The 2025 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament will be available across CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV. (1) Florida vs. (1) Auburn, 6:09 p.m. on CBS

Cord cutters can get TruTV with a subscription to DirecTV Stream (free trial) or Sling (half off first month). We recommend DirecTV Stream as the best option for streaming March Madness, as it will carry every game on TruTV, plus TNT, TBS and CBS. Sling does not carry CBS in all markets.

The race for the men's and women's NCAA basketball championships continues, and we'll show you how to watch March Madness at home.

Madness game will be broadcasted on TruTV, TNT, TBS, and CBS. Fans can watch each of these channels for free online by using the free trial offered by DirecTV Stream.

On CBS, you'll have: Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg and Kenny Smith. The Turner coverage will be hosted by Adam Lefkoe, with Jay Wright, Candace Parker and Seth Davis. You'll also see Adam Zucker as a host and Wally Szczerbiak, along with Jamie Erdahl giving updates.

Here's what you need to know about truTV heading into 2025 NCAA Tournament, including which games will be broadcast as of now:

Four different networks are carrying March Madness games in 2025. During the first round of the tournament, TruTV, CBS, TNT and TBS will carry various games. TruTV is channel 246 on DirecTV. It's listed as channel 242 on Dish. It varies on other providers.

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.

NCAA Tournament games will air on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. Viewers can also stream March Madness games on Fubo (CBS), Paramount+ (CBS) and Sling (TBS, TNT and truTV). Sling is the home for ...