If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The madness is here. The 2025 men’s D1 NCAA basketball tournament, March Madness, has arrived, pitting 68 of the nation’s best college teams against each other. At a Glance: How to Watch Men’s March Madness However, for those of us without cable, figuring out how to stream the basketball tournament can be, well, maddening. To make things easier, we’ve put together a quick guide below on the best ways to livestream March Madness games online without cable. Related: Women’s March Madness Streaming Guide How to Watch March Men’s Madness Games Online Men’s March Madness basketball games will be broadcast on CBS, TBS, TNT, and TruTV If you want to watch every March Madness game online, we recommend getting a cable streaming service that carries all of the above channels. Two of these include DirecTV Stream and Hulu + Live TV. Max and Paramount+ will also show select games. Here’s a further outline of some of the best ways to stream March Madness basketball without cable: March Madness Schedule 2025, First Round The men’s March Madness tournament kicked off with the First Four on March 18 and wraps up on April 7 with the national championship game. We’re currently in the first round (round of 64) which happens Thursday, March 20, and Friday, March 21. Here’s a full schedule of the tournament’s stages, plus a TV schedule for the upcoming stage (times in ET). Men’s March Madness Schedule Selection Sunday: March 16First Four: March 18-19First and Second Rounds: March 20-23Sweet 16: March 27-28Elite Eight: March 29-30Final Four: April 5Men’s National Championship: April 7 March Madness First Round Schedule Thursday, March 20 (8) Louisville vs. (9) Creighton — 12:15 p.m. on CBS(4) Purdue vs. (13) High Point — 12:40 p.m. on truTV(3) Wisconsin vs. (14) Montana — 1:30 p.m. on TNT(1) Houston vs. (16) SIU Edwardsville — 2 p.m. on TBS(1) Auburn vs. (16) Alabama State — 2:50 p.m. on CBS(5) Clemson vs. (12) McNeese — 3:15 p.m. on truTV(6) BYU vs. (11) VCU — 4:05 p.m. on TNT(8) Gonzaga vs. (9) Georgia — 4:35 p.m. on TBS(2) Tennessee vs. (15) Wofford — 6:50 p.m. on TNT(7) Kansas vs. (10) Arkansas — 7:10 p.m. on CBS(4) Texas A&M vs. (13) Yale — 7:25 p.m. on TBS(6) Missouri vs. (11) Drake — 7:35 p.m. on truTV(7) UCLA vs. (10) Utah State — 9:25 p.m. on TNT(2) St. John’s vs. (15) Omaha — 9:45 p.m. on CBS(5) Michigan vs. (12) UC San Diego — 10 p.m. on TBS(3) Texas Tech vs. (14) UNC Wilmington — 10:10 p.m. on truTV Friday, March 21 (8) Mississippi State vs. (9) Baylor — 12:15 p.m. on CBS(2) Alabama vs. (15) Robert Morris — 12:40 p.m. on truTV(3) Iowa State vs. (14) Lipscomb — 1:30 p.m. on TNT(5) Memphis vs. (12) Colorado State — 2 p.m. on TBS(1) Duke vs. (16) Mount St. Mary’s — 2:50 p.m. on CBS(7) Saint Mary’s vs. (10) Vanderbilt — 3:15 p.m. on truTV(6) Ole Miss vs. (11) North Carolina — 4:05 p.m. on TNT(4) Maryland vs. (13) Grand Canyon — 4:35 p.m. on TBS(1) Florida vs. (16) Norfolk State — 6:50 p.m. on TNT(3) Kentucky vs. (14) Troy — 7:10 p.m. on CBS(7) Marquette vs. (10) New Mexico — 7:25 p.m. on TBS(4) Arizona vs. (13) Akron — 7:35 p.m. on truTV(8) UConn vs. (9) Oklahoma — 9:25 p.m. on TNT(6) Illinois vs. (11) Xavier — 9:45 p.m. on CBS(2) Michigan State vs. (15) Bryant — 10 p.m. on TBS(5) Oregon vs. (12) Liberty — 10:10 p.m. on truTV