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Cutting cable doesn’t mean you have to cut out live sports! There are so many ways to stream live sports. This week you can stream all of March Madness without having local cable. Here are all the places to stream March Madness, plus deals to stream for FREE.
March Madness 2021 is split across CBS, TBS, TNT and TruTV. Here’s the programing for set rounds:
| Selection Sunday | 6 p.m. Sunday, March 14 | CBS |
| First Four | 4 p.m. Thursday, March 18 | truTV, TBS |
| First Round | 12 p.m. Friday, March 19 thru Saturday, March 20 |
TBS, CBS, TNT, truTV |
| Second Round | 12 p.m. Sunday, March 21 thru Monday, March 22 |
TBS, CBS, TNT, truTV |
| Sweet 16 | 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sat., March 27 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sun., March 28 |
CBS (afternoon games) TBS (primetime games) |
| Elite Eight | 7 p.m. Monday, March 29 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 30 |
CBS (Monday) TBS (Tuesday) |
| Final Four | Start 5 p.m. Saturday, April 3 | CBS |
| National Championship | 9 p.m. Monday, April 5 | CBS |
These are not all inside one streaming program, so here’s the best plan to stream ALL of these games without paying anything!
CBS Games – For all of the games on CBS you can watch through their new service Paramount+. Perfectly timed, you can get a FREE month! Sign up for a free trial here and get over 50% of the games for free.
TBS, TNT and TruTV – While each of these have an app and even a Roku channel, you’ll only be able to watch their content when you verify your cable provider… not really helpful. Since the goal is to not be tied to cable you can watch these channels using free-trials with other streaming providers.
14 Day Free Trial with Youtube TV – Sign up before March 16th and get a 14 day trial of Youtube TV. This extended offer is ending on 3/16 so don’t wait! Cancel on Sunday 3/28 after the Sweet 16 games end.
7 Day Free Trial with HULU live – Sign up and make sure to cancel before the 7 day window. You’ll have access to all three channels. If you forget to cancel it is $71.99 a month. Make sure to set an alarm! Sign up on Tuesday 3/30 and cancel within 7 days!
