truTV, scheduled to be the television broadcast home of 12 NCAA Tournament first-round games, is an unfamiliar sight on the college basketball fan's viewing schedule. It's based in Atlanta, as are fellow March Madness channels TBS and TNT, but I'd never heard of it. Surprise! It used to be called Court TV.
If you're watching on cable, you might to have to check your local listings, but satellite subscribers shouldn't have any trouble tracking it down. Via HD Sports Guide, plus a couple Southeast-specific notes:
Varies (58 in Atlanta)
Provider
Location
Channel
Dish Network
National
204, 9430 for HD
DirecTV
National
246, 246-1 for HD
BellSouth
Southeast
202
AT&T U-Verse
National
1164
Comcast
National
Cablevision
All Affiliates
58
Time Warner
National
Digital HD
Insight Communications
Lexington, KY; Columbus, OH
995
Verizon FiOS
New York
683
If they're going to air college basketball, they should've just stuck with the name Court TV, am I right? You really need to figure this out by Wednesday, when Gus Johnson shows up.
For more on the 2011 NCAA Tournament, visit SB Nation's NCAA Basketball hub.