)

3:30 p.m. (1 game)

**[5-seed] Illinois-Chicago (17-14 overall; 12-8 conf) vs. [4-seed] Murray St. (20-11 overall; 12-8 conf) (Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; Enterprise Center; St. Louis, MO) (ESPN+/MVC TV Network)

5 p.m. (2 games)

**[10-seed] Stetson (12-20 overall; 7-11 conf) vs. [2-seed] Austin Peay (21-8 overall; 15-3 conf) (Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena; Jacksonville, FL) (ESPN+)

**[9-seed] The Citadel (10-21 overall; 7-11 conf) vs. [8-seed] Chattanooga (13-18 overall; 7-11 conf) (Southern Conference Tournament First Round; Hannah’s Cherokee Center; Asheville, NC) (ESPN+)

6 p.m. (4 games)

*Northern Illinois at Akron (MAC) (CBSSN)

**[9-seed] Sacred Heart (14-18 overall; 9-11 conf) vs. [1-seed] Merrimack (21-10 overall; 17-3 conf) (MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals; Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall; Atlantic City, NJ) (ESPN+)

**[8-seed] Southern Miss (17-15 overall; 9-9 conf) vs. [5-seed] Texas St. (19-12 overall; 11-7 conf) (Sun Belt Conference Tournament Fourth Round; Pensacola Bay Center; Pensacola, FL) (ESPN+)

**[5-seed] Longwood (16-15 overall; 8-8 conf) vs. [4-seed] UNC Asheville (14-16 overall; 8-8 conf) (Big South Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; Freedom Hall; Johnson City, TN) (ESPN+)

6:30 p.m. (1 game)

*Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan (MAC) (ESPN+)

7 p.m. (8 games)

*Central Michigan at Ball St. (MAC) (ESPN+)

**[7-seed] Valparaiso (18-14 overall; 11-9 conf) vs. [2-seed] Bradley (20-11 overall; 13-7 conf) (Missouri Valley Conference Tournament First Round; Enterprise Center; St. Louis, MO) (ESPN+/MVC TV Network)

*Penn at Brown (Ivy League) (ESPN+)

*VCU at Dayton (A-10) (ESPN2)

*Columbia at Harvard (Ivy League) (ESPN+)

*Western Michigan at Kent St. (MAC) (ESPN+)

**[5-seed] Omaha (15-16 overall; 8-8 conf) vs. [4-seed] South Dakota (16-15 overall; 8-8 conf) (Summit League Tournament Quarterfinals; Sanford Premier Center; Sioux Falls, SD) (Midco Sports/Summit League Network)

*Buffalo at Toledo (MAC) (ESPN+)

7:30 p.m. (2 games)

**[6-seed] West Georgia (15-16 overall; 8-10 conf) vs. [3-seed] Queens U. (18-13 overall; 13-5 conf) (Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena; Jacksonville, FL) (ESPN+)

**[10-seed] VMI (6-25 overall; 1-17 conf) vs. [7-seed] UNC Greensboro (13-18 overall; 9-9 conf) (Southern Conference Tournament First Round; Hannah’s Cherokee Center; Asheville, NC) (ESPN+)

8 p.m. (2 games)

**[4-seed] UT Martin (22-10 overall; 13-7 conf) vs. [1-seed] Tennessee St. (21-9 overall; 15-5 conf) (Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals; Ford Center; Evansville, IN) (ESPNU)

*UCF at West Virginia (Big 12) (CBSSN)

8:30 p.m. (3 games)

**[6-seed] Presbyterian (14-17 overall; 7-9 conf) vs. [3-seed] Radford (16-15 overall; 9-7 conf) (Big South Conference Tournament Quarterfinals; Freedom Hall; Johnson City, TN) (ESPN+)

**[7-seed] Fairfield (20-12 overall; 11-9 conf) vs. [2-seed] St. Peter’s (17-11 overall; 14-6 conf) (MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals; Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall; Atlantic City, NJ) (ESPN+)

**[10-seed] Georgia Southern (17-15 overall; 8-10 conf) vs. [6-seed] South Alabama (21-10 overall; 11-7 conf) (Sun Belt Conference Tournament Fourth Round; Pensacola Bay Center; Pensacola, FL) (ESPN+)

9 p.m. (3 games)

*[#19] Miami O. at Ohio (MAC) (ESPN2)

*[#18] St. John’s at Seton Hall (Big East) (FS1)

**[9-seed] Portland (14-18 overall; 6-12 conf) vs. [8-seed] Washington St. (12-19 overall; 7-11 conf) (West Coast Conference Tournament Second Round; Orleans Arena; Las Vegas, NV) (ESPN+)

9:30 p.m. (2 games)

**[6-seed] Northern Iowa (20-12 overall; 11-9 conf) vs. [3-seed] Illinois St. (20-11 overall; 12-8 conf) (Missouri Valley Conference Tournament First Round; Enterprise Center; St. Louis, MO) (ESPN+/MVC TV Network)

**[6-seed] Denver (15-16 overall; 8-8 conf) vs. [3-seed] North Dakota (16-16 overall; 10-6 conf) (Summit League Tournament Quarterfinals; Sanford Premier Center; Sioux Falls, SD) (Midco Sports/Summit League Network)

10 p.m. (1 game)

*UNLV at San Diego St. (Mountain West) (CBSSN)

10:30 p.m. (1 game)

**[3-seed] Southeast Missouri St. (20-12 overall; 14-6 conf) vs. [2-seed] Morehead St. (19-12 overall; 15-5 conf) (Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals; Ford Center; Evansville, IN) (ESPNU)

11:30 p.m. (1 game)

**[11-seed] San Diego (12-20 overall; 5-13 conf) vs. [7-seed] Seattle U. (19-12 overall; 8-10 conf) (West Coast Conference Tournament First Round; Orleans Arena; Las Vegas, NV) (ESPN+)

*-denotes conference game 

**-denotes conference tournament game