The NCAA tournament starts Tuesday with a pair of play-in games, then gets going in full force Thursday.

The Final Four is set for April 6-8 in Minneapolis, where Duke is the early 9-4 favorite to win it all.

» SIGN UP: Bradley's Bracket Fiasco

Here are the first-round bracket matchups (All Times EDT):

FIRST FOUR 

At UD Arena , Dayton, Ohio

Tuesday, March 19

Fairleigh Dickinson 82,  Prairie View A&M 76
Belmont 81, Temple  70

Wednesday, March 20 

North Dakota State 78, N.C. Central 74
Arizona State 74, vs. St. John's 65

» PRINT YOUR OWN: 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket

EAST REGIONAL 

FIRST ROUND 

Thursday, March 21 

At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla. 

12:40 p.m., TruTV: LSU (26-6) vs. Yale (22-7)
3:10 p.m., TruTV: Maryland (22-10) vs. Belmont (27-5)

At Wells Fargo Arena , Des Moines, Iowa 

12:15 p.m., CBS: Louisville (20-13) vs. Minnesota (21-13)
2:45 p.m., CBS: Michigan State (28-6) vs. Bradley (20-14)

Friday, March 22

At Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C. 

7:10 p.m., CBS: Duke (29-5) vs. North Dakota State (19-15)
9:40 p.m., CBS: VCU (25-7) vs. UCF (23-8)

At SAP Center, San Jose, Calif. 

7:27 p.m., TruTV: Mississippi State (23-10) vs. Liberty (28-6)
9:57 p.m., TruTV: Virginia Tech (24-8) vs. Saint Louis (23-12)

» SIGN UP: Bradley's Bracket Fiasco

SOUTH REGIONAL 

FIRST ROUND

Thursday, March 21 

At The XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 

7:20 p.m., TBS: Villanova (25-9) vs. Saint Mary's (22-11)
9:50 p.m., TBS: Purdue (23-9) vs. Old Dominion (26-8)

Friday, March 22

At Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, S.C. 

12:40 p.m., TruTV: Mississippi (20-12) vs. Oklahoma (19-13) 
3:10 p.m., TruTV: Virginia (29-3) vs. Gardner-Webb (23-11)

At Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio 

12:15 p.m., CBS: Cincinnati (28-6) vs. Iowa (22-11)
2:45 p.m., CBS: Tennessee (29-5) vs. Colgate (24-10)

At SAP Center, San Jose, Calif. 

2 p.m., TBS: Kansas State (25-8) vs. UC Irvine (30-5)
4:30 p.m., TBS: Wisconsin (23-10) vs. Oregon (23-12)

» SIGN UP: Bradley's Bracket Fiasco

MIDWEST REGIONAL 

First Round 

Thursday, March 21

At Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Fla. 

7:10 p.m., CBS: Kentucky (27-6) vs. Abilene Christian (27-6)
9:40 p.m., CBS: Wofford (29-4) vs. Seton Hall (20-13)

At Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City 

1:30 p.m., TNT: Auburn (26-9) vs. New Mexico State (30-4)
4 p.m., TNT: Kansas (25-9) vs. Northeastern (23-10)

Friday, March 22

At Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio 

6:50 p.m., TNT: Utah State (28-6) vs. Washington (26-8)
9:20 p.m. TNT: North Carolina (27-6) vs. Iona (17-15), 9:20 p.m.

At BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. 

7:20 p.m., TBS: Houston (31-3) vs. Georgia State (24-9)
9:50 p.m., TBS: Iowa State (23-11) vs. Ohio State (19-14), 9:50 p.m.

» SIGN UP: Bradley's Bracket Fiasco

WEST REGIONAL 

First Round 

Thursday, March 21 

At The XL Center, Hartford, Conn. 

2 p.m., TBS: Florida State (27-7) vs. Vermont (27-6)
4:30 p.m., TBS: Marquette (24-9) vs. Murray State (27-4), 4:30 p.m.

At Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa

6:40 p.m., TNT: Nevada (29-4) vs. Florida (19-15)
9:20 p.m., TNT: Michigan (28-6) vs. Montana (26-8)

At Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City 

7:27 p.m., TruTV: Gonzaga (30-3) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (21-13)
9:57 p.m., TruTV: Syracuse (20-13) vs. Baylor (19-13)

Friday, March 22

At BOK Center, Tulsa, Okla. 

1:30 p.m., TNT: Texas Tech (26-6) vs. Northern Kentucky (26-8)
4 p.m., TNT: Buffalo (31-3) vs. Arizona State (23-10)

» SIGN UP: Bradley's Bracket Fiasco

About the Author

Keep Reading

“There a lot of young guys, and I just wanted to come in and, with me being a veteran, show them how to work and how to do things correctly,” says former UGA running back Branson Robinson (center) who is now with Georgia State. (Jason Getz/AJC 2024)

Credit: Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com

Featured

Cuthbert is the county seat of Randolph County, one of 94 Georgia counties that registered more deaths than births in 2024. The county's hospital closed in 2020, leaving longtime state Rep. Gerald Greene to drivce himself 46 miles to Albany while suffering from a kidney stone recently. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Credit: HYOSUB SHIN / AJC