Three teams from the region are in the NCAA Tournament, and the times of their games in the opening round as well as the television channel on which each contest will be shown are set.
And area fans won't have to wait long for the local action to get going.
Southeast Missouri State (19-16), in the field for the first time since making its only appearance in 2000, plays in the first game of the event. The Redhawks face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (23-10) on Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio. That is one of four play-in games to the main bracket, all taking place there over two days.