How to stream March Madness 2025: Watch the Final Four games on April 4 and 5

Now, your brackets are likely to be seized long ago. The 2025 NCAA championships, known as affection for many as March Madness, approaches its end. Both the finals of men and the four women – semi -finals – occurring this week, with the championship to follow up in the following days. Various broadcasters have the rights of each championship, so the flow of both the batch of the four final can be confusing. I dismantled the best way and affordable to reach each of them so that they are ready when games start on Friday.

What is the final match?

NCAA basketball finals for women is on Friday, April 4. Texas, ranked as a fellow at South Carolina at 7:00 pm, will fight UNCONN from UCON 1 UCLA seeds in the other semi -final match at 9:30 pm East time. Winners to play for the National Championship on Sunday, April 6 at 3:00 pm Each time. All of these three games will be on ESPN and ESPN+.

NCAA basketball final is on Saturday, April 5. Obourne, ranked 1, takes a familiar enemy for the second and his colleague in Florida, ranked at 6:09 pm Easter. After that match at 8:49 pm EST, Houston will face 1 Duke seeds. The winners of the National Championship will play on Monday, April 7 at 8:50 pm Easter. All of these three games will be on CBS.

How to watch the fourth games and tournament games

All women’s games will be available on ESPN and ESPN+, which means that you can watch via direct TV broadcast or in ESPN (with log in to ESPN+). The most affordable way to watch these games is with ESPN+ $ 12 a month. All men’s games will be broadcast on CBS, where you have a broadcasting option on direct TV service or by Paramount+. The most affordable way to watch these games is with Paramount+ $ 13/month with the Showtime plan.

You can also try a broadcast experience this week if available. Hulu + Live TV gives you, for example, three days to test her service, while Directv Dream gives you five – both have CBS and ESPN. The Hulu plan is available for both new and returning customers, so it may be an option to see most of the two sessions. Since all games are widespread over a period of four days, you will not get everything, but if you are watching only one or another, this is a viable way to save some money.

The rest of this story includes a more complete overview of March Madness, including the content that was originally published before the start of the championships.

When does March Madness start?

The NCA Men’s Basketball Championship begins on Tuesday, March 18 with two of the so -called four games. These are the four games that are used to determine the last four teams in the 64 -team segment. For some, they are known as “play games” although they were officially part of the men’s championship since 2011. The first match begins on March 18 at 6:40 pm Eastern time with another to follow 9:10 pm East time. The same table is expected to be in the second game list on Wednesday, March 19.

On the side of the woman, March Madness is compensated for the Men’s Championship by a day. The first two games of the first four games are Wednesday, March 19, at 7 pm Eastern time and 9 pm Each time. The second pair of success follows on Thursday, March 20 in the same time openings.

The arc of 64 teams will start for men at 12:15 pm Easter on Thursday 20 March. For women, the main procedure begins at 11:30 am on Friday 21 March. Here is the full schedule for each course:

2025 NCAA basketball championship for men

• The first four: 18-19 March

• First round: 20-21 March

• The second round: 22-23 March

• Sweet 16: 27-28 March

• Electrical eighth: 29-30 March

• Fourth final: April 5

• Championship game: April 7

2025 NCAA basketball championship for women

• The first four: 19-20 March

• First round: 21-22 March

• The second round: 23-24 March

• Sweet 16: 28-29 March

• Electrical eighth: 30-31 March

• Fourth final: April 4

• Championship game: April 6

How to flow the NCAA Championship for Men 2025

CBS and Warner Bros. Discovery in the broadcast rights of the Men’s Championship, and as happened in the past years, TV coverage will spread across four networks. During March Madness, games will be broadcast on CBS, TNT, TBS and Trutv, with final rounds and playing the CBS tournament game.

If you already have a paid -paid TV plan (such as the traditional cable), it will be a good way to watch the men’s championship with the March Madness Live application or web site. There is a large hunting although the CBS games are not available in the application. This means that this is only a good choice through the eighth elite. Once you log in with your television provider accreditation data, you can watch games on other networks in one place with features such as Multiview (up to four games at one time), “excitement alerts” that allows you to know when there is a close game and a quick break that covers all games in one place.

