Thursday Round 1 NCAA Tournament bracket, schedule, and open thread

Was this really just a year ago?There are few secular holidays that engender quite the excitement as the opening week of the NCAA Tournament. Admittedly, the excitement has been watered down with gimmicky First Fours and the like, but for most, Thursday and Friday are 12 hours a day of call-in-sick appointment viewing.

So, let’s wash the foul taste out of our mouth, and move along to some actual good basketball with teams that play hard and are well-coached.

Here’s your bracket via CBS Sports, the broadcasting partner of the NCAA.

And, for today, here is your complete television and streaming schedule, broken down by graphical bracket — a/k/a when everyone tries to remember where TruTV is on…