Where to watch 2017 NCAA Tournament games

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)
Thursday, 12:15 p.m. #5 Notre Dame Parlay Sports Bar & Lounge #12 Princeton Laughing Man Tavern (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)
Thursday, 1:30 p.m. #4 Butler No official party — Penn Quarter Sports Tavern #13 Winthrop No locations listed (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)
Thursday, 2:45 p.m. #4 West Virginia Ragtime (Arlington, Va.) #13 Bucknell Hawthorne (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)
Thursday, 4 p.m. #5 Minnesota No official party — Penn Social #12 Middle Tennessee No locations listed (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)
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: Kevin Huerter #4, Melo Trimble #2, and L.G. Gill #10 of the Maryland Terrapins talk on the floor during the first half against the Northwestern Wildcats during the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Verizon Center on March 10, 2017 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Thursday, 6:50 p.m. #6 Maryland Literally anywhere in College Park #11 Xavier Exiles Bar (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)
Thursday, 7:20 p.m. #7 Saint Mary’s No locations listed #10 VCU Applebee’s (Arlington, Va.) (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)
Thursday, 9:20 p.m. #3 Florida State No official party — Union Pub #14 Florida Gulf Coast Penn Social (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)
Thursday, 9:50 p.m. #2 Arizona Penn Social #15 North Dakota No locations listed (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)
Friday, 12:15 p.m. #7 Michigan RFD #10 Oklahoma State No official party — Lou’s City Bar   (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)
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)
Friday, 2 p.m. #3 Oregon No official party — Irish Channel #14 Iona No official party — Penn Quarter Sports Tavern (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)
Friday, 3:10 p.m. #6 SMU No official party — Mission #11 Providence No locations listed (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)
Friday, 4:30 p.m. #6 Creighton No official party — Grand Slam Sports Bar #11 Rhode Island 10 Tavern (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Kansas players Frank Mason III (0), Lagerald Vick, Carlton Bragg Jr. (15) and Josh Jackson (11) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against TCU in Lawrence, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Kansas defeated TCU 87-68. The Jayhawks clinched at least a tie for their 13th straight Big 12 title. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
Friday, 6:50 p.m. #1 Kansas No official party — Laughing Man Tavern #16 UC Davis No locations listed (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)
Friday, 7:20 p.m. #2 Duke No official party — Laughing Man Tavern #15 Troy No locations listed (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Friday, 7:27 p.m. #6 Cincinnati No locations listed #11 Kansas State The Ugly Mug (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Friday 9:20 p.m. #8 Miami 1831 Bar & Lounge #9 Michigan State Capitol Lounge (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)
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)
Friday, 9:57 p.m. #3 UCLA Laughing Man Tavern #14 Kent State No official party — RFD, Nellie’s (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: Kevin Huerter #4, Melo Trimble #2, and L.G. Gill #10 of the Maryland Terrapins talk on the floor during the first half against the Northwestern Wildcats during the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Verizon Center on March 10, 2017 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Kansas players Frank Mason III (0), Lagerald Vick, Carlton Bragg Jr. (15) and Josh Jackson (11) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against TCU in Lawrence, Kan., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Kansas defeated TCU 87-68. The Jayhawks clinched at least a tie for their 13th straight Big 12 title. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
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