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Quick, find Tru TV on your channel lineup! The new 68-team NCAA tournament starts tonight and you don't wanna miss a minute of the Madness. Four teams meet in two of the new First Four games tonight hoping to play their way into the "real" brackets.

Sunday the men's NCAA brackets were released, Monday we learn the pairings for the women. Find out who makes the cut, who has the easiest path to the final and who has to go through UConn. Here are the games -- and selection specials -- we're watching.

March Madness hasn't officially begun, but college hoops fans are already in prime tourney shape, calling in sick to watch their favorite teams, stretching out lunch at their local bar, or, at the very least, checking scores instead of e-mail.

Maya Moore and company look to get past Notre Dame tonight to earn UConn its fourth straight Big East title. Meanwhile, the UConn men opened up their Big East tournament play against conference doormat, DePaul, this afternoon.

Most college hoops teams have just two games left on their regular-season schedule, so every bucket, board and ball game counts. These are the games that separate the men from the boys and the women from the girls, and they're the Games We're Watching.

Carmelo Anthony is set to make his Broadway debut tonight. On the college level, 17 of the country's best basketball teams are in action. It's gonna be one heck of a hump day for hoops.

Just two NBA games on the docket tonight, but they sure are doozies, as the Bulls test their talent against the league-best Spurs and the Mavs look to stay hot against the Sun.

Amare tries to avoid another Ron Artest clothesline; the Hornets try to knock off two of the league's top squads; and the Celtics and Heat battle for the East's top spot, all in this weekend's Games We're Watching.

Last night Kobe Bryant stole Ray Allen's thunder, Miami's Shenise Johnson poured it on in Maryland and the St. John's Red Storm swept through the Big Apple once again.

A canceled meeting between the NFL and its players' union has football fans searching for something -- anything! -- to take their minds off labor negotiations. A solid slate of hoops games (and maybe a couple pints of their favorite brew) should do it.

It was up to hoops to get us through a lazy night at home, and Thursday's slate of games didn't disappoint. Unless, of course, you're a Wizards fan. But you're used to being disappointed by now, right?

For football lovers like me, this weekend's NFL divisional playoff games can't come fast enough. But while we wait it out, counting down the hours, at least there are some good Big Ten hoops battles to help pass the time.

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?? Everyone's talking about the start of the NFL playoffs, but if your team failed to qualify and you just can't bear to watch, there's plenty more on the docket to keep you busy all weekend.