2025 March Madness: How To Stream Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tournaments

March means March Madness, and CBS Sports and TNT Sports are broadcasting all of the games in 2025. If you want to watch all of the men’s and women’s NCAA action as it unfolds then here is an overview of the live TV channels and streaming services you’ll need.

• Men’s March Madness 2025
  • Schedule
  • Watch On Max
  • Watch On Paramount+
  • Live TV Plans
• Women’s March Madness 2025
  • Schedule
  • Watch On ESPN+
  • Live TV Plans

Many men’s March Madness 2025 games are available to watch live on CBS. Those that have access to their local over-the-air CBS station with an antenna will be able to watch those games without paying for a live TV plan or streaming subscription.

The same is also true with the women’s March Madness games due to be shown live on ABC. For those with access to their local over-the-air ABC station, these games will be available to stream for free.

Men’s March Madness Schedule

The men’s March Madness tournament begins with Selection Sunday on March 16. The action then gets underway on March 18 with the First Four round and concludes with the Championship Game on April 7.

Men’s March Madness On Max

While a good number of games will be shown live on CBS, others will be shown on select TNT Sports channels, including TBS, TNT and truTV. This also means that it is possible to stream those games on Max.

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$10-$21/mo

• HBO
• Discovery shows
• Live sports

Deal: Bundle with Disney+ and Hulu from $16.99/mo

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In total, TBS will televise 18 games, including the Elite Eight, Sweet 16, and first and second round games. truTV will air or simulcast a total of 21 games, including the First Four games, Elite Eight, Sweet 16, and first and second round games. TNT will televise 12 games, including First and Second round matchups.

For those wanting to use Max to access all of the games shown on these channels, fans will need to consider signing up to one of the ad-free tiers at either $16.99 or $20.99 a month.

If already signed up to the cheapest ad-supported tier, or considering signing up to the $9.99/mo plan, live sports are only due to remain available until March 30, 2025 on this tier. After which, fans will need to be signed up to an ad-free tier to watch live sports, including live March Madness games.

Men’s March Madness On Paramount+

As many March Madness games are available to watch on CBS, they will also be available to stream live with a Paramount+ with Showtime subscription.

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$8 to $13/mo

• Originals
• Showtime
• Live Sports

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In total, CBS (and Paramount+) will broadcast 24 games throughout the tournament, including the national championship, Final Four semifinals, Elite Eight, Sweet 16, and first and second rounds.

Although Paramount+ offers two main plans to choose from, the Paramount+ with Showtime plan is the only one that includes access to a subscriber’s local CBS station.

Due to this, watching March Madness on CBS through Paramount+ will cost $12.99 a month. Paramount+ does offer a free trial to all new subscribers, so it is possible to watch some of the tournament for free.

Men’s March Madness: Live TV Plans

While a subscription to Max and Paramount+ will provide streaming access to all of the men’s games, so will a live TV plan that includes CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV. The cheapest way to get access to all of these channels is YouTube TV.

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$83/mo

• 100+ channels
• 3 streams
• Unlimited DVR

Deal: Save $78 over 6 months

5 day Free Trial

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Although the base YouTube TV plan typically costs $82.99 a month, new subscribers can currently sign up at $69.99 a month for the first six months, resulting in a total saving of $78.

For comparison, here is an overview of all of the live TV services carrying March Madness channels, and the cost.

Women’s March Madness Schedule

The women’s March Madness tournament begins with Selection Sunday on March 16. The action then begins on March 19 with the First Four round and finishes up with the Championship Game on April 6.

Women’s March Madness On ESPN+

All of the women’s March Madness games are being shown on ABC and ESPN channels. Although ESPN+ is the streaming home of ESPN, only the Final Four games and Championship Game will be available to stream with an ESPN+ subscription.

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$11/mo

• Live Events
• Game Replays
• Original Shows

Deal: Bundle with Disney+ and Hulu from $15/mo

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Women’ March Madness: Live TV Plans

Unlike the men’s tournament, the women’s tournament more heavily relies on a live TV package, with games due to be shown on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews and ESPNU. With all of the games available to watch live on either ABC or the ESPN family of channels, Sling TV is going to be the cheapest live TV option.

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$46-61/mo

• 35+ channels
• 1-3 streams
• 50-Hour DVR

Deal: First month starting at $23.

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Sling offers two main base plans to choose from but neither one works as a complete solution. For example, Sling Blue is the only plan with ABC and Sling Orange is the only plan with ESPN.

As a result, subscribers will need to consider signing up to the combined Orange & Blue plan, priced at a minimum of $61 a month. The good news is that Sling is currently running a 50% off promotion which brings the cost of the first month of Orange & Blue down to as low as $30.50.

Another limitation with Sling TV is that ABC is only available in select locations. For those that don’t live in an area where Sling provides access to ABC, here are the other live TV plans and packages that include the channels needed to watch the women’s March Madness tournament.