A brackets Installed, and the teams are on the way to their corresponding arenas. 2025 NCAA tournaments, affectionately known to many as March madnessIt will begin this week. The men's tournament begins the first on March 18 with the female version, overturning on March 19. Both will begin from the first four games or “game” (depending on who you are asking) before providing an effect on the court during the first weekend in April. Various broadcasters own rights to each tournament, so both streaming gear can be confused. I broke the best, most affordable way to gain access to each of them so that you are ready when the games begin.
When does the March madness begin?
The NCAA male basketball tournament begins on Tuesday, March 18, with two of the so -called first four matches. These are four games that are used to determine the last four teams in the main bracket with 64 teams. For some, they are known as “Games in the game”, although they officially participated in the men's tournament since 2011. The first game on March 18 begins at 18:40 east of east, and the other, at 9:10 pm on eastern time. The same schedule is expected for the second list of games on Wednesday, March 19.
From the female side, the March madness is compensated by the men's tournament for one day. The first two of the first four games – Wednesday, March 19, at 19:00 east of east and 21:00 east of east. The second pair of matches follows on Thursday, March 20, for the same two temporary slots.
The Kronstein of the 64 team begins seriously for men at 12:15 PM in east time on Thursday, March 20. For women, the main action begins at 11:30 East time on Friday, March 21. Here is a full schedule for each tournament:
2025 Male basketball tournament NCAA
2025 Women's basketball tournament NCAA
How to broadcast the male tournament NCAA 2025
CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery shall share the rights to broadcasting to the men's tournament, and, as in previous years, television lighting will spread over four networks. During the March madness, the games will be aired on CBS, TNT, TBS and Trutv, with the final rounds and the game of the championship on CBS.
If you already have a paid TV plan (for example, a traditional cable), the best way to watch a men's tournament is the MARCH MADNESS LIVE or a web site. After you enter the accounting data of your television provider, you can watch each game in one place with functions such as MultiView (up to four games at the same time) and “Warning about excitement” that tell you when there is a close game. The application also offers ways to follow your bracket if you filled it on marchmadness.com. And when you look at the desktop, the decisive boss button will throw a fake working screen when you need it. March Madness Live is also available on Amazon, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, MacOS, Google Play, LG Smart TV, Roku and Xbox.
If you no longer have a compatible television provider, your best option is to use two services. I know this is not perfect, but it will save you a lot of money. The standard Max plan is $ 17 per month and gives you access to live games from TNT, TBS and TRUTV. Despite the fact that you can watch NCAA games of tournament tournaments with the basic level of advertising, B/R Sports, which support all living lighting on Max, will be available only at standard and premium levels, starting on March 30. Yes, Warner Bros. Discovery established her policy to change in the middle tournament to earn more money. For CBS games, you will need Paramount+ with the ShowTime subscription, which costs $ 13 a month. Thus, in total, your best option for broadcasting the entire men's tournament is $ 30, scattered through two applications.
A Live TV Service Like YouTube TV or Hulu Plus Live TV, more than $ 50 a month at the full price, but they would offer you “universal purchases” for all games in the men's tournament. YouTube TV is currently for sale for $ 70 per month during the first six months when you use it.
How to broadcast the NCAA women's tournament 2025
While Warner Brothers Discovery owns the rights to the NCAA male tournament, ESPN is locked women's bracket. Each game of the women's tournament will be distributed to ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews, including the first four matches. The final four will be on ESPN, but the championship game will be broadcast to ABC. All three of these climaxing will be broadcast to ESPN+.
Since ESPN+ will not receive every game, this is not an option if you want to see the entire tournament. You can watch Select Matchups both on ESPN+and Disney+, but ESPN did not announce that it would be. Thus, unfortunately, your best choice is a live broadcast, for example, Sling, YouTube TV or Hulu + Live TV for full experience. Sling is the cheapest prospectus here, with the necessary oranges and sports additional plans worth $ 34 (Sling currently offers a discount for the first month of Orange). Television options YouTube and Hulu Live are the same price of $ 83 per month (currently YouTube TV is currently discounted up to $ 70 for the first six months), so this is a matter of which set of content and functions you like the most. YouTube TV offers a convenient tool for multi -virgin, so you can watch up to four games at the same time, but Hulu+ Live TV is supplied with Disney+ and ESPN+ (both with advertising) for this cost. (The choice of Hulu+ Live TV saves only one dollar per month if you do not turn on the bunch of Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu.)
If you are a more random fan who can afford to throw cubes on the Select Options on ESPN+, you can save some money. This service costs only $ 12 a month. And if you already have a TV plan that includes the ESPN family, the ESPN application is the best place to view the tournament. The combination of results and information, along with Multiview Streaming for up to four games simultaneously on Apple TV and Xbox, make the application with a well -equipped channel for a women's tournament.
The March Madness website shows only the results and news for the women's tournament. There are no living games on the site.
What if I want to broadcast both male and women's tournaments?
If you hope to broadcast all tournaments of both men and women's NCAA, I hope you ordered Samsung's Eight-TeloproseThe field from the point of view of streaming services, just go directly to the Live-TV option, such as YouTube TV or Hulu + Live TV. I prefer the first of the Multiview function – a tool that Hulu does not offer. From time to time, when there are several games that you want to see, especially during the first two rounds, you will need Multiview to follow the whole action.
Are there any available Madness Games for broadcasting for free?
You can see all the games broadcast on CBS on the web -make March Madness and mobile applications without a television provider. Of course, this is a small example of the tournament, but it is a completely free and good option for random fans who do not have a paid TV plan that they can use for more actions. This is also a good option for viewing the first round at work, if your company did not block stream sites, or if you can carefully observe on your phone.
There are no games for a women's tournament for free. If you do not have an old school of OTA antenna, and in this case you can watch men's games on CBS and women's games on ABC without any stream plan. Of course, this is a streaming guide, so I would consider antenna an extraordinary step in 2025.
If you were hoping to use the free trial period for viewing March Madness, I have bad news. None of them will be long enough to see the whole tournament. Some of them do not offer them at all, but the longest is the YouTube TV in 10 days, which will not deliver you to the second weekend.