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The Basketball Tournament 2018: Midwest & Northeast Region First Round Viewing Guide

We get another stacked up day full of basketball today as The Basketball Tournament runs out the first round in the final two regions. As was the case last weekend, we get one region with eight first round games, and another with just six thanks to the Big East pod in Milwaukee at the start of July.

It’s an early start at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, partially because they have eight games to fit in and partially because ESPN will be televising three games. ESPN’s commercial break requirements are much more stringent than the “requirements” for ESPN3.