How-To Watch the NCAA March Madness Basketball

Published March 12, 2018 · Updated May 6, 2020

This year, the NCAA March Madness tournament will be broadcast on truTV, CBS, TBS, and TNT. You can get the full NCAA Men’s basketball tournament schedule and channel for each game at ESPN: NCAAM Tournament Schedule. Here is how-to watch the NCAA March Madness basketball men’s tournament 2018.

Cord Cutters can watch the NCAA March Madness tournament!

Watch the NCAA National Championship Game

The NCAA National Championship game is on TBS. You can watch TBS on Hulu, Sling TV (Orange), DIRECTVNOW, PlayStation Vue, and YouTube TV.

How-To Watch the NCAA March Madness Basketball

Check the ESPN: NCAAM Tournament Schedule to find the games you want to watch and the channels they are on. The NCAA March Madness Tournament for 2018 is scheduled from March 13 through April 2. Games will be broadcast on TBS, TNT, truTV, & CBS. The Live TV Internet streaming services below will all have some of the NCAA March Madness games.

Read more about watching Live TV as a Cord Cutter… How-To Watch Live TV 2018.

Sling TV

Sling TV is has two Live TV packages – Orange and Blue.

Orange ($20/mo) subscribers have access to TBS and TNT. Add the Comedy Extra ($5/mo) package to Sling Orange to get the channel truTV.

Blue ($25/mo) subscribers have access to TBS, TNT, and truTV.

Sling TV does not have CBS. To watch CBS with Sling TV, a TV antenna is needed or CBS All Access (see below).

Hulu Live TV

With a subscription to Hulu Live TV, you can watch all the live March Madness coverage across tbs, CBS, TNT and truTV in many cities.

Enter your ZIP code to see the Live TV channels available in your area.

The Hulu Live TV package costs $39.99/mo.

DirecTV Now

DirecTV Now offers four Live TV packages. But you can get all the channels you need to watch the NCAA tournament (TBS, TNT, truTV, CBS) with Live a Little package. The Live a Little package is the cheapest DirecTV Now package available for $35/mo.

Check the DIRECTV NOW Channel Lookup page to see if CBS is available in your area.

It’s important to note that DirecTV Now does not have a DVR.

Playstation Vue

Playstation Vue also offers four Live TV packages. Again, you can get all the channels you need to watch the NCAA tournament (TBS, TNT, truTV, CBS) with the Access package. The Access package is the cheapest Playstation Vue package available for $39.99/mo.

CBS is not available in all cities. Check to see if CBS is available in your city. Some CBS channels offer on-demand programming of Live TV shows.

YouTube TV

The YouTube TV streaming service includes TBS, TNT, truTV, and CBS. However, YouTube TV is only available in select cities.

CBS All Access

CBS All Access will give you access to CBS channels. However, the CBS All Access – Stream Live TV 24/7 service needs to be available in your area.

Check this list to see if CBS All Access streams LIVE TV to your area: Where is Live TV available for CBS All Access?

Or, you can double-check to see if CBS All Access Live TV is available in your area:

Go to https://www.cbs.com/all-access/
Scroll down to “Stream Live TV 24/7”
Click the “Check Availability” link

CBS All Access is available in two packages:

$5.99/month with Limited Commercials – 1 Week Free Trial
$9.99/month Commercial Free – 3 Days Free Trial

Hopefully you won’t get “Sorry, Live TV is not yet available in your area.”

Amazon has CBS All Access as an Amazon Channels. If you already have Amazon Prime, signing up for the CBS All Access is very simple.

Indoor or Outdoor TV Antenna

The easiest and cheapest way to watch CBS is by using a TV antenna.

You can check to see if there is a local CBS station in your area, and what kind of antenna needed to receive the CBS station: Find out what FREE local HDTV channels are available in your area.

There are several types and brands of indoor and outdoor TV antennas you can use to get local Live TV channels.

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