Heads up, hoops fans! The best month of the year is finally here, with the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament set to start this week.
Games officially begin tonight with the First Four, and the tournament gets underway in earnest later this week, with 32 games on Thursday and Friday. If you haven’t already, print the bracket and make your picks.
The Final Four is scheduled for March 31, and a national champion will be crowned April 2. Here’s a full schedule of the games. And below is a roundup of the different ways you can keep up with the action.
WATCH ON TV
All games will be broadcast on CBS and the Turner family of networks: TNT (100/1100 HD), TBS (102/1102 HD) and TruTV (130/1130 HD). TBS (102/1102) will carry the Final Four games and the national championship game. Check your channel lineup to make sure you know where you can find CBS on your TV.
WATCH ONLINE
On the Internet, March Madness Live is the NCAA’s one-stop shop for streaming the games. All games broadcast on CBS are free to watch for anyone. Games on TBS, TNT and TruTV require customers to log in using their TDS authentication information. However, everyone can enjoy a free trial that will allow you to watch for 3 hours.
March Madness Live will live stream all 67 games across 16 platforms, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Android handset, Android tablet, Amazon Echo family of devices, Amazon Fire tablets, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream, mobile web, Roku players, Roku TV models, web and Xbox One. Read all about the various streaming options.
Now that you know when, where and how to watch the games … let the madness begin!
