Where To Watch March Madness 2024 In Newtown

NEWTOWN, PA —Madness is about to descend on Newtown.

The NCAA’s 2024 March Madness gets underway this week with play-in games before the NCAA Tournament officially starts after the First Four make it into the annual college basketball event.

Many sports bars in and around Newtown will likely have the annual spectacle on their TVs.

Here are some popular options:

• Clubhouse Bar and Grill, 501 South State Street, Newtown. Phone: 215-860-5566
• Green Parrot Restaurant, 240 North Sycamore Street, Newtown. Phone: 215-504-7277
• Applebee's Grill and Bar, 3 West Road, Newtown 18940.
• Iron Hill Brewery And Restaurant, 2920 Eagle Road, Newtown. Phone: 267-291-7411.
• Sycamore Grill, 255 North Sycamore Street, Newtown. Phone: 215-968-6326
• The Temperance House, 5 South State Street, Newtown. Phone: 215-944-8050
• Relic, 101 South State Street, Newtown. Phone: 267-579-6641.

Here is the schedule for this year’s March Madness rounds.

• First Four: March 19-20
• First round: March 21-22
• Second round: March 23-24
• Sweet 16: March 28-29
• Elite Eight: March 30-31
• Final Four: Saturday, April 6 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
• NCAA championship game: Monday, April 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

This year, oddsmakers put the best odds to make the championship on No. 2 UConn, No. 1 Houston and No. 3 Purdue, with No. 6 Arizona and No. 5 Tennessee tied for the fourth best odds.

The Huskies were the favorites to take home the men’s national championship as of Wednesday, March 13, with a roughly 16 percent chance, according to the odds-aggregating website Oddschecker.com.

The Houston Cougars were given the second-highest chance to win the title at 13 percent, followed by about 12 percent for the Boilermakers and about 7 percent each for the Wildcats and Volunteers.

In the women’s bracket, Fanduel gives the best odds to win the championship this year to No. 1 South Carolina (32-0). Those oddsmakers gave the Gamecocks a roughly 53 percent chance to take home the title.

All eyes this year will be on the NCAA’s newly minted scoring record-holder, Caitlin Clark, and the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes (29-4). Oddsmakers gave both the Hawkeyes and No. 8 LSU (28-5) — with fellow superstar Angel Reese — the second-best odds to win it all at 14 percent. The No. 4 Stanford Cardinal team has the fourth-best odds at roughly 5 percent.