The app also provides ways to follow your bow, if you fill it on Marchmadness.com. And when you see on the desktop, the decisive Boss button will throw a fake work screen when you need it. March Madness Live is also available on Amazon, Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS, MacOS, Google Play, LG Smart TVs, Roku and Xbox.

Your most affordable choice to watch each game is to use two services already. This is not perfect, and I know, but it will save you a lot of money. The MAX basic plan is $ 10 per month and gives you access to live games from TNT, TBS and Trutv with three games. B/R SPORTS, which occupies all living coverage on Max, will only be available at Pricier Standay levels and excellent levels that start on March 30. This is not a problem because the games after that date will only be broadcast on CBS. For CBS games, you’ll need Paramount+ with the Showtime subscription, which costs $ 13 a month. Therefore, in total, the best option for all men’s championship is $ 23 scattered across two applications.

Live TV service like YouTube TV or Hulu Plus Live TV exceeds $ 50 per month at a full price, but they will provide you with “one shopping” for all games in the men’s championship. YouTube TV is currently for sale for $ 70 per month for the first six months you use.

How to flow the NCAA Women’s Championship 2025

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While Warner Brothers Discovery has the rights of the NCAA Championship for Men, Espn has the arc of the detained woman. Each game will be published in the Women Championship throughout ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Espnu and EspNews, including the first four match. Final Four will be on ESPN, but the tournament game will be broadcast on ABC. All of these three games will flow on Espn+.

Since Espn+ will not get every game, it is not an option if you want to watch the entire tournament. You will be able to see “Select Matchups” on ESPN+ and Disney+, but Espn has not announced what it would be. So, unfortunately, your best bet is a living TV service like Sling, YouTube TV or Hulu + Live TV for a comprehensive experience. Sling is the cheapest way here, with the required Orange and SPORTS plans that cost $ 34 (Sling currently offers a discount in the first month of Orange). YouTube and Hulu Live TV options are the same price at $ 83 per month (YouTube TV has been deducted to $ 70 for the first six months), so it is the issue of a set of content and features you love better. YouTube TV provides a useful Multiview tool so you can watch up to four games at one time, but Hulu+ Live TV comes with Disney+ and ESPN+ (both with ads) for this cost. (Choose Hulu+ Live TV provides you only a monthly dollar if you do not include Bundling Disney+, Espn+ and Hulu.)

If you are an informal fans who can afford to run the dice on “Select” options on ESPN+, you can save some money. This service costs only $ 12 a month. And if you already have a television plan that includes the ESPN network for networks, the ESPN app is the best place to watch the tournament. The mixture of grades and information, along with the multiple broadcasting of up to four games at the same time on Apple TV and Xbox, makes the app as a good equipped channel for the women’s championship.

March Madness only displays the grades and news of the Women Championship. There are no live games available on the site.

What if I wanted to broadcast the championships of men and women?

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If you hope to flow all NCAA championships for men and women, I hope you have requested the Samsung eight TV package. Regarding broadcasting services, you only need to move directly to the direct TV option like YouTube TV or Hulu + Live TV. I prefer the first because of its Multiview feature – a tool that Hulu does not offer. Sometimes when there are many games you want to watch, especially during the first two rounds, you will need Multivief to keep a tab in all procedures.

Are none of the March Madness games available for free?

You can watch all broadcast games on CBS on March Madness and mobile applications without a TV provider. Certainly, it is a small sample of the tournament, but it is completely free and a good option for the extraordinary fans who do not have a paid -paid TV plan that can use it for more measures. It is also a good option to watch the first round of work, if your company does not ban broadcast sites, or if you can watch your phone.

For the Women Championship, there are no games available for free. Unless you have an OTA antenna in old school, in which case you can watch men’s games on CBS and women’s games on ABC without any kind of broadcasting plan. Of course, this is a flow guide, so I will consider an unusual step -by -step antenna in 2025.

If you hope to use a free trial to watch March Madness, I have bad news. None of them will be long enough to watch a full championship. Some of them do not offer them at all, but the longest is YouTube TV in 10 days that will not get the second weekend.

Update, 20 March 2025 12:19 pm East time: This guide has been updated to clarify the games available in March Madness Live and to update the availability of the game and MAX prices.

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