How to Watch NCAA Basketball Online Ahead of March Madness (2024)

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ETonline Staff

As we near the end of the D1 college basketball regular season, March Madness 2024 is right around the corner.March Madness begins with First Four games on Tuesday, March 19 in Dayton, Ohio, and ends with the Final Four on April 6 and 8 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Dan Hurley and No. 6 UConn will be looking to become the first repeat NCAA champions since Florida in 2006 and 2007. It has been twelve long months since the Huskies won their fifth national championship, but will they be denied a second straight title?

Selection Sunday, and the announcement of the 68-team bracket, will take place on Sunday, March 17. Get ready for an exciting2024 Division I men's NCAA tournament full ofbuzzer-beating action. Here's everything you need to know about how to watch your favorite schools battle it out on the basketball court.

What channels are college basketball on?

Live NCAA Division I Basketball games are televised across many networks — especially ESPN, CBS Sports, TNT and FOX Sports platforms. If you want to watch the most games possible, you’ll need a TV plan withyour preferred college conference channel likeACC Network, Big Ten Network, Pac-12 Network and SEC Network.

How to watch college basketball online

In the cord-cutting age, the best way to watch NCAA men's basketball without cable is with FuboTV. Thesports-focused live TV streaming service has access to every channel you'll need to watch the 2023-24 college basketball season. Plus, FuboTV comes with 1,000 hours of cloud DVR storage to record games you aren't home to stream live.

Plans start at $79.99 per month and right now, FuboTV is offering a seven-day free trial that you can cancel anytime.

A great option for college basketball enthusiasts on a budget is a subscription to ESPN+.At $10.99 per month, ESPN+ delivers thousands of collegiate basketball games.

You canget ESPN+ either as a standalone subscription or for free through aHulu + Live TV subscription. Hulu + Live TV also carries ESPN, FS1, and CBS Sports Network.

Sling TV offers excellent value for watching college basketball because it carries many games for a low monthly cost. You'll have access to essential basketball channels like ESPN, TBS, TNT, BC, FOX, and NBC and truTV. However, you won’t find CBSin any of the service’s plans and there are more than 300 games featured on CBS Sports Network's schedule.

Right now, there is a Sling TV deal offering 50% off your first month — bringing the Orange plan with ESPN down to $20, the Blue plan withTBS, TNT, and truTV to $22.50and the comprehensive Orange + Blue package down to just $30.

When is 2024 March Madness?

Here is the schedule for March Madness 2024. The 85th edition of the Men's NCAA tournament begins with Selection Sunday on March 17, 2024.

• Selection Sunday: Sunday, March 17
• 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 atState Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona
• NCAA championship game: Monday, April 8atState Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona

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