The 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the 64-team competition that will determine the best college basketball team in the country, begins on Thursday, March 20, 2025 (3/20/25) with the first round of competition. Games will be broadcast on CBS, TBS, TNT, or truTV, so cord-cutting fans have plenty of options to catch the action. HOW TO WATCH: Fans can watch most March Madness games via a free trial to fuboTV or DirecTV Stream. Fans can also watch via SlingTV’s Blue Package, which is offering 50% off for the first month. Here are the top three March Madness 2025 streaming options DirecTV Stream is the premier option for college hoops this month since it carries every channel. Fans can try it for free using this link. SlingTV carries TBS, TNT and truTV, so fans can watch most of the tournament at a great price. It does not carry CBS, so fans may want to get a free trial to fuboTV or DirecTV Stream to watch the Final Four/National Championship games. fuboTV (FREE TRIAL) fuboTV is limited in its college basketball offerings (it does not carry TBS, TNT or truTV), but it does have CBS – which means that fans can pair its free trial with SlingTV‘s cheap price to get the complete streaming package. fuboTV is $74.99 per month without the trial. Here’s the full NCAA Tournament Schedule for the first round, with times and dates (you can sign up to watch the games with the links below): Thursday, March 20 (9) Creighton vs. (8) Louisville 12:15 p.m. on CBS Live stream: DirecTV Stream and fuboTV (13) High Point vs. (4) Purdue 12:40 p.m. on TruTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (14) Montana vs. (3) Wisconsin at 1:30 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (16) SIU Edwardsville vs. (1) Houston at 2 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (16) Alabama St. vs. (1) Auburn at 2:50 p.m. on CBS Live stream: DirecTV Stream (12) McNeese vs. (5) Clemson at 3:15 p.m. on truTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (11) VCU vs. (6) BYU at 4:05 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (9) Georgia vs. (8) Nevada at 4:35 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream 15) Wofford vs. (2) Tennessee at 6:50 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (10) Arkansas vs. (7) Kansas at 7:10 p.m. on CBS Live stream: DirecTV Stream and fuboTV (13) Yale vs. (4) Texas A&M at 7:25 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (11) Drake vs. (6) Missouri at 7:35 p.m. on TruTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (10) Utah State vs. (7) UCLA at 9:25 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream 15) Omaha vs. (2) St. John’s at 9:45 p.m. on CBS Live stream: DirecTV Stream and fuboTV (12) UC San Diego vs. (5) Michigan at 10 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (14) UNCW vs. (3) Texas Tech at 10:10 p.m. on truTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream Friday, March 21 (9) Baylor vs. (8) Mississippi State at 12:15 p.m. on CBS Live stream: DirecTV Stream and fuboTV (15) Robert Morris vs. (2) Alabama at 12:40 p.m. on TruTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (14) Lipscomb vs. (3) Iowa State at 1:30 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (12) Colorado State vs. (5) Memphis 2 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (16) Mount St. Mary’s/American vs. (1) Duke at 2:50 p.m. on CBS Live stream: DirecTV Stream and fuboTV 10) Vanderbilt vs. (7) Saint Mary’s at 3:15 p.m. on truTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (11) North Carolina/SDSU vs. (6) Ole Miss at 4:05 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (13) Grand Canyon vs. (4) Maryland at 4:35 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (16) Norfolk State vs. (1) Florida at 6:50 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (14) Troy vs. (3) Kentucky at 7:10 p.m. on CBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (10) New Mexico vs. (7) Marquette at 7:25 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (13) Akron vs. (4) Arizona at 7:35 p.m. TruTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (9) Oklahoma vs. (8) UConn at 9:25 p.m. on TNT Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (11) Xavier/Texas vs. (6) Illinois at 9:45 p.m. on CBS Live stream: DirecTV Stream and fuboTV (15) Bryant vs. (2) Michigan State at 10 p.m. on TBS Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream (12) Liberty vs. (5) Oregon at 10:10 p.m. TruTV Live stream: SlingTV and DirecTV Stream Second round (round of 32): Saturday, March 22 Second round (round of 32): Sunday, March 23 Sweet 16 (regional semifinals): Thursday, March 27 Sweet 16 (regional semifinals): Friday, March 28 Elite Eight (regional finals): Saturday, March 29 Elite Eight (regional finals): Sunday, March 30 Final Four (semifinals): Sunday, April 5 National Championship (TBD vs. TBD): Monday, April 7 Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting NJ.com with a subscription.