Not sure where to watch your favorite schools for March Madness? Here's a list of watch parties and affiliated bars for every first-round game in this year's tournament.
Trying to find a place to watch your favorite schools for March Madness? Here are watch parties and affiliated bars for every first-round game.
WASHINGTON — March Madness tips in earnest just after noon on Thursday, and with so many transplants around the D.C. area, there are plenty of watch parties for the schools competing.
Games are listed by start time and include watch parties, the general areas of watch parties if none are listed or no listing if we weren’t able to find one.
WTOP is still waiting to hear back from several schools, but if you know of a watch party not on the list, send WTOP an email and it will be added.
(AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
AP Photo/Morry Gash, File
Thursday, 12:15 p.m.
#5 Notre Dame
Parlay Sports Bar & Lounge
#12 Princeton
Laughing Man Tavern
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Thursday, 12:40 p.m.
#5 Virginia
Parlay (D.C.), Arlington Rooftop
#12 UNC Wilmington
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Thursday, 1:30 p.m.
#4 Butler
No official party — Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
#13 Winthrop
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Thursday, 2 p.m.
#1 Gonzaga
UPDATED: Parlay Sports Lounge
#16 South Dakota State
No official party — Lucky Bar, Greene Turtle
(AP Photo/John Locher)
AP Photo/John Locher
Thursday, 2:45 p.m.
#4 West Virginia
Ragtime (Arlington, Va.)
#13 Bucknell
Hawthorne
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Thursday, 3:10 p.m.
#4 Florida
No official party — Acre 121, Arlington Rooftop Bar & Grill, Tapp’d (Bethesda, Md.)
#13 East Tennessee State
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Ron Irby, File)
AP Photo/Ron Irby, File
Thursday, 4 p.m.
#5 Minnesota
No official party — Penn Social
#12 Middle Tennessee
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
AP Photo/Nick Wass
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
#8 Northwestern
Blackfinn (D.C.), Brickside Food & Drink (Bethesda, Md.), Blackfinn (Vienna, Va.)
#9 Vanderbilt
No official party — Parlay Sports Bar & Lounge
(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
AP Photo/Nick Wass
Thursday, 6:50 p.m.
#6 Maryland
Literally anywhere in College Park
#11 Xavier
Exiles Bar
(Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images
Thursday, 7:10 p.m.
#1 Villanova
Parlay DC Sports Bar & Lounge
#16 Mount Saint Mary’s
Crystal City Sports Pub
(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
Thursday, 7:20 p.m.
#7 Saint Mary’s
No locations listed
#10 VCU
Applebee’s (Arlington, Va.)
(AP Photo/John Locher)
AP Photo/John Locher
Thursday, 7:27 p.m.
#4 Purdue
No official party — Bottom Line
#13 Vermont
Buffalo Billiards
(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File
Thursday, 9:20 p.m.
#3 Florida State
No official party — Union Pub
#14 Florida Gulf Coast
Penn Social
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Thursday, 9:40 p.m.
#8 Wisconsin
No official party — Lou’s City Bar/Hamilton’s Bar & Grill
#9 Virginia Tech
No official party — A-Town Bar & Grille
(AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File
Thursday, 9:50 p.m.
#2 Arizona
Penn Social
#15 North Dakota
No locations listed
(AP Photo/John Locher)
AP Photo/John Locher
Thursday, 9:57 p.m.
#5 Iowa State
Elephant & Castle (Pennsylvania Ave. location)
#12 Nevada
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
AP Photo/Orlin Wagner
Friday, 12:15 p.m.
#7 Michigan
RFD
#10 Oklahoma State
No official party — Lou’s City Bar
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File
Friday, 12:40 p.m.
#3 Baylor
No official party — Crystal City Sports Pub
#14 New Mexico State
No official party — Lou’s City Bar
(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez
Friday, 1:30 p.m.
#8 Arkansas
No official party — Hawk ‘N Dove
#9 Seton Hall
No official party — The Prospect
(AP Photo/Wade Payne)
AP Photo/Wade Payne
Friday, 2 p.m.
#3 Oregon
No official party — Irish Channel
#14 Iona
No official party — Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
(AP Photo/John Locher)
AP Photo/John Locher
Friday, 2:45 p.m.
#2 Louisville
Crystal City Sports Pub
#15 Jacksonville State
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Friday, 3:10 p.m.
#6 SMU
No official party — Mission
#11 Providence
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
AP Photo/Jessica Hill
Friday, 4 p.m.
#1 North Carolina
UPDATED: Crystal City Sports Pub, 2nd & 3rd floors
#16 Texas Southern
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
Friday, 4:30 p.m.
#6 Creighton
No official party — Grand Slam Sports Bar
#11 Rhode Island
10 Tavern
(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
AP Photo/Nati Harnik
Friday, 6:50 p.m.
#1 Kansas
No official party — Laughing Man Tavern
#16 UC Davis
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
AP Photo/Orlin Wagner
Friday, 7:10 p.m.
#7 Dayton
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
#10 Wichita State
No official party — Buffalo Wild Wings (N. Glebe Road, Arlington, Va.)
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
Friday, 7:20 p.m.
#2 Duke
No official party — Laughing Man Tavern
#15 Troy
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
AP Photo/Julie Jacobson
Friday, 7:27 p.m.
#6 Cincinnati
No locations listed
#11 Kansas State
The Ugly Mug
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
AP Photo/Jessica Hill
Friday 9:20 p.m.
#8 Miami
1831 Bar & Lounge
#9 Michigan State
Capitol Lounge
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File
Friday, 9:40 p.m.
#2 Kentucky
Grevey’s Restaurant & Sports Bar (Falls Church, Va.)
#15 Northern Kentucky
No locations listed
(AP Photo/Wade Payne)
AP Photo/Wade Payne
Friday, 9:50 p.m.
#7 South Carolina
No official party — Mason Inn
#10 Marquette
No official party — Hamilton’s Bar & Grill
(Bruce Newman/Oxford Eagle via AP)
Bruce Newman/Oxford Eagle via AP
Friday, 9:57 p.m.
#3 UCLA
Laughing Man Tavern
#14 Kent State
No official party — RFD, Nellie’s
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill