March Madness score predictions for all Thursday NCAA Tournament college basketball games

The first full day in the NCAA men's basketball tournament will take place Thursday. 16 games will be contested between 12:15-10:10 p.m. EDT.

March Madness tipped off Tuesday with two play-in games between No. 11 and 16 seeds.

Alabama State won the tournament's first game, 70-68, on a last second layup from Amarr Knox against St. Francis. The contest was between No. 16 seeds. Alabama State advances to play No. 1 overall seed Auburn on Thursday at 2:50 p.m. EDT (CBS).

Tuesday's second play-in game was between No. 11 seed North Carolina and No. 11 seed San Diego State. The Tar Heels defeated San Diego State, 95-68, and will face No. 6 seed Ole Miss on Friday (4:05 p.m. EDT, TNT).

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Ahead of Thursday's slate of contests, Warren Nolan released score predictions for all 16 college basketball games and are listed below. No. 2 seed Tennessee will also open NCAA Tournament play Thursday against No. 15 seed Wofford. The Vols are projected to defeat Wofford, 80-61.

NCAA Tournament March Madness college basketball score predictions and TV schedule

Game score prediction	Time (TV)
Creighton 72, Louisville 71	12:15 p.m. EDT (CBS)
Purdue 78, High Point 72	12:40 p.m. EDT (truTV)
Wisconsin 81, Montana 67	1:30 p.m. EDT (TNT)
Houston 80, SIU Edwardsville 53	2 p.m. EDT (TBS)
Auburn 89, Alabama State 60	2:50 p.m. EDT (CBS)
Clemson 73, McNeese State 64	3:15 p.m. EDT (truTV)
VCU 71, BYU 70	4:05 p.m. EDT (TNT)
Gonzaga 78, Georgia 70	4:35 p.m. EDT (TBS)
Tennessee 80, Wofford 61	6:50 p.m. EDT (TNT)
Kansas 74, Arkansas 71	7:10 p.m. EDT (CBS)
Texas A&M 72, Yale 68	7:25 p.m. EDT (TBS)
Drake 74, Missouri 69	7:35 p.m. EDT (truTV)
UCLA 73, Utah State 70	9:25 p.m. EDT (TNT)
St. John's 84, Omaha 65	9:45 p.m. EDT (CBS)
Michigan 73, UC San Diego 70	10 p.m. EDT (TBS)
Texas Tech 73, UNC Wilmington 65	10:10 p.m. EDT (truTV)

This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: March Madness college basketball predictions for Thursday's games

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