DALLAS — Prepare your sick call for Thursday and Friday. March Madness is here.
The NCAA tournament gets started this week for the both the men's and women's events, and Texas has no shortage of representation. In all, the Lone Star State sent six teams dancing on the men's side, and five on the women's side.
Houston earned a No. 1 seed in the men's tournament, while Texas earned a top seed in the women's tournament.
While the tournaments officially begin Tuesday and Wednesday with opening round games (essentially play-in games), all of the Texas schools earned byes into the Round of 64.
Here's when, who and where every Texas team is playing:
Texas teams in NCAA Men's Tournament
Texas (7) vs. Virginia/Colorado State winner (10) - Thursday, 5:50 p.m. Charlotte, N.C.
Texas Tech (6) vs. NC State (11) - Thursday, 8:40 p.m.. Pittsburgh, Penn.
Baylor (3) vs. Colgate (14) - Friday, 11:40 a.m. Memphis, Tenn.
Texas A&M (9) vs. Nebraska - Friday, 5:50 p.m. Memphis, Tenn.
Houston (1) vs. Longwood (16) - Friday, 8:20 p.m. Memphis, Tenn.
TCU (9) vs. Utah State (8) - Friday, 8:55 p.m. Indianapolis, Ind.
Texas teams in NCAA Women's Tournament
Texas (1) vs. Drexel (16) - Friday, 2 p.m. Austin.
Rice (14) vs. LSU (3) - Friday, 3 p.m. Baton Rouge, La.
Baylor (5) vs. Vanderbilt/Columbia winner (12) - Friday, 5 p.m. Blacksburg, Va.
Texas A&M (11) vs. Nebraska (6) - Friday, 9:30 p.m. Corvallis, Ore.
Texas A&M Corpus-Christi (16) vs. USC (1) - Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Los Angeles.
