http://www.multichannel.com/blog/Reynolds_Rap/32071-Staggered_Madness.php http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/2011-02-10/turner-cbs-air-all-ncaa-tourney Basic points: WEEK 1: Tru has the "First Four" games to themselves. Thursday and Friday all four carry the rounds of 64 evenly. Over the weekend all carry the round of 32 in some way - CBS gets 7 games, TBS & TNT get four each, Tru gets one on Sunday. WEEK 2: On Thursday and Friday CBS and TBS will split up the round of 16. From Saturday forward CBS goes from the regional finals to the trophy (which is week 3). What I'd add is that Turner (or the NCAA) seems to think that TBS is the strongest channel for the later rounds. I would have guessed TNT, just going by their coverage of the NBA games. AFAIK, they may be close to even in the number of households each. Btw, TruTV is in 92 million homes, according to one of the articles. I guess a leftover from their days as Court TV.
I even like watching all 64 playing, especially the mid 5-6 table teams, where there is some competition.