What channel is truTV? How to watch First Four games of NCAA Tournament

It's that time of year, when sports fans – even the casuals – familiarize (or re-familiarize) themselves with truTV.

CBS and Turner Sports have the broadcasting rights to the men's NCAA Tournament, and broadcast games on four channels. Three of them – CBS, TNT and TBS – you may know from broadcasting dozens of other sporting events each year, but the remaining channel, truTV, is one that always eludes basketball fans each year. 

This year, as it has been the pattern over the past several, truTV will broadcast all First Four games this week and then will also broadcast several first- and second-round games.

Here's everything you need to know about how to find truTV:

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What channel is truTV?

TruTV can be found on several cable providers, and has the same channel number nationwide on some of the providers. Here are the channels:

• AT&T U-Verse: 164/1164
• FIOS: 183/683
• Cox: Varies by location 
• DISH: 242
• DirecTV: 246
• Spectrum: Varies by location
• Xfinity: Varies by location

TruTV is also available to stream on YouTube TV, iOS App Store, Google Play, Amazon App Store, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Android TV.

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Which March Madness games will be on truTV?

This year, truTV will broadcast 13 exclusive games from the men's tournament — which is one more than last season — and includes each of the First Four broadcasts. The First Four will take place at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio and runs two days, starting the night of Tuesday, March 19 and ending Wednesday, March 20.

Here's what games will be on truTV, as well as tip-off times (all times ET), with participants yet to be determined:

First Four

• Tuesday, March 19: Wagner 71, Howard 68
• Tuesday, March 19: Colorado State 67, Virginia 42
• Wednesday, March 20: Grambling State vs. Montana State, 6:40 p.m. ET
• Wednesday, March 20: Colorado vs. Boise State, 9:10 p.m. ET.

First Round

• Thursday, March 21: Duquesne vs. BYU, 12:40 p.m. ET
• Thursday, March 21: Morehead State vs. Illinois, 3:10 p.m. ET
• Thursday, March 21: South Dakota State vs. Iowa State, 7:35 p.m. ET
• Thursday, March 21: Drake vs. Washington State 10:05 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: Colgate vs. Baylor, 12:40 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: New Mexico vs. Clemson, 3:10 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: Charleston vs. Alabama, 7:35 p.m. ET
• Friday, March 22: Grand Canyon vs. Saint Mary's, 10:05 p.m. ET

Second Round

• Saturday, March 23 at 7 p.m. | 9:30 p.m. (both games also available on TBS)
• Sunday, March 24 at 7:45 p.m.

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