March Madness live stream guide: How to watch NCAA tournament online, TV, time, full schedule

March Madness live stream guide: How to watch NCAA tournament online, TV, time, full schedule

March Madness is here.

The first round of the NCAA tournament starts Thursday, March 16. The games will be live streamed on a number of streaming services, depending on which network broadcasts the game.

All games televised on TNT, TBS and TruTV will be live streamed on Sling, which offers half off the first month. However, TruTV is only available on Sling Blue.

Games on CBS will live stream on fuboTV (free trial) and Paramount+ (free trial).

Thursday’s schedule:

  • No. 9 West Virginia vs. No. 8 Maryland | 11:15 a.m. | CBS
  • No. 13 Furman vs. No. 4 Virginia | 11:40 a.m. | truTV
  • No. 10 Utah St. vs. No. 7 Missouri | 12:40 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 16 Howard vs. No. 1 Kansas | 1 p.m. | TBS
  • No. 16 Texas A&M CC vs. No. 1 Alabama | 1:45 p.m. | CBS
  • No. 12 College of Charleston vs. No. 5 San Diego St. | 2:10 p.m. | truTV
  • No. 15 Princeton vs. No. 2 Arizona | 3:10 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 9 Illinois vs. No. 8 Arkansas | 3:30 p.m. | TBS
  • No. 9 Auburn vs. No. 8 Iowa | 5:50 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 12 Oral Roberts vs. No. 5 Duke | 6:10 p.m. | CBS
  • No. 15 Colgate vs. No. 2 Texas | 6:25 p.m. | TBS
  • No. 10 Boise St. vs. No. 7 Northwestern | 6:35 p.m. | truTV
  • No. 16 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 1 Houston | 8:20 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 13 Louisiana vs. No. 4 Tennessee | 8:40 p.m. | CBS
  • No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 7 Texas A&M | 8:55 p.m. | TBS
  • No. 15 UNC Asheville vs. No. 2 UCLA | 9:05 p.m. | truTV

Friday’s schedule

  • No. 10 USC vs. No. 7 Michigan State | 11:15 a.m. |CBS
  • No. 14 Kennesaw St. vs. No. 3 Xavier | 11:40 a.m. | truTV
  • No. 14 UC Santa Barbra vs. No. 3 Baylor | 12:30 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 12 VCU vs. No. 5 Saint Mary’s | 1 p.m. | TBS
  • No. 15 Vermont vs. No. 2 Marquette | 1:45 p.m. | CBS
  • No. 11 Pitt vs. No. 6 Iowa State | 2:10 p.m. | truTV
  • No. 11 NC State vs. No. 6 Creighton| 3 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 13 Iona vs. No. 4 UConn | 3:30 p.m. | TBS
  • No. 16 Texas Southern/Fairleigh Dickinson vs. No. 1 Purdue| 5:50 p.m. | TNT
  • No. 11 Providence vs. No. 6 Kentucky | 6:10 p.m. | CBS
  • No. 12 Drake vs. No. 5 Miami | 6:25 p.m | TBS
  • No. 14 Grand Canyon vs. No. 3 Gonzaga | 6:35 p.m. | truTV
  • No. 9 Florida Atlantic vs. No. 8 Memphis | 8:20 p.m.| TNT
  • No. 14 Montana St. vs. No. 3 Kansas St. | 8:40 p.m. | CBS
  • No. 13 Kent State vs. No. 4 Indiana | 8:55 p.m. | TBS
  • No. 11 Arizona St/Nevada vs. No. 6 TCU | 9:05 p.m. | truTV

Streaming options

SlingTV

SlingTV is one of the cheaper live streaming services. It offers three different channel packages for its users: Sling Orange, Sling Blue and Sling Orange + Blue.

Sling Blue, which is offering half off the $40 a month for the first month, streams TruTV.

FuboTV

The game will be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo pro” package, which comprises 146-plus channels for $74.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

There is also the “fubo elite” package, which comprises 205-plus channels for $84.99 per month. It comes with fuboExtra (48 more channels) and News Plus (11 more channels). Plus, more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.

The “fubo premiere”package is “fubo elite” with the addition of Showtime for $94.99 per month.

Paramount+

Paramount+, which offers a 7-day free trial,and features more than 20,000 episodes and movies from ViacomCBS family, which includes CBS, Comedy Central, BET, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and more.

There are two tiers to the streaming service. For $4.99 per month, you get limited commercials. For $9.99 per month, there are no commercials. Both tiers come with the 7-day free trial.

Mark Heim is a sports reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim.