The NCAA released NCAA tournament tip times for the First Four games on Thursday and first-round games on Friday and Saturday, and, well, if you're a Michigan State basketball fan, start stocking up on coffee now.
The 11-seeded Spartans will open their 23rd NCAA tournament under Tom Izzo at 9:57 p.m. Thursday in Purdue's Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. They'll face fellow 11-seed UCLA on TBS in a rematch of a Round of 64 game from 2011. If the Spartans advance to Saturday's first round, it doesn't get much better; they'll tip off with No.