Saturday’s March Madness live stream: How to watch NCAA tournament second round online, TV, time
The NCAA tournament field has been cut in half as the second round starts Saturday, March 17. 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).
Saturday’s games
- No. 5 San Diego State vs. No. 13 Furman | 11:10 a.m. | CBS
- No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 5 Duke | 1:40 p.m. | CBS
- No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 Arkansas | 4:15 p.m. | CBS
- No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 15 Princeton | 5:10 p.m. | TNT
- No. 1 Houston vs. No. 9 Auburn | 6:10 p.m. | TBS
- No. 2 Texas vs. No. 10 Penn State | 6:45 p.m. | CBS
- No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Northwestern | 7:40 p.m. | TNT
- No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 8 Maryland | 8:40 p.m. | TBS
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.