Get your brackets finished because the big bonanza of the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament has officially arrived.
After the first four teams were eliminated in the play-in games on Tuesday and Wednesday in Dayton, Ohio, narrowing the field of 68 to 64, the tournament will shift into high gear starting Thursday.
Beginning with No. 11 Michigan meeting No. 6 Colorado State at 12:15 p.m. Eastern in Indianapolis, eight games will take place across four locations — Indianapolis, Buffalo, Portland, Ore., and Fort Worth, Tex. — before dinnertime in the United States. Another eight contests in those four cities will be played throughout the evening window.