Another week, the college basketball season continues to unfold and unrap in the Big 12.

I'm Pete Mundo.

We're Heartland College Sports Weekly, part of Heartland College Sports.com.

Your independent, Big 12, digital media outlet.

It's good to be here with you for another week.

And we found out some big news this week, by the way.

The NCAA tournament is going to be starting later than usual.

Yes, later than usual per the NCAA tournament and a March Madness.

Here's what we've got from the March Madness folks, the NCAA.

So everything is basically going to be pushed back a couple of days in the early rounds.

Here's what this is going to look like in case you missed it during the week.

The first four games, not the first round, those first four games are going to be played on a Thursday, March 18th.

That would typically be the start of the first round.

Instead, it's the first four.

And remember, this entire NCAA tournament is taking place in the state of the first round. Instead, it's the first four. And remember, this entire NCAA tournament is taking place in the state of Indiana.

Then you're going to have the first round played on Friday and Saturday, March 19th and March 20th.

The second round will take place on Sunday, Monday, March 21st and March 22nd.

That will be then followed up the next week by the Sweet 16, which will be on Saturday and Sunday,

March 27th and March 28th. The Elite 8 will take place on Monday and Tuesday, March 29th and

March 30th. And then the final four is on April 3rd. That's Saturday and Monday, April 5th is the

national championship. So the last weekend is going to be the normal Saturday final for

Monday National Championship. That's how that's going to be structured for the NCAA tournament.

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