Selection Sunday 2018 Schedule: Official NCAA Tournament Bracket And More After March Madness Show

UPDATE: The 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed. Here's how it looks:

EAST

No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 LIU Brooklyn/Radford

No. 8 Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 Alabama

No. 5 West Virginia vs. No. 12 Murray State

No. 4 Wichita State vs. No. 13 Marshall

No. 6 Florida vs. No. 11 St. Bonaventure/UCLA

No. 3 Texas Tech vs. Stephen F. Austin

No. 7 Arkansas vs. No. 10 Butler

No. 2 Purdue vs. No. 15 Cal State Fullerton

MIDWEST

No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Pennsylvania

No. 8 Seton Hall vs. No. 9 North Carolina State

No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 12 New Mexico State

No. 4 Auburn vs. No. 13 College of Charleston

No. 6 TCU vs. No. 11 Arizona State/Syracuse

No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 14 Bucknell

No. 7 Rhode Island vs. No. 10 Oklahoma

No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Iona

SOUTH

No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 16 Maryland Baltimore County

No. 8 Creighton vs. No. 9 Kansas State

No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 12 Davidson

No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 Buffalo

No. 6 Miami (Fla.) vs. No. 11 Loyola (Ill.)

No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 14 Wright State

No. 7 Nevada vs. No. 10 Texas

No. 2 Cincinnati vs. No. 15 Georgia State

WEST

No. 1 Xavier vs. No. 16 North Carolina Central/Texas Southern

No. 8 Missouri vs. No. 9 Florida State

No. 5 Ohio State vs. No. 12 South Dakota State

No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UNC-Greensboro

No. 6 Houston vs. No. 13 San Diego State

No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 14 Montana

No. 7 Texas A&M vs. No. 10 Providence

No. 2 North Carolina vs. No. 15 Lipscomb

Bracket via SportsInformationTraders.com

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After weeks of speculation surrounding the potential March Madness field, the brackets for the 2018 NCAA Tournament will finally become official this evening at 6 p.m. ET on TBS.

This annual reveal, which occurs on a day best known as Selection Sunday, captivates the nation and always provides plenty of intrigue. There’s never any shortage of hot takes and controversy based on which programs "on the bubble" received an at-large bid to the Big Dance and which schools the committee left out in the cold that have to settle for an NIT appearance. In the table below, you can find the 32 teams that won't need to sweat anything but seeding out tonight after earning an automatic bid by way of winning their conference tournament.

The person running the NCAA March Madness Twitter account is understandably excited about today:

The day we've all been waiting for...#SELECTIONSUNDAY IS HERE! pic.twitter.com/9oqQ1sbEb6

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 11, 2018

The drama is set to unfold this evening when the “March Madness Selection Show” kicks off at 6 p.m. ET sharp. This special won’t be airing on CBS, as has been the custom for many years, but rather it will be broadcast by TBS for the first time (the network will also air the Final Four instead of CBS this year).

That’s just one of a few new wrinkles in place for the Selection Sunday telecast, as it will also feature a live studio audience and—perhaps most significantly—a quick reveal of all 68 teams in the field and where they are seeded within the bracket that will be completed within 30 minutes. It’s a welcome change after the CBS edition tended to drag out the latter process for multiple hours, which was especially tedious in 2016 when the bracket leaked before the show even began.

Sporting News noted that the NCAA tournament participants are first going to be announced in alphabetical order, ending bubble speculation, before the region and seed are revealed:

CBS and Turner Sports have announced changes to Selection Sunday.

Those changes include first naming the 68 teams in alphabetical order, and then slowly revealing the bracket itself. https://t.co/ucr9v0QsSk pic.twitter.com/hlkKXInVHU

— Sporting News (@sportingnews) March 7, 2018

The decision to first show the field alphabetically isn't sitting well with some fans. David Kaplan sent out his disappointed take on it:

The NCAA is going to release all of the 68 tournament teams in alphabetical order BEFORE they announce the brackets on the selection show on Sunday? That might be the dumbest idea I’ve heard in a while. Why fix what isn’t broken? You’re eliminating all of the drama! #AwfulIdea

— David Kaplan (@thekapman) March 7, 2018

According to The New York Times, Turner president David Levy explained that the TBS version of this show will move away from a long, drawn-out reveal of the field to one that looks forward at the matchups:

We don’t just do two hours for the sake of doing two hours. We have to have a quality show. The relief valve is going to happen earlier now: ‘Phew! We’re all in. Now, where are we going? Who are we playing against?’ It’s just a different way of looking at it.

With that in mind, here’s how you can watch the much-anticipated March Madness Selection Show tonight and get your first look at the official bracket for the 2018 NCAA Tournament:

2018 Selection Sunday Viewing Guide

2018 NCAA Tournament Important Dates and Viewing Guide

TV: CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV

Live Stream: March Madness Live

Schedule

 

2018 NCAA Tournament Props

Seeding

Bracketology

College Basketball Odds via BetDSI.eu Sportsbook (The site is offering a $1 million reward for a perfect bracket this year, you can find more about that by clicking here)

 

2018 NCAA Tournament Projected Bracket

2018 Conference Tournament Results (Winners Receive Automatic Bids)